Double the Donation

AUGUST 21, 2021

Here are some ideas for recruiting more participants for your next peer-to-peer campaign or event: Create powerful messages – To get your supporters excited about helping you raise funds, it’s important to have a compelling story. What the funds raised from your campaign or event will help your organization accomplish.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 18, 2020

I’ll keep this simple, as many of us have a lot on our minds as we experience the world grappling with a public health crisis. According to a study by The Russell Sage Foundation and The Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality, the GFC reduced total giving by 7 percent in 2008 and by another 6.2 Illustration by Jocelyn Ruiz.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 27, 2017

In the 2015 Nonprofit Finance Fund Report, 23 percent of nonprofits reported operating in deficit and 29 percent reported break-even finances (Nonprofit Finance Fund, 2015). The American spirit has long been rooted in entrepreneurial success (Acs et al, 2008). Nonprofit Finance Fund (2015). Nonprofit Finance Fund (2015).

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 2, 2008

We're half way through 2008, so I thought I'd share how mine are going, and check in on yours. Challenge for the rest of 2008: I'm feeling a bit discouraged about what feels like a lack of progress in the situation. Challenge for rest of 2008: I only have 6 more interviews for 2008. My resolutions were to: 1.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 5, 2021

Parent-led actions can resonate with diverse publics and policymakers, many of whom are parents and grandparents themselves, and can cut across ideological and political boundaries. Parent-led actions can resonate with diverse publics and policymakers, and can cut across ideological and political boundaries.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 29, 2011

One never-ending concern for nonprofits is funding. As a state-wide sector, it can help us to understand what funding looks like across Arizona. It provides an overview of the size and scope of philanthropic activities in our state, based on 2008 IRS data. Giving 2008 Total Giving in AZ (actual dollars). Estimated.

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Whole Whale

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Their founders cover the overhead cost to keep the Forever Free Pledge going, and as such they’ve been able to share the wealth with the Malala Fund, Girl Scouts, StoryCorps, and March for Our Lives. Free and public API available for custom integrations. Platform Fee : Free Transaction Fee : 2.9% + $.30 Platform Fee: 4.9%

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

This morning at the Service Nation Summit , Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA), represented by his niece, Caroline Kennedy, announced that they are introducing the Serve America Act of 2008. Establish a "Volunteer Generation Fund" to help nonprofit organizations recruit and manage more volunteers.

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NTEN

APRIL 13, 2013

Past winners have had a hand in creating and funding the biggest organizations in our space, built nonprofit technology communities large and small, and are exploring and sharing some of the most interesting and innovative technology models. 2008: Vince Stehle. The 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award Winner. 2011: Judy Hallman , RTPNet.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 3, 2017

The war effort was thereby funded by wealthy families. The charitable deduction is a vital nexus between the general public, the nonprofit organizations they support, and government policy. Hager joined the faculty at ASU in 2008. Urban Institute publications. So, Happy Birthday to the Charitable Deduction! think tank.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 11, 2012

It’s also worth noting that these time estimates do not include website maintenance, e-newsletter publication, donate now campaign management, or group texting and text-to-give campaigns, so pick and choose carefully based on what your resources allow. It’s a brave new world in online fund-raising.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 22, 2007

Here's the description: Pimp My Non Profit Non profit groups struggle with funding and public support issues on a daily basis. So when Ed Schipul invited me to be on a panel with him, Rachel Weidinger, Seth Mazow, and Erin Denny about using social media for fundraising, I decided go for it. Here's the link.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Her work on nonprofit studies has appeared in Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly , Nonprofit Management & Leadership , Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations , and Public Management Review. I joined ASU in Fall 2008, and it’s been 8 years. Meet Dr. Wang. For how long have you worked at ASU?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Funded by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, it reflects a year of research and analysis, including conversations with 300+ community stakeholders. Silicon Valley philanthropy is increasing: Individual giving rose 150 percent between 2008 and 2013, from $1.9 billion to $4.8

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 31, 2009

Journalism is really the act of informing communities so that they can make better decisions, that is part of the public service, informing communities so that together we can know where else we need to help." --David Cohn, Founder, Spot.us in the Spring of 2008 at an Innovations in Journalism conference, I thought, this is going to be big.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Recently, I've been getting a question like that goes something like this, "All this social media stuff is great if you're fund raising or selling something or running a grassroots advocacy campaign, but what if you're focusing on carefully vetted scientific research or want to impact policy? Source: Compete Media Trends for 2008 .

