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22 Statistics About #GivingTuesday Donors Worldwide

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The data from GivingTuesday comes from their 2019 GivingTuesday Impact Report and the 2020 Global Trends in Giving Report data is based on the survey responses of 2,263 GivingTuesday 2019 donors. From the 2020 Global Trends in Giving Report : 2) 9% of donors worldwide donated to a nonprofit, NGO, or charity on GivingTuesday 2019.

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Philanthropy Delivers New Promise of Quality Education for All

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Investing in education has an incredible multiplier effect as it leads to increased prosperity not just for individuals, but also for their communities and societies. This topic was center-stage at this year’s Global Philanthropy Forum. It provides returns for decades. This is where philanthropy comes in.

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Muslim Giving 101: An Introduction for Fundraisers & Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

As the United States becomes an increasingly pluralistic nation, where do American Muslims fit into this statistic? After giving to mosques, the second highest category of giving is toward domestic poverty alleviation and education. Until recently, it was difficult to know. Muslims make up around 1% of the total U.S.

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Data Digest: Moneyball Giving, Data and Philanthropy, Data for Africa

Tech Soup

Data Digest is a weekly round-up of the latest news on data-related projects in the nonprofit sector, compiled and authored by Keisha Taylor of GuideStar International and TechSoup Global. The rational for "seeing data as a state" rather than a donor in Africa to help answer policymakers questions is also explained.

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Raise Your Hand for Girls on October 11, 2012

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Globally, 1 in 3 girls around the world is denied an education by the daily realities of poverty, violence and discrimination. Millions of girls are being denied an education right at a time when it has the power to transform their lives and the world around them. The photo above is Leng Sopharath.

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Microsoft YouthSpark: A New Chapter in Citizenship at Microsoft

Tech Soup

required for jobs, but our collective approach to educating and. Among others, the International Youth Foundation identified these troubling global trends. than ever have access to education, but too many drop out of school or. In North American and Western Europe, despite educational opportunities. This region has the.

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My Latest President's Update

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

He plans to start a search fund (a vehicle for entrepreneurs to raise funds from investors) to find businesses – and intellectual property – that have a social focus to help out developing countries, particularly South Africa. As an intern, Kristian has spent her summer doing what she loves: statistical analysis.