AFP Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Harvard University Students Running NYC Marathon in Boston for Hurricane Sandy | BostInno : On Sunday, Baker and Whitmore, both Harvard University seniors, did their own 26.2-mile mile marathon, here in Boston, while raising money to support those in need who were impacted by the furious October storm.

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Hurricane Florence finally made landfall over the weekend, ravaging the Atlantic coast with devastating winds and torrential rain. Give money, not things. You may be hoarding extra clothes and supplies, but donate your money, rather than your items, to relief organizations. Raise money.

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Tech Soup

MAY 30, 2014

Microsoft's HelpBridge is a free app available on all the major mobile platforms that connects you with friends and family during a disaster such as an earthquake or a hurricane. Donate money or requested goods to selected disaster relief organizations. GuideStar for finding disaster relief organizations and donating money.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

For example, when Hurricane Harvey hit, ShelterBox USA was swift to put out a video letting their audience know that they had people on the ground assessing how they would be able to help. They put around $200 to advertise their video to maximize its reach, given Hurricane Harvey’s prevalence on social media.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

Due to a lack of major upfront expenses, fundraising online is one of the most profitable ways to raise money for your organization. Instead, with online fundraising, you can be sure that most of the money you raise will go directly towards your mission. With virtual fundraising, it’s also much easier to expand your reach.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Employees can then donate this money to support the charity of their choice. Hurricane Ian: In response to Hurricane Ian, Target partnered with the American Red Cross, Team Rubicon, and local nonprofits to provide $5 million in disaster response efforts.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 22, 2013

Android, iOS, Windows Phone) connects you with friends and family during a large-scale disaster such as an earthquake or a hurricane. It also lets you give time, money and resources to support efforts. The Red Cross hurricane app uses GPS to find the nearest shelters. Microsoft's HelpBridge. Can an app save lives?

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sgEngage

AUGUST 18, 2021

In short, we were caught in a hurricane of uncertainty. To level-set, virtual food drives allow supporters to, instead of bringing physical food items to a location, raise money for your food bank. Initiatives were drastically altered or put on hold. But even storms can bring prosperity. The benefits are tremendous.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Note From Beth: I remember back when Hurricane Katrina struck, I saw a post to the Museum ListServ that said “ Chuck Patch Is Not Dead.” Though it might seem counterintuitive, if you don’t offer direct services, consider raising money for an organization that does. Flickr Photo by Rob Howells. Partner up.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Water Wednesday: Australia is an Ocean Protection Rockstar Richard Branson: "Have fun, do good, and the money will come." Photo Friday: If dance be the food of happiness. Let us be grateful to people who make us happy. Would Love Your Support Flickr photo credit: Cupcakes by lamantin Tweet.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

They're also currently involved in a very recent disaster relief effort from Hurricane Isaac. If you've ever donated to a major disaster effort, these interactive maps also provide an idea of exactly where your money is going.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 29, 2023

are fundraising or selling items to raise money (36%), preparing or distributing food (34%), collecting and distributing goods or clothing (26.5%), and mentoring youths (26%). Emergency relief Emergency or disaster relief volunteers come into play after a major, devastating event, such as an earthquake or hurricane.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

With general forms, savvy donors will question where the money is going and other donors will assume it is going to relief efforts for the emergency. Visit other TechSoup resources about responding to disasters , like this week's Hurricane Sandy, and share your tips in the comments below.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Shopify (iOS) lets you run an online store to raise money for your organization from anywhere in the world. A few weeks after you donate, you'll get a notification with a photo and report of how your money helped. Receiving donations via text message is one of the easiest ways to raise money for your organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2013

To honor my Dad’s memory and his love of the ocean, I am raising money for Surfrider Foundation in his memory to support their ocean conservation efforts. My father had a deep-seated love of the ocean and was a life guard for 30 years for the Ventnor City Beach Patrol. ” Dad’s Beach. My love for my Dad will never die.

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Achieve

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Delayed help to Puerto Rico after devastating hurricanes. While much remains to be seen how the most diverse and most educated generation in history will ultimately address the inequalities and inequities we are currently witnessing, they are demonstrating that they are not shy about “putting their money where their mouths are,” so to speak.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 17, 2009

What if it's not an actual disaster like a hurricane or flood, but a staff member simply loses or breaks a laptop carrying essential supporter data? How much time or money might your organization spend trying to recover even a fraction of what's been lost?

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Candid

APRIL 9, 2024

By late March, Honolulu Civil Beat ’s Maui Fires Money Tracker had tallied more than $450 million in private donations and nearly $2 billion when including government assistance. That distinction previously belonged to the Greater Houston Community Foundation, after Hurricane Harvey.) And 2023 set records in disaster relief funding.

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NTEN

AUGUST 17, 2010

At the time, the most impressive thing about the concert was not how much money was raised, or how many musicians were involved, but how global it was. All the event organizers ask is that you find a venues the can accomodate the following: "People, hurricanes, New Orleans themed music (i.e. Remember Live Aid ?

