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6 Fundraising Platforms That Have Disrupted Charitable Giving Forever

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” From its humble beginnings, DonorsChoose.org has cumulatively raised $335 million and funded nearly 600,000 classroom projects. Today, DonorsChoose.org is the go-to site for alternative sources of funding for the classroom. Disruptive Model: Contest Crowdfunding. This includes some of the most basic student essentials.

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An Interview with Jessica Rauch about The Generation Project: Passionate about Teaching Young People

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I left the classroom in 2007 to join Teach For America staff where I pioneered graduate school recruitment for the organization through May of this year. I taught in the Bronx for two years through Teach For America while working toward my M.A. in General Childhood Education at Bank Street College of Education.

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How Can We Make Charitable Giving A Year-Round Habit?

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For my 50th birthday, I held a 50th Birthday Card Photo Remix Contest on flickr and donated $50 the winner's favorite charity. If you're a blogger, you can run a comment for a donation contest. October is also breast cancer awareness month, so why not make a donation ? And, yes they did !

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Twitter As Charitable Giving Spreader: A Meta Analysis

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Right before Thanksgiving , the TweetsGiving effort and Avi Kaplan helped Epic Change raise over $10,000 in 48 hours to build a classroom in Tanzania. As Lucy Bernholz notes, this might be one more example of fundraising on Twitter is less marginal and moving to the middle. I wondered whether or not those results would be replicable ?

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How to Get Your Nonprofit’s Story in the News

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There are plenty of ordinary happenings that can grab a headline, such as your nonprofit’s annual student art contest or upcoming 5K. 5K will raise money for school’s outdoor classroom and track . If your organization supports families impacted by childhood cancer, figure out who the healthcare journalists are in your market.

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Five Social Media Fundraising Trends for 2009

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last year, TweetsGiving , raised $11,000 to build a classroom in Tanzania using Twitter to spread messages of thanks and opportunities to donate. More importantly, the event was one of a series of social media fundraisers that offered evidence that Twitter and other social media tools were not just a passing fad. .