EveryAction

AUGUST 14, 2017

Providing tools for sustainable change to populations most vulnerable to hunger, violence, and disease, CARE has earned its place in the hall of fame of nonprofits continuing to make the world a better place. To make that vision a reality, they work tirelessly to combat the conditions that cause poverty, hunger, and social justice.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 30, 2023

There, they welcome local hunters to donate specific, legally tagged, wild game meat, including deer, and they’ve designed an FDA-approved butchering process to package the meat for community members who select that food option. More than 98% of all donations go directly to feeding programs for people facing hunger.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 20, 2021

He shared some of his journey on his way to success, reminded us that everyone has a story and that the way we tell that story shapes our world. Let people tell their own stories. There is value and impact in stepping back and letting people tell their own stories in their own words.

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Classy

APRIL 9, 2021

Download Now: How to Tell a Story Worksheet. This means instead of saying in your grant proposal that you’d make a great recipient, show that you would be by detailing past data that demonstrates your performance or sharing stories of individuals who have benefited from your services. Have Another Set of Eyes.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

A winning strategy for spreading the word about your organization’s work is getting your nonprofit’s story in the news. . A news story gets your organization in front of a large audience of potential supporters and gives your organization instant credibility. . And, getting your story in the news still carries a lot of weight.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 6, 2010

The ultimate portable NPR experience for your iPhone or iPod Touch, the NPR News App allows you to follow local and national news and listen to your favorite NPR stations wherever you are and whenever you want to. Users can also download stories for offline reading. MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger :: Download.

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Qgiv

JULY 19, 2023

Government The government provides grants at federal, state, and local levels to ease the burden of overhead or administration costs for nonprofits like yours. For example, the federal government often provides funding to state and local governments for formula grants that benefit federal programs.

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Greater Giving

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Encourage people who are connected to you through social media networks to share their stories about the impact that you have made in the world by giving back together as one big community! Form partnerships with local businesses. Any post using the hashtag will come up in a search. Run a drive.

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Qgiv

MARCH 9, 2022

But as you’re talking to potential supporters, it’s important to emphasize that homelessness impacts local communities in broad (and sometimes unexpected) ways. That leads to a lighter load on the system, which reduces healthcare costs for everyone accessing healthcare locally. The goal is to build support throughout local communities.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 3, 2011

What would happen, instead, if organizations focused on eliminating hunger?) I see this lesson in the local councils of London trying to open up their data and their leadership. Please share the stories, insights, and lessons on the heartspace wall. Are you fueling with love? I see this lesson in the work of 350.org.

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NetWits

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

— Maybe you’re satisfied with your communications strategy.Perhaps your nonprofit was recently featured on TV or saluted in the local newspaper. Whether your nonprofit is addressing more recent issues like the digital divide or societal ills as old as hunger, your mission can feel Herculean, even impossible.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

By Allison Weber , founder of Allison Weber Consulting , a fundraising and communications business dedicated to helping mission-driven organizations tell better stories. Stories are windows into new worlds. Now more than ever, nonprofits need to share stories of how they’re making the world better.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 15, 2017

“We can end hunger around the world by 2030.”. When you consider a goal like ending hunger, you have a couple of choices. This 15-year initiative aims to tackle 17 areas of need across the world, from eradicating hunger to fostering responsible production and consumption to ensuring everyone has access to a quality education.

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NetWits

JUNE 30, 2011

We work with local farmers to distribute excess produce to families in need. Romance me a bit, tell me some stories, and get me fired up about the cause. I volunteer with a small nonprofit called Fields to Families. Brilliant, right? Have you grabbed your credit card yet? It was beautifully crafted (or at least I thought so.)

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Food insecurity and hunger are some of the most prominent issues that plague our modern society. 41 million people, or 12% of the population, struggles with hunger. Food banks work hard to fight against increasingly pervasive hunger in our communities. Team up with a local organization. In the U.S.,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 21, 2013

Place a little bet & or share your #failure story… you could win a Surface! The Case Foundation offered to give away a Microsoft Surface and so we issued a call to nonprofits to submit their “Little Bets” stories. It was hard to select a winner because all of the stories were terrific. 13ntcbets ow.ly/k24ok.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 9, 2013

I don''t usually share personal stories here on Have Fun, Do Good, and I''m not sure where this is going, but I''m giving it a whirl. I''m exploring the roots of my desire/need/compulsion to "do good." Here''s the link to my first post, Why Do You Do Good? and my second post, Why I Do Good: The Center and Agape. I was raised to serve.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 7, 2015

One of Cisco's less-known good works is its signature Global Hunger Relief Campaign each year. Cisco donation recipient Three Square Food Bank in Las Vegas is a strong ally in this essential hunger relief work. The food bank really needs a modern IT system to organize and execute this hunger relief work. spanhidden.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 23, 2020

