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It Takes a Village: Using Peer-to-Peer to End Homelessness

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People often ask, “What’s the best way to end homelessness?” If you’re reading this article, you probably don’t need to be convinced that fighting poverty and homelessness is worthwhile. Altogether, the 2021 Walk to End Homelessness raised over $96,000 for their cause! 3 Successful Peer-to-Peer Events.

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5 Ways to Use Crowdfunding to Rally Your #GivingTuesday Supporters

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Triple your #GivingTuesday goal with a little help from your friends. Last year on Giving Tuesday, Chicago Coalition for the Homeless used DonorPerfect Crowdfunding for a fun and easy way to energize their supporters to give and share about their $10,000 fundraising goal. An average donation to a crowdfunding campaign is $66.

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Fundraising Lessons from the Father of Advertising | Ogilvy on Fundraising

Whole Whale

A charity combating homelessness should feature stories of providing shelter, not just cute mascots. This helps show the mission’s importance. Helping real people should be the star. Google Analytics is a must-use tool to help understand your campaign performance. Their passion can be contagious.

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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

For example, Mark Horvath has put together a cookbook , filled with recipes from social media leaders, that is being sold on iTunes and is generating funding to help provide programs to homeless. Giving Tuesday takes a lot of these ideas and blends them together.

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Knitting for Peace: Make the World a Better Place One Stitch at a Time

Have Fun - Do Good

In addition to stories about how each project was created, Christiansen includes knitting patterns related to the organizations' work like the ChemoCaps Eyelet Hat, Peace for Fleece Classic Wool Socks and Afghan for Afghans Child's Vest.

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Reflections from Networked Nonprofit Workshop for 300 People

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I’ve constantly stretching myself to learn new techniques that help nonprofits embrace and effectively put social media strategies and tools into practice as well as address the change management issues of becoming a Networked Nonprofit. (The Colorado Trust blog has notes here.). Some Reflections.

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Are Social Enterprises Viable Models for Funding Nonprofits?

ASU Lodestar Center

In order to make change that is sustainable and scalable, additional funding sources need to be considered to help nonprofits achieve their core missions. L3Cs were specifically designed to help social entrepreneurs raise capital from a much broader range of investors.

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