Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2014

The Resource Gap in Rural Funding. If your charity or library happens to be located in rural America, it's not your imagination that it is harder to get grant funding in rural locations. The nonprofit Bridgespan Group did a special post-recession report on overcoming the resource gap in rural funding.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 9, 2020

International organizations planning their fundraising strategies for the new decade and looking for new funding sources may be wondering how to maximize their success in attracting U.S. Select one of four legal paths for raising funds in the U.S. Donors Can Be Found Online: Foundation Directory Online by Candid. GrantWatch.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Proceeds benefit the Best Friends Animal Society, a nonprofit working to end the killing in America’s animal shelters through adoption, spay and neuter education, and no-kill initiatives. 7) Electronic Frontier Foundation Shop :: supporters.eff.org/shop. 17) National Park Foundation Gift Shop :: nationalparks.org/gift-shop.

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Classy

APRIL 20, 2021

As Classy steps into our next chapter with our recent Series D funding and new CEO Christopher Himes , we are also thrilled to announce the appointment of Depelsha McGruder to Classy’s Board of Directors. I view it as an extension of my work at the Ford Foundation. With M.O.B.B. Please join us in welcoming her to the Classy family.

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Candid

MAY 2, 2023

Over 185 years later, HBCUs continue to be the backbone of Black America. This is why, today, in partnership with Candid, we are pleased to announce the launch of the most comprehensive report of its kind, Philanthropy and HBCUs: Foundation funding to historically Black colleges and universities.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2015

Note from Beth: Give Local America , powered by Kimbia’s technology, is an effort to coordinate giving days on one platform. Last year, Give Local America raised more than $53 million from more than 306,000 gifts in 2014. Give Local America emphasizes small, local nonprofits. 1) #iGiveLocal. 4) Leaderboard App. Lori Finch.

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VisionLink

JULY 29, 2010

We are very pleased to announce another new customer among the VisionLink network, Complete College America. Funded by Gates, Ford, Carnegie, Kellog and the Lumina Foundations, this is a nation wide initiative building voice and capacity to increase college completion rates, with a state by state strategy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 12, 2016

Also, if you have not read it, Kivi Leroux-Miller has written a stellar piece called “ The Heroes and Villains of Give Local America Story. “ Give Local America Disaster Offers Lessons for Next Time – Guest Post by Peter Panepento. Last year, Give Local America raised $68.5 In Columbia, S.C.,

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Proceeds benefit the Best Friends Animal Society, a nonprofit working to end the killing in America’s animal shelters through adoption, spay and neuter education, and no-kill initiatives. 12) National Park Foundation Gift Shop :: nationalparks.org/gift-shop. 21) Surfrider Foundation Store :: shop.surfrider.org.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 1, 2020

Just a few months ago, in November 2019, I sat on my front porch and made my donor-advised fund (DAF) grant recommendations via a donor portal within an app on my iPhone while simultaneously sipping a nice glass of wine. In the past, we would receive quarterly fund statements and an occasional letter or email about an event.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Increased access to online and mobile giving technology in Africa, Asia, and South America will likely grow these numbers significantly in coming years. Rapid advancement in technology across the Asian continent over the last decade has laid a foundation for the Asian donor community to emerge as a tremendous force for good worldwide.

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Candid

MAY 19, 2021

Reprinted from The Atlanta Women’s Foundation. According to the same Kaiser Family Foundation report, forty-seven percent of women have reported symptoms of anxiety and/or depressive disorder compared to 38 percent of men in December 2020. Here are the top 10 grantmakers in Georgia who funded mental health between 2014 and 2021.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Manager, Direct Marketing Fundraising Services, long-time staff of the national nonprofit Feeding America , knows better. Aaron and his team have designed a donor thank you process that’s an ongoing practice integrated into the fundraising culture at Feeding America. They seek “an America where no one is hungry.”

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Qgiv

JUNE 29, 2023

The Giving USA 2023: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2022 is the most comprehensive report on philanthropy in America and the data within sheds light on the state of fundraising and ways nonprofits can overcome shortfalls in funding. Giving by foundations managed to grow by 2.5 billion dollars out of the $499.33

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Philanthropy is an effort an individual or organization undertakes based on an altruistic desire to improve human welfare, and wealthy individuals sometimes establish private foundations to facilitate their philanthropic efforts. Last year, more than 130 AFP chapters held NPD events and activities across North America.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 25, 2019

Some organizations already accepting cryptocurrency donations include the United Way, Charity Navigator, the Lupus Foundation of America , the Human Rights Foundation , Red Cross, UNICEF, and Mercy for Animals.

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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.

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Candid

JUNE 17, 2022

Many history books in American schools fail to include the history or acknowledgement of Juneteenth, but at HBCUs, students get a much deeper and contextualized presentation of what it has meant to be Black in America.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

federal agencies, donor-advised funds, and giving platforms. billion from private and community foundations and public charities, 96% of dollars addressed disease outbreaks (mainly COVID-19). The year 2020 began with bushfires in Australia and ended with wildfires throughout North America. Beirut explosion. Midwest derecho.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Still, understanding your audience is the foundation of all other design strategies and directly influences the success or failure of a website. In practice: 1) “I Have A Dream” Foundation. 4) Spondylitis Association of America. In practice: 1) AMA Foundation. 2) Assembly | Malala Fund. 2) Women’s Funding Network.

