Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2012

Synapses Ablaze at GEO 2012 – guest post by Victoria Dunning. It’s big, it’s inspiring, and it helps me think more clearly about Global Fund for Children’s work to scout, support and strengthen grassroots groups serving vulnerable children around the globe. GEO’s 2012 National [.] True grit matters…a lot.

Seattle 112

Seattle Journal Children National 112

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2012

GEO’s 2012 National Conference offered a range of perspectives and new ideas for smarter grantmaking that leads to better results and present opportunities for participants to learn from the wisdom and experience of their peers. Darin McKeever, Deputy Director, Charitable Sector Support, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Kimberly St.

Blogger 91

Blogger Conference Effective Seattle 91

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2012

I couldn’t help but also think how powerful it would be if an organization like the Case Foundation hosted a convening of those involved with various giving days and challenges to share best practices and learning, perhaps leading to something even global. GiveMN 2012 by the Numbers by Jeff Achen, GiveMN Digital Strategist.

Giving 104

Giving Minnesota Social Media Offline 104

Candid

AUGUST 18, 2022

Despite the clear and present need for a significant shift in how the field supports Black leaders, long-term commitments to funding Black leaders and communities are episodic at best. . Between 2012 and 2020, the Fellowship supported 90 leaders working across 40 U.S. Listen and respond to Black leaders.

Green 98

Green Pledge Alternative Fund 98

ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

In order to make change that is sustainable and scalable, additional funding sources need to be considered to help nonprofits achieve their core missions. Nonprofit organizations are vital to the nation’s economic well-being and have nearly doubled in the last 30 years (National Center for Charitable Statistics, 2015).

Model 53

Model Fund Social United States 53

Tech Soup

JANUARY 8, 2016

We all ask ourselves these questions: Who will fund my organization? What is a reasonable level of funding to expect for my organization? Does my budget, location, or mission affect my organization's ability to be awarded grants? One of the most notable changes is the increase in the rate of funding.

Trend 36

Trend Organization Award Survey 36

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2014

Note from Beth: What if your organization embarked on its first ever crowd funding campaign with a goal of raising $50,000 and only raised $10,000? Would you stop doing crowd funding, social media infused fundraising and revert back to traditional methods of fundraising? Or would you learn, pivot, and improve? per person.

Results 112

Results Foundation Community Learning 112

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2012

Note from Beth : This is an ongoing series from the Organizational Effectiveness Program team at the Packard Foundation about developing their program funding strategy in an open way or what has been dubbed “Learning In Public.” Assessment of 46 OE grants to networks awarded 2009-2011, conducted by Monitor Institute (2012).

Effective 96

Effective Program Work Review 96

Forum One

JUNE 8, 2022

Organized by the Academy of Interactive & Visual Arts (AIVA) , this year’s 28th annual awards includes over 6,000 entries from companies and agencies of all sizes, making it one of the largest awards of its kind in the world. The Communicator Awards honor excellence in innovation and creative work in marketing and communications.

Award 69

Award Communication Arkansas Drupal 69

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2012

I’m here at the 2012 Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO) conference in Seattle – which is aptly nicknamed “The Emerald City.” A harder step is culture, since a thriving learning organization needs personalities that are hard-wired for curiosity and analysis, which are often not the qualities a staff has been hired for.

Conference 92

Conference Learning Effective Organization 92

Tech Soup

AUGUST 8, 2013

The latest Chronicle of Philanthropy survey of American corporate giving essentially finds that companies are still giving out cash grants, but are putting more energy into product or in-kind philanthropy. percent increase in 2012 to $5.3 The 2012 leaders were: Wells Fargo Bank ($315 million cash). percent in 2012.

Philanthropy 44

Philanthropy Survey Grant Giving 44

NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 27, 2017

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. Though the organization had been around for years, in the early 1900s we saw the U.S.’s

History 60

History Learning Organization Vietnam 60

ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Nonprofits solicit and raise funds as a fact of their existence. To protect nonprofits and the general public, most states enforce certain compliance requirements on nonprofit organizations soliciting within their borders. The second option pertains to organizations with smaller budgets or bases of support.