As Blackbaud employees we work with our customers around the world to provide technology to mitigate the challenges of fighting COVID-19 in their communities, inspiring stories of determination, courage, and delivering organizational missions in the face of crisis have emerged by the dozens.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

This new genre of video games are about solving real world problems such as environment, global hunger, poverty and disease. Here's another story , about teenage boy who started with a small project to raised money for the local food pantry his first year and then rallied his community to raise $20,000 for hunger organizations.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 6, 2018

If your nonprofit mission is to end hunger in Arizona, the strategy may be to identify the areas of greatest need and set up food pantries in those areas. She is passionate about creating community, empowering others to see and exceed their full potential, and crafting compelling stories in support of mission-driven organizations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2012

Encourage Them To Give Their Time : Teach your kids that even if you are cash poor, you can donate your time to help a nonprofit, whether you are helping to sort food at a local food bank or contributing your professional skills to a nonprofit, can have an enormous social impact. And it can be a rewarding experience. Youth in Philanthropy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2008

Today, I'm participating in a Day of Service along with almost 200 conference participants at two of their partner sites, the Capital Area Food Bank and Friendship Public Charter School - both organizations address hunger and poverty issues.  The goal is to pack up thousands of food boxes for local pantries. 

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2008

But hunger is a serious issue in America, especially in these difficult times. Mizfit is donating a dime per comment to a local women's shelter. First Book has teamed up with Disney to celebrate the release of "Bedtime Stories," a holiday movie. Yesterday, I caught a story on NPR about charity giving trends and social media use.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 26, 2023

Consider how you can also include a story of someone you’ve served or a result you have gotten to remind your audience what they are supporting when they purchase something from you. Think about hosting a pop-up shop or partnering with local businesses to host events.

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Tech Soup

MAY 15, 2015

I'm happy to announce that one of our winning 2015 Green Tech Success Story Contest submissions is TechSoup member Boulder Food Rescue , an organization working to eliminate food waste in its community and across the country. To collect this information, Boulder Food Rescue sends out teams of people to survey local businesses.

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Forum One

APRIL 29, 2009

Stories stick in our minds, get us energized and poised to take action, and provide a memorable framework that help us transfer messages to others. The best part: stories are so easy to come by, but so infrequently leveraged. I'm also guessing that you probably haven't put those stories to work for your larger donor audience.

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Forum One

APRIL 29, 2009

Stories stick in our minds, get us energized and poised to take action, and provide a memorable framework that help us transfer messages to others. The best part: stories are so easy to come by, but so infrequently leveraged. I'm also guessing that you probably haven't put those stories to work for your larger donor audience.

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Qgiv

JUNE 10, 2022

She is regularly featured as a presenter at multiple chambers of commerce and local workshops and seminars on networking, event marketing, and sales training. This type of fundraising event allows community members to create their own personal giving pages, tell their stories, and recruit their friends and family to be a part of your purpose.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JULY 4, 2023

Supporting Vulnerable Populations: Empowering the Road to Independence Nonprofits, such as Helping Hand Rescue Mission , actively support vulnerable populations by fighting hunger and providing essential resources to those in need. This organization goes beyond simply advocating for women’s rights locally.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 5, 2017

As an example, a corporate foundation may have a mission statement t hat says, “We address the basic human and social issues faced by residents, prim arily women and children, in our local community.” Th at same corporate foundation may have a vision of all members of the local community living healthy, safe, and secure lives.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2015

He created his own nonprofit and program called “ Brae’s Brown Bags ” to help fight against hunger, probably making him one of the youngest nonprofit CEOs and founders. Tell your story across multiple screens. Braeden Quinn Mannering, age 11, is passionate about stopping food insecurity for families in need.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 15, 2008

He chronicled his story and work in Bangladesh using social media tools and engaging story telling techniques. Watch how tells the story of what he did and how it had impact.    Check out what  the Austin area social media activists are doing to raise awareness about hunger and poverty in their local community. 

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Qgiv

JUNE 22, 2021

With just a couple of clicks, anyone can register their own fundraiser and raise money to help CityTeam with combating hunger and homelessness in their city. To ensure that this stays virtual, consider having a dedicated web page or microsite to host all the information and even post additional stories about the memorialized subject.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2008

Beth's Birthday Cause I was listening to a story on Marketplace on NPR this afternoon with Tess Vigeland and Chris Farrell who reviewed their 2008 financial goals and graded themselves on their accomplishments. For example, Mizfit is donated a dime per comment to a local women's shelter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

To help change attitudes, modeling is important as well as sharing stories of what similar organizations have accomplished. There is an interest, even hunger, from NGOs to be able to learn across boundaries and language about their trade craft of using new media, social media, and other technologies to realize their missions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Can you share some stories about a few of your recent fundraising with social media projects to help nonprofits in Austin, TX? It turned into a day-long event that was live-streamed, with food donated by local merchants, and it attracted news coverage. The social media community in Austin is very active in worthwhile causes.

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