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Money talks: Why tuning into the Giving Pledge matters 

Candid

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.

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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. and knows that your organization receives the full $40 they intended! Backers can choose to add a tip to their pledge to support Kickstarter.

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9 Social Media for Social Good Sites You Should know About

NetWits

Social media for social good is grassroots organizing, fundraising and impact in the digital world. 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. Here’s 9 “social media for social good&# websites you should check out today.

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The Best Donation Platforms for Nonprofits

Whole Whale

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. More than 1,000 organizations later and they still focus on simplified solutions with an attractive pricing structure.

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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% There are 1,280,739 registered 501(c)(3) organizations with the Internal Revenue Service. Family foundations provided approximately 48% of all grants by independent, community, and operating foundations in 2010.

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Open content business models

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

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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