Funding a Non-Profit Community Book Festival Introduction "Without books the development of civilization would have been impossible. They are the engines of change‚ windows on the world‚ "Lighthouses erected in the sea of time." They are companions‚ teachers‚ magicians‚ bankers of the treasures of the mind‚ Books are humanity in print."Arthur Schopenhauer The love of reading is of the utmost importance to the development in children. Project literacy now and forever will be an annual book festival
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Community Book Festival Every day hundreds‚ if not thousands of families look forward to their local upcoming weekend activities. For some‚ it is the local fair that rolls into town with the rides for their children. Others‚ it is a walk on the water front with good food and drinks. For most‚ it is time to relax‚ have a cold drink‚ and enjoy things like Seafair in Washington State‚ or the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach for Southern California residents. Without local non-profit organizations
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In the United States‚ there are many different types of non-profit organizations. These organizations help with many things‚ like building homes‚ protecting wildlife and animals‚ and giving people food. These organizations are also made to help enforce some of the laws. Without organizations like MADD‚ ASPCA‚ and Habitat for Humanity‚ our community would be worse than it is now. The MADD‚ or Mothers Against Drunk Driving‚ is an organization founded by Candace Lynne Lightner in 1980‚ when her
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Community Book Festival According to the United States Census Bureau (2013)‚ Queens‚ New York‚ has an estimated population of 2.2 million people living in this growing region. With a large population like this‚ it would be an ideal place to promote reading by conducting a book festival for the community. Not only will the book festival promote reading among all age groups‚ but also‚ it will address the economic changes in the community in an effort to keep threatened libraries of Queens open.
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Research Paper Proposal Team C Topic-: Research and report on how to fund a non-profit community book festival for a major United States city. Consider recent changes in the economy. History and Purpose: Arizona was awarded the dumbest state award‚ by Morgan Quitno Press. The award is based on several criteria including literacy. Over 60% of residents had an education level of only 12 years (www.phoenix.gov). Phoenix Arizona is the 5th largest city in the U.S. and is younger than the national
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Red Cross is one of the most important and well known non-profit organizations in the United States. If the Red Cross wants to continue to be one of the largest and a well contributing non-profit organization then they need to find a smart and well suited way to invest their money for the future growth of the organization. There are many ways that they can invest their money but I believe that I have found the most suitable way for a big non-profit organization like the Red Cross is to invest of a variety
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Profit vs. Not-for-Profit Organization A nonprofit organization is formed for the common good of the public. Nonprofit organizations are usually formed for some specific religious‚ charitable or educational purpose. A for-profit organization may be formed to conduct any number of lawful business activities. The primary reason to form a for-profit organization is to earn a profit for the owners of the company. Use of Profits Since a not-for-profit organization is formed to accomplish a specific
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Non-Profit vs. For-Profit The main difference between non-profit and for profit healthcare organizations are; Non-profit hospitals don’t need to pay property‚ sales or income taxes and receive grants from the government and through donations. They were designed to provide discounted fees for service or no fee to those in the surrounding communities with limited to no funds for healthcare‚ basically the poor or those who fall within the guidelines of those below poverty level. The tax exemptions
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Canada Unit 2 IP 03/11/2012 United States Health System Strengths Professor Rodriguez Introduction For-profit hospitals provide a service to make a profit which is returned first to organizations and then to their shareholders. Non-profit hospitals exist first to provide a service and second to accumulate assets which are returned to the hospital ’s community in the form of additional services (Consumers Union‚ 1998). Johns Hopkins Hospital is non-profit healthcare organization that provides
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Nonprofit versus For-Profit Healthcare and Organizations Abstract This paper explores articles and research conducted on nonprofit versus For-Profit Healthcare and Organizations. There are three types of entities that own hospitals‚ which are: nonprofit‚ for-profit‚ and government. However‚ it can’t be determined if they specialize in different medical services or how their service profits affect certain specializations. More than likely‚ the for-profits offer profitable medical services that
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