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Red Beans & Rice is a weekly e-mail of interesting articles, funding resources, professional development opportunities and other areas that Cuidiu has come across the previous week related to the nonprofit and philanthropic sector.  Each day we receive hundreds of e-mails, RSS feeds and blog postings and this is our attempt to synthesize all of this into the most useful information for you. We look forward to sharing this information with those who we know closely and those whom we have shared only a relationship through e-mail. 

Please let us know what information you find most useful and please forward this information to your colleagues, board members and friends.  The reason for the name Red Beans & Rice originates from Louie Armstrong and how he signed his letters.  According to some he meant it as a kind gesture to grow stronger.

John Brothers, Principal
Cuidiu Consulting
Mind Food
Articles and Ideas Advancing Our Work
Resource Nuggets
Funding and Resource Information to Fill Your Tank

Mobile Giving Grows in Popularity
Thanks to gifts made in $5 and $10 increments, charitable giving via text messaging on mobile devices is become popular with Americans, particularly older teens and young people in their twenties.

6 Do-Goody Webby Things Your Nonprofit Should Check Out

I Do Good
How can you turn a wedding into a charity fundraiser?

Time Is Money
A new report by the Corporation for National and Community Service gives us cause to smile.  Volunteerism rose by 2% in 2008, despite a faltering economy and reports of low monetary contributions to charities.

Mapping Your Networks to Mine Valuable Resources
Every nonprofit has another valuable resource that they can tap - social capital.  Positive productive relationships represent social capital which is just as important (well almost as important), as money in the bank.

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Field Stuff
Templates, Books, Tools and Products from the Field
According to a New York Times analysis, New York City students have steadily improved their performance on statewide tests since Mayor Michael Bloomberg took control of the public schools seven years ago.

NonProfit Times Power & Influence 50, 2009 Edition
As it does every year at this time, the NonProfit Times has published a new edition of its Power and Influence Top 50 -- its valiant/controversial/[fill in the blank] attempt to honor nonprofit executives who are creating impact and introducing innovations "to evolve the charitable sector."

White House Begins Search for Nonprofit 'Hidden Gems'
President Obama announced in June that he was going to send aides around the country to locate promising nonprofit groups, many charities wondered where they would go and how to invite them to visit.

Teach for America: Elite Corps or Costing Older Teachers Jobs?

Charities Located in the Nation's Capital Have Limited Rainy Day Funds

Charities Fret Over 'Clunkers' Program
By now you've probably heard about 'cash for clunkers' budget exhausted in a week and replenishment on its way, but charitable organizations fear what these auto industry trends will do to affect donations.

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Checking the Boxes
Information to Help You Look Under The Hood
Hottest Funding Opportunities
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Bill Gates on the Importance of Being Optimistic

It shouldn't come as a surprise that the world's richest man and most visible philanthropist is a self-proclaimed optimist. But as Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates argues in this TED talk, he has reason to be. The average human lifespan has doubled over the last hundred years. Infant mortality has fallen by a factor of two. Dreadful diseases such as smallpox and polio have been fully or almost fully eradicated. Even greater achievements lie ahead, argues Gates -- if we can muster the will and the resources to tackle them.

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