Nonprofit

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ASSIGNMENT

Students will each choose a nonprofit organization from a list nonprofit organization and write a memo to the professor. It is worth 20 points and 20% of your overall grade.

The organization I picked: https://www.four-c.org/

Name of organization: 4-C: Community coordinated childcare.

Here is a link to the types of memo templates you are encouraged to use.

Open link and download the Simple Memo design

Here is a link to a guide to APA in-text citations.  This will be how you cite your sources.  Here is a link to an APA references page guide for references on online resources from the same source.

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GUIDELINES

Detail the organization's history, programs/services, mission, population(s) served, partners, organizational structure, and primary challenges based on the elements of this course.

You may use these headings in your paper, but the paper should not read like a list of bulleted items, but rather, as a research paper.

General Information:

· Organization Name and Brief History

Mission and Vision:

· Organization’s cause, issue, or social benefit (reason for existence)

· Mission statement

· Vision statement (if one exists)

· Services provided by the organization

Governance & Management:

· Leaders of the organization/Staff Roles

· Board of Director makeup

Budget/Financial Information:

· How does the organization generate revenue?

· Relevant Financial Information, if available

Volunteering Time, Talent or Treasures:

· Volunteer usage

· Donor Giving Data

· Give DeKalb County Facts ( https://www.givedekalbcounty.org/ )

· Years of participation

· Assessment of Give DeKalb County 2022 efforts

· 2022 results

Connections to Course (use citations from course content):

· What role does the organization play in civil society?

· What subsector(s) does the organization belong?

· What theory/theories best describe the purpose of the organization?

· What can the organization do to improve visibility and reach new supporters?

4 References that can be cited:

1. From the nonprofit website: https://www.four-c.org/

2. From the course textbook

3. Dekalb county facts about organization: ( https://www.givedekalbcounty.org/ )

4. Outside reliable source on google

Depending on the organization that you select, it may not be possible to answer all the above questions. In the event that the necessary information is not publicly available, please indicate such in your paper. The instructor will confirm that information is not readily available on the organization’s website, Guidestar, or through a general Google search. 

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EXPECTATIONS

· Formal memo heading with To/From, Date, and Subject

· 4–6 pages, not including the Reference page

· Minimum of four (4) references must be cited – They must follow APA style citation format.

· Double-spaced, 1-inch margins, with size 12 Cambria font

· Upload a PDF (not a word document

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