Candid

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The IRS recognizes 45,387 501(c)(5) entities, which include both unions and agriculture/horticultural organizations. Candid reviewed these organizations and found that 38,049 organizations—or 84% of 501(c)(5)s—are unions. [1]. Unions are primarily known for advocating for workers’ rights within specific organizations.

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Trend Files Local Review 105

Greater Giving

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The first GivingTuesday took place in 2012, and since then it’s grown into a global movement. What will you accomplish with your GivingTuesday funds? Think of actionable steps and physical outcomes, such as reaching a benchmark on new construction or funding a specific program. Get familiar with the big day. Run a drive.

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Social Media Donation Hunger Donor 72

BoardAssist

JULY 8, 2014

The best accounting software depends on many factors unique to each organization. For example, an organization that provides professional development to teachers can close a class when the room becomes full and wait list teachers in excess of capacity. The process used by the homeless shelter does not have a widely agreed upon name.

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Collaboration Build Homeless New York 85

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.

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Impact Social Arizona Homeless 40

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.

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Philanthropy Global Participatory New York 50

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.

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Storytelling Children India Video 66

Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

HealthRIGHT 360 is an impressive and complex organization, the combination of two renowned community nonprofits, Haight-Ashbury Free Clinics and Walden House. Walden House was founded in the Haight-Ashbury district, just two years later, in 1969 and focused on helping runaway youth and the homeless with substance abuse problems.

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Case Study Studies California Phone 47

Museum 2.0

MAY 21, 2014

Seeing so many cheerful one-liners in my inbox made me think about how different my work situation is today than the last time I reflected on it in public in 2012, at my one-year anniversary. I helped them find funding and partners and time to make amazing work happen. This year was a year of building, challenging, and strengthening.

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Museum Director History Teen 49

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 4, 2014

They feed the hungry, provide medicine for the sick, shelter the homeless, educate our youth, protect the environment, prevent animal cruelty, and that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Last year, 7 organizations were recognized at bbcon. Do you know of an organization that deserves to be recognized this year? Read the case study.

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Case Study Syria Award Nashville 45

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 5, 2016

For several years now, January 1st not only means the beginning of the New Year, but also an opportunity to look at trends in year-end fundraising emails from nonprofit organizations. Be sure to check out 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , and 2011 too. I was sent 70 emails from 41 different nonprofit organizations. Emails By Date.

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email Fundraising Gift Children 20

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 1, 2015

Be sure to give the 2013 , 2012 , and 2011 reviews a look too. For 2014, I reviewed 445 email messages sent to me from 74 different nonprofit organizations between December 1st and 31st, 2014. On December 31st, I received 53 emails from 37 different nonprofit organizations, the most of any day. Here it is! Email by Hour.

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