Develop 52

Develop Strategy Online Fundraising 52

ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Nonprofits solicit and raise funds as a fact of their existence. To protect nonprofits and the general public, most states enforce certain compliance requirements on nonprofit organizations soliciting within their borders. The second option pertains to organizations with smaller budgets or bases of support.

Develop 52

Develop Strategy Online Fundraising 52

ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 1, 2012

Nonprofit Finance Fund. Earlier this year, Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) received 4,600 responses to our annual 2012 State of the Sector Survey. Earlier this year, Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) received 4,600 responses to our annual 2012 State of the Sector Survey. Angela Francis , Senior Associate.

Research 85

Research Survey Fund Stats 85

ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 11, 2013

With the recent scarcity of grant funding, excellent program evaluation practices are becoming a distinguishing element of effective and grant-competitive nonprofit organizations. 1 Even those who are eager to conduct evaluations often lack the funding and knowledge to evaluate their programs appropriately.

Research 82

Research Culture Evaluation Arizona 82

The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

What started in 2012 has exploded into the biggest giving day of the year, inspiring hundreds of millions of people worldwide to give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity. Is there a project you want to get funded? Don’t be afraid to let your donors in and tell them how the pandemic has affected your organization.

Tips 52

Tips Social Media Campaign Goal 52

The Modern Nonprofit

AUGUST 31, 2021

What started in 2012 has exploded into the biggest giving day of the year, inspiring hundreds of millions of people worldwide to give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity. Is there a project you want to get funded? Don’t be afraid to let your donors in and tell them how the pandemic has affected your organization.

Tips 97

Tips Social Media Campaign Goal 97

Tech Soup

JANUARY 7, 2012

The survey provided a glimpse of some of the grantseeking challenges facing organizations in the fields of Arts and Humanities, Community Development, Education, Health Care, Social and Human Services, and Youth Development. Many of the findings were as expected: Nonprofits continue to struggle to find the funds to do their jobs.

Grant 54

Grant Survey Award Government 54

sgEngage

APRIL 10, 2023

Giving Tuesday began in 2012, raising an estimated $10 million in its first year, according to Nonprofits Source. Donors who’ve contributed to your cause or interacted with your organization recently have demonstrated their connection to your nonprofit and are likely to give again. But the movement’s momentum hasn’t slowed since then.

Demographics 74

Demographics Retention Donor Research 74

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2016

In ten years we have grown the IssueLab collection to 20,000 publicly available, searchable resources, organized across 38 issue areas, authored by 15,000 researchers, and published and/or funded by more than 7,000 institutions from across the globe. Despite What Many of Us Think, the Web is Not Self Organizing.

Share 70

Share Learning Knowledge Management Knowledge 70

Tech Soup

DECEMBER 4, 2015

Editor's note — This blog piece by Micah Sifry touches on the still inadequate state of funding for nonprofit technology. Foundation Center's new Foundation Funding for U.S. Democracy platform reveals the state of nonprofit technology funding in a critical area in some detail.

America 36

America Tech New York City Foundation 36

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

At the 2012 GEO conference, I learned about a Big Experiment for Learning in Public undertaken by the Packard Foundation, together with TCC Group and Beth Kanter. Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle.

Public 94

Public Learning Sound Environment 94

Tech Soup

AUGUST 8, 2013

The latest Chronicle of Philanthropy survey of American corporate giving essentially finds that companies are still giving out cash grants, but are putting more energy into product or in-kind philanthropy. percent increase in 2012 to $5.3 The 2012 leaders were: Wells Fargo Bank ($315 million cash). percent in 2012.

