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All About the Pledge

Connection Cafe

On road trips as a child my dad would frequently joke that if we drove long enough we’d eventually find a pledge drive on a local NPR station. Later in life, when I traveled extensively for my job, I’d call him when the town I was visiting was in pledge and my wife, who travels for her job, loves to do the same with me.

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GoFundMe Asks Donors To Tip Them! What’s Up With That?

Bloomerang

What tipping is not Crowdsource Tipping is NOT the same as it appears in online donations where donors may opt to cover processing fees for your nonprofit organization. Think about it: according to the most recent GoFundMe Year in Help , donations through the platform have raised $25 billion since 2010. transaction fee.

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9 Social Media for Social Good Sites You Should know About

NetWits

All this innovation birthed a new type of website – one that’s not driven by a specific non-profit, but is focused on individual people and their online networks. Crowdrise came on the scene with a big splash in 2010. Jumo is another social media for social good platform that entered the mix in 2010.

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The Best Donation Platforms for Nonprofits

Whole Whale

Online revenue is up for nonprofits. 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. So what’s the best donation platform? Click To Tweet. For a Budget. Give Lively. For Basics.

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Great reads from around the web on November 16th

Amy Sample Ward

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.

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Personalizing the Online Fundraising Experience

NTEN

Whether you're hosting a walk-a-thon, charity auction, or soliciting online donations for an annual fund drive, the success of your fundraising campaign lies in the success of each of the individual participants. Provide online tools that allow them to engage with their peers by explaining why they personally chose to get involved.

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5 Interesting Facts from the Giving USA 2011 Report

sgEngage

Total charitable giving was 2% of Gross Domestic Product in 2010 and this is a decline from the level of 2.3% Family foundations provided approximately 48% of all grants by independent, community, and operating foundations in 2010. The largest pledged gift in 2010 was $250 million worth of art and furniture from George M.

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