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Read
the section on choosing your nonprofit. This section
contains descriptions of 10 sample nonprofits. These nonprofits
aren’t real, but they’re very similar to real organizations.They
give your child a sense of what a real nonprofit might be like.
> Choosing
your nonprofit |
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Choose
the nonprofits that you’d like to support. Which
nonprofits best match your child’s interests? Which ones
work to achieve goals that your child cares about? Help your
child select up to five of the nonprofits from the 10 samples.
One nonprofit is fine, but students can choose as many as five.
They may wish to print the descriptions of these nonprofits,
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Complete
the total giving worksheet. This
worksheet lists the total amount that your child has to give
in donations. Help your child use his or her spending plan to
determine amounts. Students should enter both monetary and volunteer
time amounts. The worksheet will calculate yearly totals automatically. |
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Complete
the nonprofit contributions worksheet. This worksheet
lists the amount students plan to give to each organization.
In the first column, each nonprofit name should be listed. Then
help your child list the amount of money and volunteer time they’d
like to give to that nonprofit. The worksheet will calculate
totals automatically. Make sure your child’s totals match
the amounts from his or her total giving worksheet. |
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Prepare for the future. This
practice is just an exercise, but it helps students gain important
skills. When they donate to real nonprofits, they’ll follow
the same process as they did here. They’ve done it once—now
they know how. They’ll be ready when it’s time to contribute
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