article thumbnail

20 Lists of Holiday Gifts that Give Back

Have Fun - Do Good

I encourage you to support the small, local nonprofits in your community with a gift donation. Better yet, why not give the gift of time to your family, and to an organization, by volunteering at a local nonprofit together during the holidays? OK, here are the lists. I'm telling you, this is just a sampling.

Gift 59
article thumbnail

Going for Goal: Shared Knowledge Inspires Successful Giving Days

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

So Knight did two things: We published the Giving Day Playbook , a comprehensive guide on putting together a 24-hour online giving campaign, and we disseminated it widely to help the broader field. The Miami Foundation offered the 305 prize for the donor who gave at 3:05 p.m., a hat tip to one of the local area codes.

Knowledge 100
professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Top 3 Sources for Donated Tech, Products, and Services

Tech Soup

Matthew Perdoni also invited everyone to the Independent Sector Embark National Conference in late October in Miami. Good 360 has a local donation program in which charities and libraries can pick up donations from retailers like Home Depot and Bed Bath & Beyond directly. Getting Consumer Goods Donations Through Good360.

Product 36
article thumbnail

The 2018 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

Everyaction

As policy changes unfold at the federal, state and local levels, the communities and issues we care about as corporate social responsibility professionals inevitably face uncertainty. State/Local / #DCNP2018 / @DMANF. State/Local. Peer-to-Peer Professional Forum / Miami, FL / $945. State/Local / #NPSummit18 / @SCANPO.

article thumbnail

Virtual Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Ideas to Explore

Qgiv

The Miami Jewish Health organization has called upon its friends and supporters to be a part of their “BE A HERO” campaign. Geocaching is a unique activity that encourages users to go searching within their local community for secret items with GPS coordinates hidden in them. BONUS – See this idea in action! Geocaching. Golf-a-thon.

Virtual 52
article thumbnail

Knight Foundation Launches The Giving Day Play Book

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

That’s something we have heard more and more over the last year, as foundations and nonprofits look for ways to tap into the growing online giving market with these daylong campaigns raising funds for local causes. They can seem overwhelming—months of planning, untold hours of staff time, culminating in a 24-hour or longer sprint.

article thumbnail

5 Hybrid Event Ideas We Love and why

Qgiv

Golfers played a round on a local golf course and proceeds from the event were used to send kids to camp. Greater Miami Youth for Christ’s Over the Edge Event. Greater Miami Youth for Christ hosts annual Over the Edge fundraising events. Read our hybrid event guide for tips to make your hybrid event more successful.