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Empowering Young Children through Philanthropy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One of them was Vincent Law who is doing interesting work with teaching young children about giving and philanthropy. Empower Young Children through Philanthropy – guest blog post by Vincent Law, CEO and Founder at PhilanthroKids Academy. As you might know, the English word ‘Philanthropy’ has a Greek origin.

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Money talks: Why tuning into the Giving Pledge matters 

Candid

That’s potentially a lot of philanthropy. Influential Pledgers’ philanthropic approaches The Giving Pledge was formed in 2010 by Bill Gates, Melinda French Gates, and Warren Buffett to encourage the super-rich to publicly elevate and accelerate their giving. They are not the only pledgers with the capacity to set public priorities.

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Is climate change action the new face of natural disaster relief?

Candid

When a disaster strikes, individuals, communities, philanthropy, and entire nations often rise to the occasion, providing relief and humanitarian aid. Meanwhile, European philanthropy is spending just 5% on climate-related funding. Seeing a problem—like the February earthquake in Turkey and Syria —many will act to mitigate it.

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Giving USA Releases Report on 2011 Philanthropy

sgEngage

The Giving USA Foundation and its research partner, the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University , has released Giving USA 2012: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the year 2011. in 2011 from 2010 to $298.42 in 2011 from 2010 to $298.42 in 2011 as compared to 2010. from 2010, totaling $95.88

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Great reads from around the web on October 25th

Amy Sample Ward

Women Give 2010 is the first report to compare philanthropic giving between men and women across all income levels based on a nationally representative sample. It uses data from the Center on Philanthropy Panel Study (COPPS), the nation’s largest study that tracks giving patterns among the same households over time."

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Why Nonprofits Need to Be Early Explorers of the Metaverse

Nonprofit Tech for Good

As of now, nonprofits, activism, and philanthropy are virtually non-existent in the metaverse (pun intended). Susan Tenby , a pioneeress in nonprofits exploring the metaverse through Second Life, can be listened to in this 2010 webinar by TechSoup explaining the concept of the Nonprofit Commons in Second Life. Augmented Reality (AR).

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Podcast: How Nonprofits Can Use LinkedIn

Amy Sample Ward

Date : December 2nd, 2010. Description : In this month’s edition of Social Good, Allison Fine, the host, interviews Amy Sample Ward, community development manager at TechSoup Global, and Estrella Rosenberg, founder and executive director of Big Love Little Hearts in Chicago and author of the blog Adventures in Philanthropy.

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