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Tech Soup

APRIL 19, 2016

These challenges helped provide early publicity, support, collaboration opportunities, and funding for now-famous "tech for good" organizations such as Ushahidi , FrontlineSMS , and many others. Ushahidi got its start in early 2008. Ushahidi Harnesses Data for Social Good. and that year we came in second.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 8, 2013

For instance, 2006 saw a surge in corporate giving , while the recession year of 2008 had a gloomy giving outlook. Since 2008 corporate philanthropy has either been flat with no increase in giving or modestly increased, almost exactly corresponding to the growth patterns of the U.S. percent in 2012. How To Get Corporate Philanthropy.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 16, 2009

It's been my good fortune to work with Children's Defense Fund for the last year and a half here at Convio. If I'm looking for resources, publications, and ways to get involved, the top menu bar makes it really clear where I'll find what I'm looking for. And what a marvelous result it is! Google organic search visits increased by 23%.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Nonprofit Finance Fund. At Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF), we use data to help us understand and communicate the financial reality facing nonprofit practitioners on the ground. To understand this, it’s important to acknowledge the way that this funding shapes an agency’s program decisions. Angela Francis , Senior Associate.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 8, 2013

For instance, 2006 saw a surge in corporate giving , while the recession year of 2008 had a gloomy giving outlook. Since 2008 corporate philanthropy has either been flat with no increase in giving or modestly increased, almost exactly corresponding to the growth patterns of the U.S. percent in 2012. How To Get Corporate Philanthropy.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 7, 2013

In 2008, with support from the California Emerging Technology Fund , we established a formal digital divide program and, with the help of our community partners, connected more than 10,000 previously disconnected homes to broadband Internet. We had distributed more than 25,000 computers to 1,000+ nonprofits.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 11, 2012

Most researchers agree that low-income earners volunteer less (Wilson, 2012) and Pho (2008) extended this finding to include medium-wage earners. Piper Trust funded an expansion of the Encore Fellowships program that originated in California. As part of a. highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can.

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Care2

MAY 17, 2013

Join Care2 and Salsa Labs on a ''tour de petition'' as we explore how organizations like Protect Our Defenders, ForestEthics, Environmental Defense Fund and more are making the most out of their hard earned signatures. It is a coalition effort comprised of National Wildlife Federation, National Audubon Society and Environmental Defense Fund.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2013

Department of Commerce (NTIA) stimulus grants in 2008 and 2009 and so it has had no government funding and has been struggling to successfully get off the ground. Kate told me the history of the successful Keyspot Project , which was launched with federal BTOP funding during the stimulus days. How the Project Got Going.

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Care2

JUNE 21, 2013

Her team raises funds to help secure and distribute more than 200M meals annually for families struggling with hunger. In 2008, Liz joined Feeding America at the onset of the sweeping organizational brand transformation; and helped guide direct response fundraising efforts through a successful brand transition.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 19, 2018

Like many years in the past, 2017 continued to bring significant change to the way foundations approach their grantmaking, collaborate with each other, collaborate with their grant partners, collaborate with the public and private sectors and how they are utilizing technology and data to drive their strategy forward. Data and Analytics.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 4, 2022

DEI strategies are important for authentically realizing the organization’s mission and may result in more funding opportunities. Some organizations have utilized community partnerships such as co-production and community-centric funding to engage communities they serve in their organizational processes. Public Administration Review.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

The first round of voting will end on December 31, 2008. I just submitted my idea: Make Things That Are "Public" Cool Obama said that he wants to make politics cool. I hope he'll make funding, supporting, and using "public" services like education, transportation, parks, libraries and broadcasting cool too.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Millions of editors on Wikipedia and it’s rise in public use was climbing. The first example is Ushahidi – originally designed as a tool for mapping reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election unrest in 2008. Yet, 90 percent of respondents also felt that the public expects some action based on social media applications.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 25, 2011

The most successful documentaries are having a significant impact on major debates and public policies, from environmental concerns to financial regulations. This year’s Academy Award winning film – Inside Job – is one of the most powerful descriptions of what went wrong leading up to the financial collapse of 2008.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

from pitching your cause to donors and funding agencies, to delivering services to members and clients; and from seeking public support and the ear of decision-makers, to collaborating with other organizations in projects of common interest. Published Friday, June 06, 2008 8:13 PM by Rebecca. June 6, 2008 10:41 PM.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 1, 2017

An L3C, though, is a hybrid of an LLC and nonprofit business model, which is where an organization operates to benefit the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Since the first American L3C was started only in 2008, this concept is relatively new to the business and legal world.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 7, 2016

Legislation includes action by Congress, any state legislature, any local council, or similar governing body, with respect to acts, bills, resolutions, or similar items (such as legislative confirmation of appointive office), or by the public in referendum, ballot initiative, constitutional amendment, or similar procedure.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

Since its formation, AmeriCorps has served thousands of organizations and nearly 3/4 of AmeriCorps' members continue to serve after they complete their AmeriCorps service, and often go into public service. Thad Cochran (R-MS), and Sen.Christopher Dodd (D-CT)) that she is a part of who will be pushing the Serve America Act of 2008. "We

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 25, 2018

John Hancock was approached by the mayor of Boston in 2008 with a collaborative opportunity that falls in the latter category. Over the last ten years, the MLK Scholars Program has brought together partners from across the social, public and private sectors to enact positive change in the Boston community.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

You may remember " Children Need a Bailout " from 2009, or " Breathe In, Breathe Out ," from 2008. Submit any video your organization made last year by March 19, when a set of nonprofit and media professionals will select 16 finalists to compete in a public vote.

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