Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2009

The Chase Community Giving contest on Facebook is one of the biggest online contests thus far, open to more than 500,000 charities. As of this writing, 1,027,398 people joined Chase’s fan page to cast votes for their favorite charities. The top 100 "eligible" vote getters, announced a few days ago, received $25,000.

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Classy

APRIL 29, 2021

Oxfam America. Feeding America. Designs and launches new initiatives, drives organizational strategy, and helps chart the future of Feeding America. Teach For America. Charity Navigator. First woman selected to be President & CEO of Veterans Village of San Diego, and is a 2019 George W. Nonprofit Leaders.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Fans’ obsession with the Hunger Games saga isn’t by chance. As a Hunger Games fanatic (if Disney creates a Panem-based theme park, I’ll be first in line to visit the Capitol), I’ve been thinking about how nonprofits can learn from the phenomenon and generate this type of dedicated following. Hunger Games Lesson 3: Precision Matters.

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AUGUST 18, 2021

And the need to combat hunger and poverty in our communities became all the more urgent. So, for the benefit of the entire industry looking to solve hunger across communities, cities, and nations, I present to you your guide for Foodbank Fundraising in 2021. Unprecedented challenges appeared. Events were cancelled.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2009

It's called Bullseye Gives, a special Facebook page inviting folks to decide how they should allocate $3 million among ten large institutional charities, including: Parent Teacher Association Feeding America The Salvation Army American Red Cross National Parks Foundation Breast Cancer Research Foundation St.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2008

But hunger is a serious issue in America, especially in these difficult times. Tyson's strategy has inspired bloggers and other companies to use this technique to give to charity. Yesterday, I caught a story on NPR about charity giving trends and social media use. Innovative Giving: Tyson Foods For Hunger Relief.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 17, 2012

In case you're wondering, Charity Water "invested (my) money with local partners, Relief Society of Tigray (REST) and Action Against Hunger (ACF) in Ethiopia and Pump Aid in Malawi, to build and rehabilitate freshwater wells and spring protections for people in need." Color me impressed. Color me impressed.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2023

From food banks to educational charities , there are plenty of organizations that have a need for donated physical goods. Here are a few ideas to jumpstart your giving program! Donation Drives A donation drive is a great way to collect in-kind donations for nonprofits your company supports. For example, Darden Restaurants, Inc.,

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 28, 2009

The Souper Bowl of Caring 's mission is to use, "Super Bowl weekend to mobilize youth to fight hunger and poverty in their local communities." American Idol winner, Jordin Sparks, is hosting two events this week in Tampa as part of her 2nd Annual Jordin Sparks Experience Charity Event. This year's winner was the Green Bay Packers.

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MAY 15, 2015

America: A Wasteland of Plenty. Boulder Food Rescue provides food to homeless shelters, working-poor families, schools, charities, low-income housing cooperatives, and other organizations in need. In the U.S., So I'm looking at how to increase access so there are less hungry people who need food overall."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2010

At the time, it was one of the biggest online contests thus far, open to more than 500,000 charities and offering over $5 million in prizes. (In The 100 organizations are now participating in the next round , "The Big Idea" where the 100 charities share their big idea for changing the world and get votes. Organizing Offline and Online.

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Classy

JULY 13, 2021

Charity Case: How the Nonprofit Community Can Stand Up For Itself and Really Change the World. Dan Pallotta is a titan of the charity event industry, creating campaigns such as the AIDS Rides and 3 Day Walk for Breast Cancer. At the end Lencioni goes more in depth on the five dysfunctions holding your team back and how to fix them.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on whether the use of stories or data will create a more compelling year-end appeal: Dear Charity Clairity, Should nonprofits appeal to reason or emotion in their appeals? To make a difference.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Email List Growth Honorable Mention: HSUS - Humane Society of the United States Winner: National Relief Charities Changed from brochure to interactive website, multi-facteed file building strategy and acquired over 1000 new names per month and have converted about 1% to donors in 6 weeks. Komen for the Cure race.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 24, 2007

Of course, because their farms are small and because historically they've gotten a really low price from the local coffee buyers, called coyotes in Latin America, these farmers are all poor. Fair Trade, at the end of the day, is not charity. Charity is noble and there is a place for charity. I mean, really small.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 6, 2021

Now, in the charity context, the most straightforward way to think about this is how can we love the people who need our help? No more hunger for this cutie-pie thanks to you. This is from Volunteers of America again. So this is a Thanksgiving pack from Volunteers of America in 2019. And you can just feel happy.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

In fact, he was named one of the 10 best retreat facilitators in America. So more than 80% of all this money that’s donated to charities comes from people, comes from people. Like how would we position ourselves against another hunger-relief organization? He’s also won the Social Entrepreneur of the Year award.

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Bloomerang

MAY 21, 2021

So, for example, some of you may have heard of Charity Water. Charity Water is a nonprofit organization bringing clean and safe drinking water to people in developing countries. For Charity Water, they can say every single day, “Are we bringing clean and safe drinking water to people in developing countries?

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JULY 19, 2022

Economic data from Giving USA 2022 , an annual publication led by the Giving USA Foundation with research from the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University, tells us that an astonishing $484.85B was given to charities and nonprofits in 2021, with 67% ($326.87B) of that giving total coming directly from individuals.

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