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DECEMBER 2, 2014

Red Cross Aims to Boost Sharing and Giving With Hope.ly – Philanthropy Today - Blogs - The Chronicle of Philanthropy : "The American Red Cross is introducing an online tool that aims to leverage popular Web content to spur donations to the charity, writes The New York Times. The aid organization will launch Hope.ly NPRedCross'

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JANUARY 23, 2008

The Valley Goes to the Mountains, in Full Blogging Mode - Mergers, Acquisitions, Venture Capital, Hedge Funds -- DealBook - New York Times: "Tech is back at Davos this year,” one of the participants exclaimed to me before I left Silicon Valley for the annual conference at this ski resort town.It doesn’t feel that way.

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DECEMBER 5, 2014

Launched three months ago, the effort has raised more than $160,000 for nonprofit arts organizations through dedicated pages on the crowdfunding Web site." ''via Blog this''' Launched three months ago, the effort has raised more than $160,000 for nonprofit arts organizations through dedicated pages on the crowdfunding Web site."

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JANUARY 26, 2015

Colleges Mine Social Media for Clues on Likely Donors – Philanthropy Today - Blogs - The Chronicle of Philanthropy : "A handful of tech start-ups are making tools that harness data and interactions from widely used social networks to help colleges and universities identify alumni with the greatest propensity to donate, writes The New York Times. " (..)

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APRIL 22, 2014

Privacy Worries Shutter Gates-Funded Education-Data Nonprofit – Philanthropy Today - Blogs - The Chronicle of Philanthropy : A foundation-funded nonprofit software company that collected and stored information about public-school students announced Monday that it was closing over parental concerns about privacy, The Wall Street Journal and The New (..)

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DECEMBER 13, 2007

Foundation Testing Potential of Philanthropy via Internet - New York Times National Feed - GainesvilleSun.com: "Foundation Testing Potential of Philanthropy via Internet 12:00 am, December 13, 2007The Case Foundation is embarking on an effort to test the potential of citizen-led philanthropy via the Internet.

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APRIL 2, 2009

The New York Observer: "Mr. Can Social Media for Social Change Reinvent Charity Work?

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2007

Buy a Laptop for a Child, Get Another Laptop Free - New York Times: "nd he is reaching out to the public to try to give the laptop campaign a boost. The marketing program, to be announced today, is called “Give 1 Get 1,” in which Americans and Canadians can buy two laptops for $399.

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APRIL 4, 2014

New Web Giving Site RaisedBy.Us

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NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Tumblr, Photo Blogger Raise $100K for Hurricane Sandy Relief | News & Opinion | PCMag.com : In less than 24 hours, a joint Hurricane Sandy fundraising effort from Tumblr and New York photo blog Humans of New York (HONY) has topped their goal of raising $100,000 for victims of the storm.

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AUGUST 22, 2005

Letting Your Fingers Do the Running - New York Times : "Letting Your Fingers Do the Running * By MARK WALLACE Published: August 21, 2005 THIS year is the 20th anniversary of the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life events, in which teams of runners jog through the night at schools, fairgrounds and parks to raise money for the fight against cancer. (..)

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DECEMBER 1, 2014

Reality TV star and AIDS activist Jack Mackenroth has launched the HIV Shower Selfie Challenge to help raise money for Housing Works, a New York-based non-profit organisation fighting to end AIDS and homelessness globally by 2030." ''via Blog this'''

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AUGUST 12, 2014

Sally Bouchard, Qaya Thompson and Jeremy Woolf outlined seven reasons to use LinkedIn for fundraising during Fundraising Day in New York, sponsored by the Association of Fundraising Professionals New York City chapter.'

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OCTOBER 7, 2015

White House-Backed Kickstarter Campaign Raises Refugee Aid - The Chronicle of Philanthropy : "At the request of the Obama administration, crowdfunding site Kickstarter is hosting its first humanitarian campaign, aimed at raising money to help Syrian refugees, The New York Times reports. via Blog this'

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JUNE 25, 2014

Foundation Center - Press Release - Foundation Center Launches GrantCraft Makeover : Foundation Center Launches GrantCraft Makeover Intuitive Design Is Hallmark of Global Community of Learning for Philanthropy New York, NY — June 25, 2014.

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JUNE 23, 2014

Top 15 most-connected nonprofits These nonprofits were ranked by the number of Most-Connected New Yorkers who are or once were board members. Nonprofit Rank Partnership for New York City 45 New York-Presbyterian Hospital 28 Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts'

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NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Review: Online tools make Sandy fundraising easier - CBS News : The Sunday after Sandy made landfall two weeks ago, I was supposed to run my 50th marathon in New York, 10 years to the weekend since I had run my first marathon, also in New York. It would have been a celebratory affair.

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APRIL 19, 2012

CNVO -0.06% to midnight, New York City time, on Wednesday, May 2, 2012 from midnight, New York City time, today. BLKB 0.86% today announced the extension of the expiration of its cash tender offer for all outstanding shares of common stock of Convio, Inc.