Philanthropy 55

Philanthropy Survey Results Giving 55

Tech Soup

JANUARY 17, 2012

She is guest blogging for TechSoup on the current state of grantseeking for different types of organizations. grantseeking efforts of organizations focused on community. Community Improvement and Capacity Building: Fewer Grant Awards. Community improvement and capacity building-focused organizations comprise 4.6%

Develop 50

Develop Community United States Grant 50

ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2012

For-Profit with a Social Overlay: Under this classification we have the for-profit organizations that by law or by definition are expected to work for the common good. Different from for-profit structures, these organizations are required by law to have a social mission, which potentially can increase public support for their business.

Structure 75

Structure Alternative Research El Salvador 75

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2013

Guest Post by Heather Grant-McLeod. or “collective impact,” this work is characterized by a very different mindset, approach, and set of tools than traditional grant-making or nonprofit work, which has historically focused on supporting programs and organizations, and scaling those up. Building Capacity for Social Change 2.0

Build 112

Build Change Social Facilitation 112

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2012

Less restrictive funding. If you believe nonprofits are largely inefficient, lack key technical skills and abilities, don’t understand their business model, you create a funding system high on accountability, compliance, and funder-driven. These funders then created a new definition of doing more with less.

United States 104

United States Seattle Attitude Fund 104

Tech Soup

JANUARY 24, 2012

state of grantseeking for different types of organizations. state of grantseeking , the state of community development , and arts and humanities organizations ! The majority of these respondents (68%) indicated that they either applied for more or the same number of grants as they had the year before. Read her posts.

Education 50

Education Grant Government Award 50

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

If you’re a frequent TechSoup.org visitor and you use QuickBooks® to manage your organization’s finances (as 70 percent of nonprofits in the U.S. Tracking grants, pledges, and dues. Printing personalized donor thank-you letters directly from QuickBooks® Tracking funds. Advanced budgeting by grant/program.

Raleigh 47

Raleigh San Francisco Charlotte Georgia 47

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 12, 2012

This week before I leave for the Middle East, I will have the honor of presenting at the Grantmakers For Effective Organization’s Conference in Seattle. I am doing a session called “ Learning in Public ” with Kathy Reich, Packard Foundation and Jared Raynor, TCC Group. Stay tuned for a blog post about it. Kimberly St.

Results 95

Results Seattle Evaluation Michigan 95

ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 11, 2017

Recent trends in philanthropic giving indicate that the new generation of donors has a high interest in ensuring that their donations generate outcomes (Flandez, 2012). At the same time, nonprofits should be aware of the challenges and limitations to this emergent form of funding.

Impact 40

Impact Social Arizona Homeless 40

Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2013

Back in May 2012 we got the first announcements of a huge U.S. Federal Communications Commission in 2011 and is now its own nonprofit organization. Department of Commerce (NTIA) stimulus grants in 2008 and 2009 and so it has had no government funding and has been struggling to successfully get off the ground.

Digital 65

Digital Project San Diego Internet 65

Tech Soup

AUGUST 22, 2014

We thought we’d ask some past winners to tell us about how they’ve been using their videos and how important storytelling is to their organization. Our goal was to raise the funds to provide education for the rural children of India who do not have access to English education and to give them a chance to dream of a new future.

Storytelling 66

Storytelling Children India Video 66

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 2, 2015

Whether it was a 12 year old starting a fundraising drive to help homeless , GivingTuesday matching grant challenges , nonprofits launching crowd funding campaigns , sharing unselfies about why they give , people sharing their giving stories – yesterday was about abundance in the nonprofit sector versus scarcity.

Philanthropy 50

Philanthropy Global Participatory New York 50

Tech Soup

APRIL 16, 2013

According to our 2012 NGO Global Cloud Survey , collaboration is already one of the top ten current uses for cloud-based software among charities. We work together in grant-funded projects, with teams of volunteers, with public agencies, with other nonprofits. Collaboration Is How Charities Function. It's our nature.

License 59

License NGO Files Collaboration 59

Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 18, 2014

This day of giving is truly becoming an international movement and tradition gaining momentum each year since its founding in 2012. Cancer research funding is very competitive right now, but because of their strategic approach, CCS was top of mind by the time #GivingTuesday rolled around.

Cancer 44

Cancer Donation Grant Canada 44