EveryAction

AUGUST 14, 2017

Founded by the United Nations , WHD advocates for the "safety and security of humanitarian aid workers, and for the survival, well-being and dignity of people affected by crises.". Get Involved | Twitter | Facebook. Take Action | Twitter | Facebook. Take Action | Twitter | Facebook. Take Action | Twitter | Facebook.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 29, 2022

March 7 is National Cereal Day and who doesn’t love a cereal buffet? SpringFundraising idea Number 2: Celebrate National Cereal Day with a pajama party for good. Over 30 fundraising ideas for spring, from daylight savings time to National Haiku Day. Local libraries may also be open hosting egg-hunters for a good cause.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 12, 2016

Sure, there are important national programs like United Way or massive online listings of nonprofits that give credibility and visibility for fundraisers. But it often is the local marketing that comes from trusted, known recommendations that can garner the most benefit. And for them, local communities are very important.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

On June 1, programmers, activists, and civic leaders participated in the first ever National Day of Civic Hacking (NDoCH) across 83 U.S. Arthur Grau of NetSquared Honolulu reported back on the National Day of Civic Hacking/Code for Hawaii event in Honolulu. The projects varied from educational tools for children to energy efficiency.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

According to GolfStatus , the average golfer’s net worth is over $768,000, well above the national average. Partner with local influencers and celebrities. Local personalities are more likely to respond to inquiries, so keep that in mind when creating your target list.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Additionally, board members often have high-level connections in business, education, or even local and state government. They could help you coordinate a corporate volunteering day or connect you with a local club that is seeking a volunteering opportunity. Collaborate with local businesses. Connect with civic groups.

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CauseVox

JUNE 28, 2021

Catalogue for Philanthropy made use of Giving Tuesday Now (a national fundraising day to support nonprofits through COVID) to hype up their own one-day giving event online. Unlike many other nonprofits, Catalogue for Philanthropy used the day to raise dollars for over 200 local nonprofits in their area. Guest Speaker.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2009

Bethany Deines and Besty Woods from the The Children's Medical Center of Dayton, Ohio were the lucky winners. that already exists on our website or are media stories from local media outlets on our social media channels like Facebook. We very successfully used Twitter and Facebook during our Telethon to post updates.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2012

…more likely to be literate, healthy and survive into adulthood, as are her children. …more likely to reinvest her income back into her family, community and country. …more likely to understand her rights and be a force for change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Individuals can browse the site and find local nonprofits and make a donation online. This might even inspire a few out of state donors to give to nonprofits in the land of 10,000 lakes where the men are strong, women are good lucking and children above average. The partners are a mix of local foundations and corporations.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

This facility will offer a nationally standardized curriculum and evidence-based programming for 200 children ages 0-3. Transportation: MHP has a long-standing partnership with a local transport system, ShelbyGo. With luck, we’ll be able to gather in person, and we’ll be able to do a Facebook post showing the calling going on.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

GivingTuesday is a movement to create a national day of giving , kicking off the giving season. And w e would like to spotlight a few in the TechSoup community who have joined us in championing this second annual national day of giving : InvestED has launched a volunteer and donation program specially designed around Giving Tuesday.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 28, 2014

We found out about BIKERSCAP when the organization's CEO, Greg Reaster , posted on our Facebook page "TechSoup has made all we do here at BIKERSCAP possible. Their work is straightforward: fix up donated computers and give them to needy children. After that Reaster began putting ads in the local paper soliciting for computers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2010

The inspiration for this program came from a random act of kindness at a Trader Joe’s last year that leveraged $24,000 donation to a local food bank. Carolee posted on Facebook about the events and asked friends what they’d do with the extra money. Carolee Hazard, a complete stranger, paid her $207 bill.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Last week, I had the privilege to serve as General Manager of Give to the Max Day: Greater Washington , an online fundraising event that raised $2 million for 1200 local nonprofits from almost 18,000 donors. Traditional mainstays like the Corcoran Gallery of Art and the Washington Nationals Dream Foundation also fared well.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

When I first started myspace.com/nonprofitorganizations almost 4 years ago I had no idea that it would evolve to become as large as it has, or that the brand/community/concept would spread to Facebook , then YouTube , and now Twitter. I was able then to tap into that community when I expanded into Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Your local United Way or similar organization may have a bank of qualified people seeking Board roles, saving you some time and work to find the right person. check with your local, regional, and national government for requirements and procedures for registering as a nonprofit organization. If you are located outside the U.S.,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2012

Note from Beth: I hosted a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who attended the GeoFunders National Conference that took place last week in Seattle. Invisible Children’s film tapped into a network of celebrities, whose tweets and status updates helped to amplify a simple story and call to action.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

If web users knew of someone else who needed help, 44 percent would ask other people in their social network to contact authorities, 35 percent would post a request for help directly on a response agency’s Facebook page and 28 percent would send a direct Twitter message to responders. Social media, like all technology, is developed by people.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2015