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Many nonprofits use mobile fundraising in order to raise extra money or to benefit an immediate need. But apart from just raising more money on the go, there are five main uses of mobile fundraising. Health and wellness advocacy groups often use mobile fundraising as a way to raise awareness as well as money. Let’s begin!

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 26, 2020

Preparation and Resiliency: The talents and expertise are an enormous untapped resource in preparing our communities for natural and man-made disasters of all kinds, whether it’s hurricanes, earthquakes, school shootings, or global pandemics like COVID – 19. There’s an app for that! SeenIt Build?the?most?powerful?and?trustworthy?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 19, 2022

With fiscal sponsorship, individuals and organizations can bypass the complicated 501(c)(3) application process, saving time, money, and a lot of effort. Fiscal sponsorship saves money. New nonprofits spend a lot of money establishing themselves. In fiscal sponsorship, organizations are “sponsored” by an existing nonprofit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2015

Carrie came to ALS from the Red Cross, so she brought all her crisis and disaster communications management skills and knowledge to the Ice Bucket Challenge as the campaign went viral and the donations came flooding in. “It felt like when I managed communications at the Red Cross during Hurricane Katrina.”

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

Pope John Paul II died, and Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. Here’s how Daniel Ben-Horin described the potential of the project at the time: "What stands between nonprofits and much greater mission effectiveness is no longer about money. " The year was 2005. TechSoup was then called CompuMentor.

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See3

OCTOBER 29, 2007

New Orleans had problems long before the hurricane and the destruction only has exacerbated a long list of problems. We will need to raise money for this effort, and there are lots of logistical challenges. A lot of the giving went through the Red Cross, but for many Jews it was important to find a Jewish response.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2008

Previous mobile fundraising campaigns have included Text-to-Give campaigns to raise money during Hurricane Katrina and the Southern California fires this past October. According to the ad, one in three children in the United States is overweight or obese. Watch the 10-second commercial here on YouTube.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 30, 2006

People wanted to see how her town looked before, as well as after the hurricane. Sara’s readers requested a PayPal account so that they could donate money for her to distribute to local organizations when she delivered supplies. Photo credit: Hurricane Katrina Donations (ii) by Barret Anspach blogher blogher06 disaster relief blog

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2008

(RED) was created by Bono and Bobby Shriver, Chairman of DATA to raise awareness and money for The Global Fund by teaming up with the world's most iconic brands to produce (PRODUCT)RED branded products. The money helps women and children affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa. Habitat for Humanity's Operation Home Delivery.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 11, 2023

You may have given money to some of these groups after receiving a request in the mail. Maybe you’re not seeing a lot of return for the time and money you invest in mailing an appeal, so you decide that sending out letters is too old-fashioned to work anymore. The letter doesn’t actually ask for money. Lots of people do.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Last December, I watched Twitter turn into a sea of frozen green peas to support Susan Reynolds in her fight against breast cancer and to raise money for research in her honor. A few days later Hurricane Ike slammed into Texas and the remainder of the HAM-up events had to be postponed. Connie Reece. tools and technology.

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Candid

MAY 26, 2021

Kurt Lewin We’re two decades into the internet era; why is it still easier to buy a book about hurricanes than help a storm’s victims? In one longitudinal study, people gave more for hurricane relief if the name of the hurricane started with the same letter as their own name.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2008

But donating money to a charity, even a small amount (or in-kind items ) can certainly help with part of the need and raise awareness in others. Dr. Mani holds an annual Heart Kids Blogathon on Valentine's Day to raise money for heart surgeries for poor kids from rural India. September: Food and water are basic human needs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 9, 2006

It looked at why donors give online, how donors give online, their giving behaviors and implications for nonprofits seeking to raise money online. The issue of whether to raise money via their blogs was also discussed during the Blogher Community Assistance Panel. This study is based on analysis of $24.5

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 14, 2010

There are two problems with this: 1 – savvy donors will question where the money is going and 2 – other donors will assume it is going to Haiti. ” Cite examples where you will use the funds, e.g. in response to natural disasters such as hurricanes, tornadoes, tsunamis, earthquakes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 26, 2007

When Hurricane Katrina hit, I was the publisher of the Stanford Social Innovation Review , and we wanted to write a story about how nonprofits were helping the victims. What makes Great Nonprofits different from other sites that offer ways for people to connect with nonprofits to volunteer or give money?

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Through hurricanes, fires, floods, the pandemic, and more, Two Ten awards millions of dollars in emergency relief each year, and they rely 100% on donor dollars to do it. It has created more structure and consolidation across the organization and saves money too. We are more than a call center answered by a bot.

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Everyaction

JULY 23, 2018

We had all these amazing volunteers and food trucks and chefs who had managed their own businesses but lost so much after the hurricane and decided that they wanted to offer their time and resources to WCK. We had over 20,000 volunteers in Puerto Rico alone, most of whom were Puerto Ricans who had been impacted by the hurricane themselves.

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