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APRIL 4, 2014

Another Big Gift for BigData - Inside Philanthropy: Fundraising Intelligence - Inside Philanthropy : A New York State university’s $100 million commitment to expand its work in data science—the emerging field that studies how we use the vast amounts of information currently being collected—just got a boost from a local grocery store chain’s family (..)

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APRIL 29, 2013

1 | The Story Of Superstorm Sandy Through The Eyes Of NYC''s Digital First Responders | Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovation : Superstorm Sandy struck New York on October 29th, 2012.

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OCTOBER 4, 2013

“The events of (early June) make abundantly clear the need to have carefully crafted rules around the collection, use, security and disclosure of people’s personal information,” said Lisa Sotto, partner and head of the privacy and cybersecurity practice at New York City law firm Hunton & Williams.

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AUGUST 21, 2014

Jimmy, some of his crew and his band all dumped buckets of ice water on their heads; then challenged the New York Jets to do so as well (Jimmy had been challenged by Justin Timberlake). I was first introduced to this phenomenon one evening as I was watching the Jimmy Fallon show on t.v. Icebucketchallenge'

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NOVEMBER 9, 2012

As Sandy Became #Sandy, Emergency Services Got Social | Fast Company : As New Yorkers took to Twitter to voice concerns, request aid, and offer real-time help, organizations were--more than ever before--there and ready to respond on their native platforms.

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JUNE 23, 2009

Tips for Using the Web, E-mail and Social Networking to Net Wired Wealthy Donors : By Abny Santicola : FundRaising Success: "In the session 'Taking Leadership Online: What's Hype and What Works in Online Fundraising' at Fund Raising Day in New York 2009 presented by the Association of Fundraising Professionals Greater New York Chapter in early June, (..)

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MAY 17, 2011

The New York office is rebranding itself as the national organization and the other network members have to decide whether to retain their affiliation and names or become independent. Disconnecting From The Network : "NPower, the national network of nonprofit technology consulting and training organizations, has restructured.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2013

What is it like to be 9 and dressed in a bird dress at the New York Stock Exchange to open one of the biggest Internet IPOs in history?' She is Vivienne Harr, who recently raised more than $100,000 to fight childhood slavery by spending 365 days behind a lemonade stand.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2013

PRESS RELEASE Foundation Center - Press Release - Foundation Center Puts Improved Transparency Resources Into the Hands of Foundations : Foundation Center Puts Improved Transparency Resources Into the Hands of Foundations Redesigned Glasspockets Web Site Makes Openness Easier Than Ever New York, NY — November 14, 2013.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Recovers.org, a Marketplace for Disaster Relief - Businessweek : O’Neill’s startup, Recovers.org, has set up websites in four New York City boroughs to manage relief efforts and prevent the logistical chaos that often follows catastrophes when well-meaning volunteers overwhelm government officials and relief organizations.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2012

NYC leverages social media to map evacuation info for Hurricane Sandy | SmartBlogs SmartBlogs : The City of New York utilized its Open Data platform to help residents deal with the effects of Hurricane Sandy.

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JULY 25, 2012

Within 48 hours of issuing the appeal by e-mail and social media, the organization received nearly 300 stories recounting childhood swimming lessons, triathlon training, exercise programs started after injuries, and long-ago summer camps.

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JUNE 18, 2011

The Top 10 Fund-Raising Tweets - Prospecting - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas : "The Top 10 Fund-Raising Tweets June 16, 2011, 4:27 pm By Raymund Flandez At Fundraising Day in New York last week, Margaret Holman, a fund-raising consultant offered a light-hearted punch by offering a made-up list (..)

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OCTOBER 22, 2012

Charity notebook: Jowonio wins $8,500 grant to buy technology that will help special needs children communicate | syracuse.com : he CNY85 Giving Project was created to engage the public in the foundation's 85-year anniversary celebration and draw attention to the many nonprofits that benefit Central New York.

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OCTOBER 11, 2011

One grand-prize winner will receive: * Round-trip airfare and hotel accommodations for two to New York City from November 16-18; Now through October 31, the ASPCA is urging the public to join it on Facebook by clicking ‘Like’ and entering the sweepstakes.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Doyle McManus: Technology that protects protesters - latimes.com : This was a problem we could do something about," said Verclas, who runs a New York-based nonprofit organization called MobileActive.org. She won a grant from the State Department and produced a cellphone application called In the Clear

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MAY 29, 2012

Crowd Sourcing Charity – Forward.com : The synagogue is one of four winners in the American Express Partners in Preservation program, which awarded grants of up to $250,000 to nonprofits in New York City based on votes from followers on social media platforms.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Global Pulse will be talking about big data for the public good at the O’Reilly Strata Summit in New York (being held today and tomorrow). The time has come for companies to recognize the importance of using their data to help the United Nations understand what is happening to the world’s citizens — their customers.

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OCTOBER 26, 2011

The emergence of e-mentoring - CNN.com : I Could Be, a New York-based nonprofit, uses online tools to connect students with those willing to lend a hand. It is one of a growing number of groups that specialize in what they call "e-mentoring." The technology, of course, has existed for years.

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