Greater Giving

JANUARY 4, 2024

It serves as a dynamic platform that harnesses the collective generosity of people to address pressing needs, support meaningful projects, and uplift communities in need. Collaborative Events Partner with local businesses for collaborative events where a percentage of sales go towards your cause.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 11, 2023

You will be hard-pressed to find a funder to give you a grant before you’ve actually done anything. Let’s say your organization helps children with dyslexia. You find a grant that is open to organizations that help children with ADHD. You will be hard-pressed to find a grantor who will replace money you’ve already spent.

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Classy

JUNE 21, 2021

This year’s programmatic focuses are underserved Black Americans, children, and breast cancer survivors, so each crowdfunding campaign targets a particular cause that aligns with these audiences. . New in 2021, Livestrong opened up crowdfunding campaigns for each Solution Grant Partner with hopes to fully fund their five Solutions.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 10, 2023

They may need to whitewash their reputation, especially if they’ve recently received negative press. For example, you might anticipate: Gymboree would be receptive to donating clothing, money, and time to local and national organizations that support children and families. I gave this a try for Gymboree, and found this and this.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 27, 2023

You can celebrate with a card to your volunteers, a volunteer party, snacks in the breakroom, or even a letter to the Editor of your local paper. If your organization works with children, you can recruit children to draw pictures for your cards. These are both great opportunities for thanking volunteers. Public or private?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 12, 2022

Jude Children’s Research Hospital is the charitable beneficiary of Inspiration4, the world’s first all-civilian mission to orbit the Earth, which went into space on September 15, 2021. ??. “If Jude Children’s Research Hospital, has helped St. Below are some of the key takeaways from our conversation.

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VQ Strategies

OCTOBER 10, 2021

For generations, parents and their children have responded to the needs of neighbors, organizations, and their community by rolling up their sleeves and working together. November 20, 2021 is Family Volunteer Day – a global day of service that celebrates the power of families who work together to support their communities and neighborhoods.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 30, 2015

12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 3: World Press Freedom Day — #WorldPressFreedomDay. 3: Give Local America Day — #GiveLocal16. 20: Universal Children’s Day — #ChildrensDay.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 20, 2010

If your organization serves children, write a review for a new children’s book. Highlight press coverage. If you get written up in a magazine or the local paper, write a couple of short paragraphs about it and link to the article. If yours is a health organization, give exercise or quitting smoking tips.

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Everyaction

JUNE 20, 2018

In June of 2018, this mandate feels more pressing than ever, as thousands of families seeking asylum are torn apart and children are held in cages at the U.S. World Refugee Day is held every year on June 20th to honor and commemorate the strength, courage and perseverance of past and current refugees across the globe. World Relief.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Briefly describe the most current, pressing need, and ask for their support. Also look for local social media bloggers and celebrities who might be happy to lend their name to your year-end giving campaign. Start with your biggest donors and work your way down the list with the goal to connect with as many as possible.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Further, pitching a new program with partner funding underscores that the community sees a pressing need. Inspira closely examined their data and discovered that children ages 10-17 were experiencing double the rate of obesity of anywhere else in New Jersey. CASE STUDY: Inspira Health Network and Partners Tackle Pediatric Obesity.

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Kindful

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

PADI AWARE Foundation is a publicly funded nonprofit whose mission is to drive local action for global ocean conservation. The foundation helps build the capacity of organizations and coalitions with grants that support research or improve the learning and generation of local solutions to complex problems. Areas served: Worldwide.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

The large difference is that most funders tend to direct a majority of their arts funding to local and regional organizations. The Highland Street Foundation is committed to addressing the most pressing needs and concerns for children and families in Massachusetts and California. Highland Street Foundation.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

For example, perhaps your idea for creating a nonprofit focused on raising funds for children fighting cancer started with one family’s need for support in a challenging time. Look into pro-bono services offered by local bar associations or law firms. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Mission statement: The mission of St.

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Kindful

AUGUST 12, 2021

The large difference is that most funders tend to direct a majority of their arts funding to local and regional organizations. The Highland Street Foundation is committed to addressing the most pressing needs and concerns for children and families in Massachusetts and California. Highland Street Foundation.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 11, 2013

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. Using the hashtag #bigkidsgive, they built social buzz around the fun camp experience given to children affected by a parent’s cancer.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Some include the Red Cross, The Weather Channel, local newspapers, Craigslist, and others. On September 11, despite having reunited several families, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children had a list of 1,600 children listed as missing by their parents, or who were seeking their families.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 20, 2010

Our own Tim Suttle was there only a couple of weeks ago volunteering for a local organization: Just last week I was in [Haiti] to setup a computer lab at a library (Bibliotheque du Soleil). The library also hosts after school programs and summer camps for children in the neighborhood of Carrefour-feuilles.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 24, 2013

Educational institutions like ASU and others are actively promoting online courses , as well as other resources available on the Internet and at local libraries. When the press lauds multi-million dollar gifts, it can be discouraging for those of us who cannot afford that level of contribution. Find a subject and immerse yourself.

