Posts In Category: Inspiration

How a Food Truck Serves Needs Where they Exist

Posted on September 30, 2014 by | No comments
Food Truck Nonprofit

This story was originally published on Cleveland.com ; written by Mark Naymik. ASIDE: At last month’s NTEN’s Leading Change Summit, one of the plenaries prompted a discussion about what technology we would invent to increase impact. The general consensus was that “an increased ability to be where people in need are.” Although not of the High-Tech variety, this story is […]

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The Essence of Sports Philanthropy

Posted on September 24, 2014 by | No comments
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There’s been so much attention focused on the negative actions of a few athletes lately, that it seemed a good time to bring focus to those who do good, and illustrate how sports philanthropy can have impact. Additionally, it provides a great lesson to any type or size nonprofit who is interested in finding a […]

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Win a $100 Donation: Look Ma, No Ice!

Posted on August 27, 2014 by | No comments
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Announcing: #3STPushUpChallenge Visit our Facebook Page to find out how you can win a $100 donation from Third Sector Today-and hopefully also inspire you to create a challenge that will get your donors sharing with their social networks. Determined to Develop is an organization that provides “programs supporting education, orphan care, women’s empowerment, health and the environment… in Africa […]

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The Haitian Entrepreneur: Micro-Enterprise

Posted on August 25, 2014 by | No comments
Mural of hands holding a green Earth with a heart in it.

  We tend to view the world through the filter of our own prism. Oftentimes, people in developed nations tend to look at their own work and sometimes forget there are experts in developing nations working to make a difference for themselves and others in their local communities.   After the major earthquake in Haiti […]

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Voices from the Third Sector

Mobilizing An Industry To Fight Hunger

Posted on July 28, 2014 by | No comments
Move for Hunger

It was just five years ago that I was sitting with my father talking about the family business. It’s a moving business, actually. My great-grandfather started it over 90 years ago here in NJ. While I never wanted to actually run the business myself, I certainly had the “opportunity” to work my share of back-breaking […]

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Want to Know How to Best Help Poor People? Just Ask.

Posted on July 22, 2014 by | No comments
Grasping hands to hold on to.

Early this month, Tianna Gaines-Turner testified before Paul Ryan’s House Budget Committee during a hearing labeled as a “Progress Report on the War on Poverty.” Gaines-Turner’s testimony was smart, incredibly compelling, and included solid recommendations on fixing problems with our country’s social safety net. Like her counterparts testifying that day and during previous hearings on […]

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Voices from the Third Sector

Why Not Do It?

Posted on July 14, 2014 by | No comments
Together We Are One student founded nonprofit

“Why not do it?” replied a Voorhees High School student when asked why he was donating blood. “Something so easy can make a big difference.” That sentiment launched a student-founded and run service organization in the memory of a dear friend who left this world all too soon.

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