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June Cause Awareness: LGBTQIA+ Pride Month

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QC Pride was founded in 2008, revived in 2017, and serves the Quad Cities area of Iowa and Illinois. allgo Based in Austin, Texas, allgo is an organization serving queer people of color communities across the Lone Star State. Donate to support their cause here. QC Pride, Inc. Donate on their website to support their mission.

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$16M Raised. 2M Dips.

DipJar

The idea for the first DipJar came from founder Ryder Kessler in 2008 as a way to tip coffee shop baristas. Even more, they rotate ‘Phoebe’ around Dallas, Texas to new retail locations to reach a broader audience. We’re excited to announce that nonprofit organizations have collectively raised $16 million using DipJar!

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Alt-labor: What are workers’ rights nonprofits?  

Candid

Funding to workers’ rights organizations increased since the 2008 financial crisis. This figure accounts for more than the entire sum of funding for California, Texas, and Florida combined. According to Candid data, funding from large foundations to workers’ rights nonprofits more than doubled between 2007 and 2019, from $14.5

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Vote and Comment for ALL these Awesome Nonprofit Panels at SXSW!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

2008 SXSW Panel: Pimp Your Nonprofit Cause photo by Ed Schipul. The SXSW Interactive Festival (scheduled March, 2012 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. In 2008, we wore funny hats to go with the theme of our panel. Hope you’ll consider a vote for our session.

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How To Use Information You Already Have To Personalize Constituent Experiences Online

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Aimy Wiley, Capital Area Food Bank of Texas. [Ed. I recently started coordinating the online development for the Capital Area Food Bank of Texas, a mid-sized food bank serving 21 counties in Central Texas. In 2008, CAFB distributed more than 17 million pounds of food. You can read all the details here. ].

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Try Eating for $4 a Day. Join The Hunger Challenge

Have Fun - Do Good

Last year, 6 food bloggers and recipe developers tried to eat 3 meals on $3 per day during the 2008 San Francisco Food Bank's Hunger Challenge. Or that 34 million people in the United States live on a food stamp budget? I didn't, until I read about the San Francisco Food Bank's Hunger Challenge.

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Donor Spotlight: Lavelle Fund for the Blind

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

government and states like Texas. We first extended Bookshare services internationally in 2008 with the launch of Bookshare in India. Moreover, Bookshare basically breaks even in the United States thanks to contracts to provide the services, from the U.S. The Lavelle Fund also supports programs benefiting the developing world.

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