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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. Provide them with graphics, sample posts, press releases, email templates and more. Give Local worked with other organizations to highlight nonprofits during the holiday season.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2015

"This is what a public library is all about," said Carol Cooler, the director of libraries and CEO at the Saskatoon Public Library in a press statement. For example, the San Francisco Public Library's website has a page that curates local services and resources on preparing for and dealing with the aftermath of an earthquake.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

A call went out over a combination of listservs and social media channels asking local nonprofits and libraries to share their most pressing needs and dirtiest jobs with TechSoup via video or text. While social media as a volunteer recruitment tool has been a popular topic recently, TechSoup flipped the equation on its head a bit.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 22, 2016

CAF America launched the IGS last year around the shared belief that international philanthropy can, and should be, a powerful force in our effort to address the world’s most pressing issues. IDP’s pilot program in Ghana started with initial enrollment of 27,000 children and now is expected to reach a total of 150,000 children by July 2017.

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DNL OmniMedia

MARCH 31, 2021

Or, perhaps the smiling faces of children who have received wishes from the Make-a-Wish Foundation? Is it because their gift translates to 10 meals provided for a hungry child in your local community? Or, it could be the impact you’ve had already, such as a food bank that has fed thousands of local citizens— and counting!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

To Write Love on Her Arms and Invisible Children are two of the most well-known nonprofits that came out of MySpace. As the first social networking website used by the masses, MySpace carried the brunt of bad press. Teens talk about the organizations at their local church, and thus the church creates a MySpace profile.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Golf Tournament Bring together avid golfers and local philanthropists—in many cases, they’re one and the same—for a day on the greens. Sports Tournament Organizing a sports tournament can attract local teams and sports enthusiasts to compete in games like soccer, baseball, softball, basketball, and more.

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Allegiance Group

MAY 1, 2024

Our team recommends employing appends such as age demographics, number of children in the household, interests and hobbies, and communication channel preferences for maximization. Combining traditionally used RFM (recency, frequency, monetary) first-party data points with third-party data points boosts the power of your data.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

"Now, 18 months later, all of Juana's children are in school. The Press Institute for Women in the Developing World is an international nonprofit organization and citizen journalism initiative. Many of our trainees and journalists in Nepal do have children. She had four children. I have a story that you have to hear.'"

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2008

ChildrensHealth : Children's hospitals always need toys this time of year. These are the books that are probably of more interest to nonprofit and social media folks than the local library patrons. Shelters R being overwhelmed because people R losing homes/can't afford pets.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2012

Somewhere during the frenzied media coverage of Hurricane Sandy, the press stopped using the word “hurricane.” According to a report by the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 450,000 people (including at least 4,000 children under five) are now at risk of severe acute malnutrition.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2022

A single compelling press release might land you a national television interview that leads to 100 new donors and $100,000 in funding. How about a new page on your blog, a helpful report for the board, or a series of press releases? The nonprofit world swims in an ocean of written documents. Do you need a new brochure?

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 17, 2015

For example, the Carlisle Family YMCA raised $83,607 to provide scholarships for children in need to participate in its programs by setting a goal and engaging individuals to raise money with personal and team fundraising pages. Is there a celebrity, even a local one who would champion your cause? Find a hero.

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Care2

DECEMBER 4, 2007

It will be a powerful grassroots greening machine; with bloggers, writers, and volunteers all contributing to local greening efforts; and held together by the added sticky-ness of good dynamic content, great search engine optimization, and of course that Web 2.0 spheres -- driving your organizations content deep into the blogosphere.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Are they wanting to fund children’s programs? You might do this with news or press releases and radio interviews, you may be looking at the reach and the listening audience to say, “How many people did you engage?” Are they wanting to fund capacity-building initiatives? You know, how many people are impacted by that?

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

We also sent out a weekly press release about the new countdown and announced the new number one on Twitter. I was particularly pleased to see young children persuading their parents and grandparents to participate. The contribution of the positive support from our local paper, the Worcester Evening News, cannot be underestimated.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 13, 2021

Depending on your cause, you might picture an upper-class, middle-aged businesswoman or a young father with school-aged children. Leverage your local connections and find creative ways to promote your fundraising efforts. Press Release. Press releases should be easily skimmable. Here’s an example.

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