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6 Generations of Giving: Who Gives the Most and How They Prefer to Give

Nonprofit Tech for Good

1) The Silent Generation (1925-1945) 88% give to charity, donating an annual average of $1,367 across 6.2 Preferred contact methods: Voice calls, direct mail Preferred donation methods: Direct mail and voice calls 2) Baby Boomers (1946-1964) 72% give to charity, donating an annual average of $1,212 across an average of 4.5

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13 of the Best Nonprofit Videos from the Last 13 Years

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The videos below are a snapshot of the history of nonprofits using video. If you work at a NGO, nonprofit, or charity, please volunteer 4-7 minutes of your time to take the survey. These early adopters were also embracing Myspace when the vast majority of nonprofits hadn’t yet had their aha moment about social media.

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A Brief History of Nonprofit Organizations (And What We Can Learn)

NonProfit Hub

Though the idea of helping and giving back to others has existed since Biblical times, nonprofit organizations in the United States have a much shorter history. Let’s take a look at what we can learn from the history of nonprofit organizations. billion in donations for nonprofits in 2012 and has only been growing since.

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Attention Nonprofit #datanerds: Data-Informed Fundraising!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Mission Measurement (@MissionMeasure) September 5, 2012. The September, 2012 Issue of the NTEN Change Journal is pure crack for nonprofit #datanerds (folks who would definitely wear a t-shirt emblazoned with “I Love Data!” We may need to start wearing these here!

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How Experience Cloud Boosted Orders by 59% for Guide Dogs U.K.

Saleforce Nonprofit

While we’ve been creating these CustomEyes books since 2012, the process of marketing its product to those who need it most, making it easy to place an order online, and then shipping those orders across the U.K. Charity sector in fundraising and IT teams championing data and technology. hasn’t been easy. About the Author.

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Public Good's Unique Platform for Attracting New Donors

Tech Soup

While the charity online fundraising field is very crowded indeed, a major unmet need among charities is to find new, engaged donors. Public Good is a new donation platform from the people who revolutionized grassroots online giving for the 2012 Obama presidential campaign. Learning from the 2012 Obama Campaign.

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Prospect Research 101: How to Search Philanthropy Data to Raise More Money

Tech Soup

Now, it’s the nearing the end of 2012. and Canadian nonprofits (as of October 1, 2012 – it’s growing by approximately 1 million donations per month). From the arts to youth, and everything in between – you’re passionate about your cause and the world is a better place because of it.

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