Candid
JULY 18, 2023
As the saying goes, “Money talks,” and there’s no better example of this than the Giving Pledge and its effect on the social sector. To date, 241 individuals with a cumulative net worth easily surpassing $1 trillion have made the pledge—a public commitment to give the majority of their fortunes to charity.
Bloomerang
OCTOBER 30, 2023
Think about it: according to the most recent GoFundMe Year in Help , donations through the platform have raised $25 billion since 2010. Backers can choose to add a tip to their pledge to support Kickstarter. For a full analysis of the differences of these sites see Victoria Thomas’s blog post. 15% of $25 billion is $3.75
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Amy Sample Ward
JUNE 22, 2011
Today, I’m live blogging a few sessions from the 2011 Millennial Donor Summit. millions PCs in Q4 2010. 79% of respondents volunteered in 2010, and they prefer to do it in groups. For example, a bike-a-thon in Texas has a Ride for Life app so that people can keep track of pledges and fundraising, see where others are, etc.
AFP Blog
JULY 25, 2011
Donors’ Pledges to Reconstruct Haiti Come up Empty | UN Dispatch : "Back in March 2010, when the devastating earthquake in Haiti was still making headline news, UN member states pledged over $9 billion for Haiti’s reconstruction – including $5.3 billion for 2010-2011."
Amy Sample Ward
NOVEMBER 16, 2010
To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). We continued in 2010 with a second list, and now we're readying a third.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
SEPTEMBER 7, 2011
Not too long ago Seth Godin announced on his blog that he was going to reinvent the way books were published and read with The Domino Project. Ashton pledged to donate 10,000 mosquito nets to MNM if he got there first, and his pledge catapulted him to success. The race was part of the World Malaria Day in 2009.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
DECEMBER 1, 2007
There was one interesting model was asking for pledges, and if the pledges got up to a certain amount, the content would be produced. The problem of how do you fund the actual writing of content was not really addressed, and I think that is one of the harder nuts to crack.
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