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Candid

AUGUST 8, 2022

According to the 2020 Smithsonian Magazine article, The Storied History of Giving in America , the practice of philanthropy can reflect and reinforce inequity. There is a breadth and depth of the work done by Black-led organizations; however, funders have made decisions about what causes are “important” to fund.

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Qgiv

JULY 19, 2023

While there are many types of grants your organization can apply for, there are three main sources of funding for these grants: the government, corporations, and foundations. These funding sources offer different options for different types of organizations and have distinct requirements you must fulfill to qualify for the grant.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

funding from foundations, bilateral and multilateral donors, the U.S. federal government, corporations, and donations through donor-advised funds (DAFs) and online platforms. . We invite you to dive into key findings from the report and explore granular data on our funding map. . In it, we examined?available?2019?data

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 28, 2017

One nonprofit, the Electronic Frontier Foundation , did accept Bitcoin. Another nonprofit timed out twice (on two different days) during the donation processing and the donation was never completed. Louis, Public Radio , Stray Rescue of St.

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Candid

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Many will remember Franklin Thomas as the president of Ford Foundation, fewer will realize that he was the first Black foundation president in America, but I knew him as my boss and mentor. I was hired to work for Ford Foundation in 1991 as a program officer in Brazil, when Frank was still President.

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EveryAction

JUNE 21, 2023

Issue awareness is often a foundational step in advocacy work, and it’s important to make sure that your organization’s issue awareness work uses specific, measurable, actionable, relevant, and time-bound (SMART) goals to measure progress. The good news is that you don’t need to spend hours on end searching for relevant news or updates.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

These figures were determined before the COVID-19 pandemic, which potentially further increased homelessness in America. However, funding can often be an issue when there are significant numbers of people in need of services. One way to approach finding additional funding is through applications for grants. Private foundations.

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Candid

OCTOBER 1, 2021

September 30, 2021 The Schuler Education Foundation has awarded a first round of challenge grants totaling $170 million to five colleges in support of financial aid for low-income and/or undocumented students. MacArthur Foundation announces 2021 fellows. MacArthur Foundation has announced its 2021 class of MacArthur Fellows.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

Children’s Defense Fund :: @ ChildDefender. Electronic Frontier Foundation :: @ EFF. Feeding America :: @ FeedingAmerica. Oxfam America :: @ OxfamAmerica. Ploushares Fund :: @ Plough_Shares. World Wildlife Fund :: @ WWF. Amnesty International USA :: @ Amnesty. Ashoka :: @ Ashoka. UNICEF :: @ UNICEF.

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Cloud 4 Good

APRIL 21, 2022

Americas Mainstage Programming . During this time you’ll hear inspiring customer and trailblazer stories from speakers including Lorraine Orr, COO at Boys and Girls Club America, Darren Walker, President at the Ford Foundation, and Joan Garry, Principal at Joan Garry Consulting. 2022 Nonprofit Summit . 2:00 pm PST .

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 30, 2011

British Heart Foundation :: View Collection. Buy your holiday cards from the British Heart Foundation and 100% of the profit goes towards helping beat heart disease. The Jimmy Fund/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute :: View Collection. The Humane Society of the United States :: View Collection. Operation Smile :: View Collection.

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Qgiv

MARCH 5, 2024

These organizations often depend on donations from their supporters, as well as grants, and other forms of funding to support their operations while pursuing their mission with any surplus being reinvested into the organization’s cause instead of being distributed to shareholders. These organizations are unable to collect donations.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Proceeds benefit the Best Friends Animal Society, a nonprofit working to end the killing in America’s animal shelters through adoption, spay and neuter education, and no-kill initiatives. 12) National Park Foundation Gift Shop :: nationalparks.org/gift-shop. 21) Surfrider Foundation Store :: shop.surfrider.org.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation , Citi, and others announced commitments in support of climate action on the second day of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) being held in Glasgow, Scotland. Gates, Citi announce climate action commitments at COP26. November 4, 2021. November 4, 2021.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Malala Fund’s research estimates 20 million more girls could be out of school after the pandemic ends. Our aim at Malala Fund is to create a world where every girl can access 12 years of free, safe, quality education. Malala Fund is partnering with ACE Charity in Nigeria to provide children. This is especially true for girls.

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Qgiv

MARCH 11, 2024

How to start a nonprofit: first steps How to start a nonprofit: build a strong foundation How to start a nonprofit: file the paperwork What is a nonprofit organization? What funds do you already have in place? Just as effective, but without alliteration, is the name Feeding America. But how exactly do you start a nonprofit?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Our latest Impact Lab cohort on climate justice built an open-source tool for climate community-based organizations to access grant funding more seamlessly with the Grants Content Kit. Access to nutritious food is foundational to a healthy, thriving community and society. Director of Advocacy, Policy, and Research, Hunger Free America.

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