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University of Michigan – Setting a Higher Standard for Giving Days

Connection Cafe

On Giving Tuesday 2015 , The Office of University Development at University of Michigan set an example for how this kind of thoughtful planning and preparation can dramatically increase results: 1000 donors completed gifts online within the first 49 minutes. $1 1 million was raised by 10:03 a.m. Advanced Planning.

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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Education

Kindful

They work with colleges, universities, and other organizations that embrace equity in higher learning, with a focus on historically underserved populations, including nontraditional and incarcerated students. . The Kresge Foundation works to expand opportunities in America’s cities through grantmaking and social investing.

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Building a Tech-Driven Legal Aid Network for the 21st Century

Saleforce Nonprofit

Our progress over the last decade is a national model for the way legal and social services can be more interconnected and inclusive in serving clients across many communities through better-coordinated technology. Schwartz has served as the Executive Director of CARPLS since 2003. Rosen, U.S.

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Announcing Our Second Impact Labs Cohort on Zero Hunger: Supporting Small-Scale Farmers Globally

Saleforce Nonprofit

Since 2008 Emma has been engaged in a wide range of climate-resilience building consortia projects, principally in East and West Africa, developing weather and climate information and services to support decision-making at local, national, regional, and international levels. Eric Munoz. Senior Program Manager, Oxfam America. Nicolas Umuhizi.

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Higher Education Funding & Grant Resources

Bloomerang

The Awesome Foundation is a global community advancing the interest of “awesome in the universe,” mostly through providing $1,000 micro-grants. They award grants for educational innovations that prepare youth to become the socially responsible leaders of the future. Brown Rudnick Center for Public Interest. Mazda Foundation.

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What is Slacktivism and is it Even Helping?

NonProfit Hub

The United Nations has defined slacktivism as when people “support a cause by performing simple measures” but “are not truly engaged or devoted to making a change.” Slacktivism was born after the creation of social media and is often synonymous with viral movements. Luckily, we’ve researched those questions so you don’t have to.

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Foo Camp 2009

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I did a session on technology that does social good but doesn't make money, and got a dynamic group to show up. There were people already doing cool stuff, like InSTEDD and some great work around mashups of humanitarian data in Afghanistan, as well as folks discussing lauching cool new social enterprises (but we can't talk about them yet).