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Given their limited resources, it is important that nonprofits understand emerging trends in digital and traditional media so they can create the right mix of media and message to support their missions.

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The Winston-Salem Foundation has handed out its 2012 Winston-Salem Foundation Award and, jointly with the ECHO Network, has handed out the 2012 ECHO award.

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To address the growing problem of child obesity in the state, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation has invested $1.2 million to get more produce from North Carolina farmers to school systems.

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The Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation in Winston-Salem awarded $25,000 sabbaticals to five nonprofit leaders.

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In the wake of the demise of the YWCA of the Greater Triangle, funders should require potential grantees to undergo a review of financial oversight by an independent financial professional, not with the goal of pointing fingers but to encourage improved financial responsibility.

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Nonprofits are making greater use of social media, with Facebook reaching ‘saturation levels,’ a new report says.

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At a quarter to a third of the cost of a full audit, an ‘agreed-upon-procedures’ engagement can provide a nonprofit with many of the benefits of a more comprehensive evaluation.

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Faced with signs of financial trouble – revenue plunging while expenses soared – YWCA of the Greater Triangle relied heavily on grants, sought to portray itself as thriving, and was hampered by a lack of communication among its staff, board and funders about what was happening.

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Any reliance on a single funding source is sometimes unavoidable, but the vulnerability it creates for a nonprofit should be the impetus to strive for diversification.

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N.C. Central gets $1.5 million North Carolina GlaxoSmithKline Foundation; Npower Charlotte Region changes name to Apparo; Perry Colwell gets volunteer award; and a lot more.

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Roughly 80 students at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte are participating in Students in Free Enterprise, which works to prepares students for careers through service learning.

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Retaining participants in fundraising events is tough and requires long-term engagement and cultivation, while getting people to participate and raise money through events requires effective communication, two new reports say.

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After working together for over 10 years, The Women’s Center and the Family Violence Prevention Center in Chapel Hill are merging to form the new Compass Center for Women and Families.

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Global philanthropy, remittances and private capital investment grew to $575 billion in 2010, up from $455 billion a year earlier, and accounted for 82 percent of the developed world’s economic dealings with developing countries, a new report says.

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Finding the right leadership for a fundraising campaign requires a clear understanding of an organization’s needs, as well as an idea of exactly what is needed from each potential leader.

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Kevin Brice resigns from Triangle Land Conservancy; SECU Family House piloting collaborative effort to help future health-care professionals better serve family caregivers; Dining for Friends to benefit Triad Health Project; and more.

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Since it was formed in 1992 to provide resources to equip students and parents in Forsyth County for education beyond high school, Crosby Scholars has graduated over 4,555 seniors and awarded $3.35 million in scholarships.

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Higher-education fundraising in 2011 generally improved from 2010, according to key performance metrics, with revenue generally growing but donors declining in the wake of the recession, a new report says.

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