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An Urgent Need to Support Earthquake-Hit Communities in Haiti

Tech Soup

This post is republished with permission from the Center for Disaster Philanthropy. The island nation of Haiti has been dealt yet another devastating blow. It was originally published on August 15. See CDP's What We're Watching page for news on the status of disasters worldwide, along with relevant disaster-related media coverage.

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Philanthropy and Social Media: New Whitepaper from The Institute for Philanthropy

Amy Sample Ward

Earlier this week, I had the terrific opportunity to participate on a panel at the US launch event for “Philanthropy and Social Media”, a whitepaper from The Institute for Philanthropy and The Indigo Trust. Philanthropy has been able to move into the real time web, too. Impacts to Philanthropy.

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5 Fundraising Trends for 2021 and Beyond

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The State of Modern Philanthropy 2019 found that one-time donors who converted into recurring donors were a lot more likely to make another one-time gift on top of their recurring gift. The State of Modern Philanthropy 2020. download The State of Modern Philanthropy 2020. 184 days after engaging with a donation page.

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Great reads from around the web on January 7th

Amy Sample Ward

UNICEF Haiti365 – Be Their Voice – I'm really excited to see this new campaign from UNICEF – focused on the children in Haiti, and building on a multimedia effort to move people into engagement. "Haiti "Haiti 365 will continue to evolve as more people create videos and sign-up to show their support.

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Which Company is the Most Socially Responsible and Generous to Nonprofits: Facebook? Twitter? YouTube? LinkedIn? MySpace? Flickr? Google?

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Google donated $1,000,000 to Haiti. They also have an extensive list of free or low-cost services for nonprofits and universities through their “Technology-Driven Philanthropy&# campaigns. org to help raise funds for Haiti and to end malaria. They also offer a tech-centric Facebook Fellowship Program for Ph.D. 5) Twitter.

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Making the most impact for Haiti relief: Avoiding Fundraising Fraud during Crisis

Connection Cafe

In the past 8 days, the surge of generosity for Haiti relief has been amazing. Find a charity with a proven track record of success in providing disaster relief and one that has worked in Haiti. Do Not Give To The Haitian Government – Haiti is known to be a corrupt country. Author: Jordan Viator.

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Great reads from around the web on January 29th

Amy Sample Ward

JustGiving blog: Seven-year-old Charlie raises more than £100,000 for Haiti! – Read this great case study from JustGiving about Charlie's bike ride to raise money for Haiti relief support. "Charlie Here are five examples of the citizen philanthropist’s immediate impact."

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