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11 Holiday Gift Programs That Benefit Nonprofits and Make the World A Better Place :: 2011 Edition

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Many of us will purchase hundreds of dollars in holiday gifts over the next six weeks, and with some conscious consumerism those dollars could also help some of your favorite nonprofits continue their work in 2012. Your purchases help improve the lives of tens of thousands of artisans worldwide. [ Shop 10,000 Villages ].

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I Made My First Kiva Loan to an American Entrepreneur Today

Have Fun - Do Good

This is the fourth loan I've made to an entrepreneur using Kiva, but the first one to an entrepreneur in the United States. Kiva facilitates regular people, like you and me, making micro-loans to entrepreneurs who aren't able to get a loan from the bank. In the past, Kiva only worked with entrepreneurs outside of the U.S.,

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3 Things A 404 Page Must Do & Examples

Whole Whale

Pause for a minute and think – are you confident that what they are seeing is helping them? This article will help map out how you can go from fine to fantastic. Note that Google Analytics can show you the top search terms on your site which may be super helpful for improving your 404 page narrative. Donate Life America.

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#GivingTuesday: Why I Am Participating in the National Day of Giving on November 27, 2012

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Encouraging nonprofits to embrace this mode of fundraising was the point of the Case Foundation’s America’s Giving Challenge , one of the first giving contests launched back in 2007 where I was a first place winner raising funds for Cambodian children.

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Mother's Day Donation Ideas

Have Fun - Do Good

World Food Programme to help a mother feed her child. Oxfam America Unwrapped and fund virtual gifts like a pair of school uniforms for $20 , or planting 50 trees for $30. * . * Room to Read's Girls' Education program. Create an interactive card for your mom on the U.N. World Food Programme's Wall Against Hunger.

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SOCAP: The Market at the Intersection of Money and Meaning

Tech Soup

Frankie Ridolf i stopped by to see how they can do more to help nonprofits tell their story. Kiva is a San Francisco based crowd-funding microfinance nonprofit that allows just under a million people to make little micro-loans to poor people around the world. I fervently wish them well. Free Range. It was great to see him.

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Thank You Adam and Mark for the early Birthday present!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Mark is fast approaching 100 Kiva loans, so his support of the Sharing Foundation means a lot! If we are four of the top causes to get the most unique donors, we'll win $50,000 for the Sharing Foundation as part of America's Giving Challenge. I'm glad we're friends on Facebook and that he reads my status. That's Adam Nicholson.

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