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Give to the Max Day Aims to Raise $3M for DC Area Nonprofits

Care2

It’s no secret that the struggling economy is hurting many nonprofits financially, especially in the DC metro region. We need these organizations more than ever. “Our goal is for 10,000 supporters to come and help raise $3 million for nonprofits serving the DC area by 12 a.m. On November 9, starting at 12 a.m.,

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Giving in America: A look at philanthropy’s history and a unique Candid connection

Candid

Part of the exhibit is organized around the questions of who gives, why do we give, how do we give, and what do we give, while another thematic section changes annually. We also always feature a selection of Giving Pledge letters in conversation with the objects in the thematic section.

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Big Data on Planned Giving

Connection Cafe

Since 2017, FreeWill has helped over 85,000 people pledge more than $920 million to nonprofits. The pledges have been enabled by our free estate planning tool, which nudges people to think about charitable giving while making a will (or guides them through the process with a lawyer). On average, Washington, D.C. Using the Data.

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Reporting Social To Stakeholders

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

She agreed to write this post about what she learned from a panel presentation she and other nonprofit social media professionals gave at the Social Media Week in DC – several of whom have presented or participated at one of the Packard Foundation OE Program Peer Learning Exchanges I facilitated. Find someone who will go to bat for you.

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Exciting Upcoming Events: Transparency and eGovernment

Forum One

Our staff and clients are excited by the Obama administration's pledge to promote transparency in government, as well as the DC government's recent innovations with public data. Second, we're co-sponsoring and helping plan the eDemocracy2 Camp in DC on Sunday, April 19 (one day before the 2009 Politics Online Conference).

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Nonprofit Technology News for February 2014

Tech Soup

The online protest event was organized by the DC area based advocacy nonprofit, Demand Progress. Apple is a major donor with a pledge of $100 million. As I suspected, privacy and security remain a very hot topic in NPTech and in the general tech zeitgeist. so more students will have good access to the Internet.

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Sparkly Shoed Convio Superstar

Connection Cafe

Where they’re from (this happens often in DC as my city is a spot tourists love to visit!) Each year we help in organizing National Police Week and hold an annual Candlelight Vigil, with over 20,000 attendees. EG for CC: How do you describe your role at the organization to friends at parties?

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