Robert Weiner

JANUARY 9, 2012

NTEN published my somewhat snarky predictions for nonprofits' use of fundraising technologies in 2012. My overall predictions are that most things will be pretty much the same as last year (and 2010 and 2009, etc.): many nonprofits will struggle with out-of-date systems. No surprise -- many will also lack the funding to replace them.

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Robert Weiner

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Applications for all Heroes with a Heart grant awards open on Wednesday, February 1st, 2012 and close Wednesday, February 29th, 2012 at midnight. Finalists will appear on the CTK Facebook page for public voting during April and winners will be announced on May 1, 2012.

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Robert Weiner

DECEMBER 19, 2011

2, 2012: A check mailed (and postmarked) on December 29th that arrived in the office on January 2nd. The check would be considered a 2011 charitable contribution even though the nonprofit did not receive the check and the funds did not clear the bank until January 2012. "A A staff member heard the message on Jan.

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Robert Weiner

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Blackbaud says it still gets calls from GiftMaker users, and we get questions from GMP users on TechSoup’s forums ( here's one from June 2012 ). But with a cloud-based system, when a vendor ends support or goes out of business the product can simply vanish.

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