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Do You Inform Donors Of These 2 Giving Opportunities?

Bloomerang

Today I want to look at two ways to promote philanthropy that are too-little used by the lion’s share of charities: Current tax incentives. It’s the bare minimum to tack “this gift is tax deductible to the extent provided by law” onto the end of your appeal or bottom of your donation landing page. IRA distributions.

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Free Legal Services for Charities Anyone?

Tech Soup

I have no idea how it got started, but one of the most available and effective forms of corporate social responsibility are pro bono legal services for charities. If your charity needs legal services it’s actually reasonably easy to find free pro bono help. Many law firms do much more pro bono work than 50 hours.

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A Hearty Congratulations to TechSoup Members Winning Google Impact Challenge Awards

Tech Soup

Google Global Impact Award competitions have been held in India and the UK, and most recently in the San Francisco Bay Area. The finalists are an impressive roster of charities from diverse fields doing great work in nonprofit technology. Google then invited the public to vote for the top winners. 500,000 Grant Winners.

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SOCAP: The Market at the Intersection of Money and Meaning

Tech Soup

I had a chance this week to preside over TechSoup’s booth at the latest Social Capital Markets conference (SOCAP) in San Francisco. 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.

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Why Invest in Nonprofit Human Resource Infrastructure?

ASU Lodestar Center

Change charity, and charity can change the world.” -Dan Public and nonprofit employers know that to be competitive they need to offer benefits beyond those mandated by law. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. - [link]. Many donors view funds spent in the areas of administration as wasteful and taking away from the mission.

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Benefit Corporations: Back to Purpose

Tech Soup

Currently, there are more than 450 certified Benefit Corporations in 60 different industries nationwide, with a quarter of those residing in the San Francisco Bay area. Both bills have now been signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown. B Labs and B Corps. The organization behind the B Corp brand is a non-profit called B Labs.

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The 2019 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

The 36th Annual Nonprofit Organizations Institute will feature nationally recognized experts from private foundations, public charities, law, finance, and government discussing the latest tax, legislative and governance issues affecting nonprofit organizations. YTH / San Francisco, CA / $495. Finance / @southwestfdns.

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