I also donated to Save the Children and if you are an Orbitz customer they are matching donations. I shared this article on Facebook and it sparked an interesting discussion. According to the Guardian , the 7.8-magnitude magnitude quake killed more than 5,000 people, with many thousands more impacted.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Their use of Facebook was instrumental in winning Sears’ Dads Making a Difference Contest. They have successfully used Facebook to identify and cultivate donors. DC Jazz Festival : With more than 100 performances in dozens of venues across the city, the DC Jazz Festival is the largest music festival in Washington, D.C.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 11, 2013

While these stats show that this national day of giving has struck a chord in people internationally, it’s the stories from #GivingTuesday that truly inspire us. Camp Kesem empowers college students across the United States to create a free, life-changing one-week summer camp experience for children affected by a parent’s cancer.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

The leading apps are Snapchat , Facebook Messenger , and WhatsApp. But with so many charities and libraries working with children, the weird new security threat in 2016 will be smart toys. Children love it. "There are many groups, locally and nationally, making real impact around digital skills and access to devices.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

We have community groups, schools, local leaders and people at every age, interest, and skill level. Regional and local leaders were supported and given the opportunity to shine. Actions and messages were contextualized based on the issues and discussions taking place at both the global and local level.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2009

This has been found in a number of surveys over the past few years (see Allison Fine's astute commentary on the recent Blackbaud survey here ) If we look back a year ago at donation trends on Facebook Causes, we also see the same complaint. The Long Tail of Facebook Causes. Causes Reports On Its First Year - $2.5 Frogloop Blog.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Last week, I had the privilege to serve as General Manager of Give to the Max Day: Greater Washington , an online fundraising event that raised $2 million for 1200 local nonprofits from almost 18,000 donors. Traditional mainstays like the Corcoran Gallery of Art and the Washington Nationals Dream Foundation also fared well.

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NTEN

APRIL 5, 2011

Latino and Asian populations are expected to nearly triple, and the children of immigrants will become more prominent. Today in the United States, 25 percent of children under age 5 are Hispanic; by 2050, that percentage will be almost 40 percent. Nearly all (92 percent) of national organizations are led by white executive directors."

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Tech Soup

MAY 1, 2017

National Volunteer Week has come and gone, but I ask you to join me every week in celebrating the amazing contributions of TechSoup's NetSquared community. Boston, Massachusetts: Tech Networks of Boston Roundtable: Doing a Data Dive to Find Data About Children and Families. You like numbers? Monday, May 1, 2017. Mukono, Uganda.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2015

No matter your position or place in life, it is imperative to create opportunities for children, so that we can grow up to blow you away.”. Isadora Faber, 14-year-old Brazilian student who launched an online Classroom Diary on Facebook to discuss problems in her school, such as broken desks and bathrooms without toilet seats.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2007

She contacted me via Facebook after she my post on shopping for cause and my query for tips for how nonprofits can make the best of cause-related shopping sites. Ober-Lehn who is working at Community Center of St. Bernard that is providing hurricane survivors with the recovery resources they need in a safe and all-inclusive setting.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Facebook || Twitter || YouTube || Google+ || LinkedIn || Flickr. Because without art our children’s minds will not grow to comprehend life beyond the obvious. Facebook || Twitter || YouTube || LinkedIn || Flickr. Facebook || Twitter || YouTube || Flickr. Facebook || Twitter || YouTube.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 22, 2007

In developing countries, nearly 11 million children die every year from preventable and treatable, with 60% of these deaths from hunger and malnutrition. Red Shoe Ramblings points to The Free Rice website , an interactive online game that will donate rice to the United Nations World Food Program when you click and play the game.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

I have two favorites: The Sharing Foundation which supports children in Cambodia and Creative Commons. Help Special Needs Children Improve Social Skills. Support Children. Shaping Youth recommends supporting Age of Conversation to Benefit Variety, The Children's Charity. Support the only national sexual assault hotline.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

Facebook || Twitter || YouTube || Google+ || LinkedIn || Flickr. Because without art our children’s minds will not grow to comprehend life beyond the obvious. Facebook || Twitter || YouTube || LinkedIn || Flickr. Facebook || Twitter || YouTube || Flickr. Facebook || Twitter || YouTube.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 2, 2022

Giving 150 local communities £1 million each with no strings attached: This is the leap of faith the National Lottery Community Fund took in 2012 when it established a nonprofit organisation called Local Trust to deliver Big Local, a programme that puts money directly into the hands of communities across the UK.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 16, 2015

No matter your position or place in life, it is imperative to create opportunities for children, so that we can grow up to blow you away.”. Isadora Faber, a 14-year-old Brazilian student, launched an online Classroom Diary on Facebook to discuss problems in her school, such as broken desks and bathrooms without toilet seats.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

SOS Children’s Villages Illinois acquired 75% of their new donors for the entire year with their year-end peer-to-peer fundraising campaign. Other Examples: An Annual Giving Campaign, like National Center for Youth Law did $10k for a new Alzheimer’s research project Raise $25,000 to fill a new school library. Be specific.

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