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JUNE 8, 2009

Nonprofits turn to Facebook, MySpace, Twitter to raise money, market themselves - Metro - cleveland.com: "Nonprofit and philanthropic organizations are turning to relatively cheap online social media to raise money and market their organizations as they grapple with recession-battered endowments, fewer grants and, often, less patronage by their customers." (..)

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NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Can your organization take advantage of mobile “impulse philanthropy?” | Mal Warwick's Newsletter: "Can your organization take advantage of mobile “impulse philanthropy?”by

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JUNE 11, 2009

United Way Flash Mob Raises Awareness Of Drop In Charity Donations Amid Recession - wbztv.com: "But the so-called flash mob outside South Station at 5:05 p.m. wasn't a prank or political statement.

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APRIL 30, 2008

How non-profits are using social networking to raise money and awareness -- chicagotribune.com: "Online social networks used to be just gathering places for friends and long-lost acquaintances. Now, non-profit organizations.

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APRIL 3, 2013

There are programs to run, decisions to make, funds to raise—all higher priorities than the online world of status updates, tweets, pins, and check-ins. At the end of the day, the organization was nearly $114,000 wealthier. For FLOC, Give to the Max Day provided more than just much needed funds.

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APRIL 9, 2014

million total gifts and nearly $325 million raised. Organizations'' annual social growth is also booming, with the average number of Facebook fans increasing 37% and Twitter followers increasing 46%. In 2013, Internet users donated more than ever before — online giving increased 14% since 2012, with more than 5.5

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

From nonprofit organizations to political campaigns, more and moreinformation about how Bitcoin is being used to raise funds is coming tolight. Angie Moore: I Don''t Understand the Bitcoin Opportunity for Fundraising : FundRaising Success There''s been a lot of chatter in the nonprofit industry aboutBitcoin.

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AUGUST 28, 2012

. : Razoo, a platform providing online giving methods and solutions to nonprofit organizations, has been the driving behind 15 “Give to the Max” events across the country. Since 2007, Razoo has helped 14,000 organizations collect a total of $100 million. So it’s the beginning of a dialogue and relationship.”.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

When you’re trying to raise awareness or start an advocacy campaign, gathering donations from a number of interested people is far preferable to borrowing money from an impersonal organization that you’ll probably have to pay back with interest.'

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NOVEMBER 13, 2012

I channeled my energies instead toward raising money for relief. Of the several sites I could have used to organize my fundraising campaign, I chose Crowdrise because I could link my efforts with a broader campaign by the marathon's organizers to turn the event into a Race to Recover.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

One problem: The charity for which the money was raised, the Prostate Cancer Foundation, didn’t want it. Neither did the backup nonprofit , Water.org.'

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DECEMBER 5, 2014

Launched three months ago, the effort has raised more than $160,000 for nonprofit arts organizations through dedicated pages on the crowdfunding Web site." ''via Blog this'''

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AUGUST 22, 2012

A great deal of attention has been focused on the use of text messaging to raise funds following huge natural disasters, but organizations have also been uncovering innovative ways to leverage text messaging to engage community members in their work.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

Our say: Great Give scrapped, but giving remains vital to Anne Arundel County - Capital Gazette : "he event has raised more than $2 million for 248 Anne Arundel nonprofits in its brief existence, including $908,000 this year — more than the goal of $750,000.

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APRIL 9, 2013

Companies with a mission mix profits, charity - KansasCity.com : Or so says Dale Knoop, co-founder of RAZ Mobile, an Overland Park startup that just launched a new smart phone app that he believes will revolutionize how churches, charities and other non profit organizations raise funds.

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OCTOBER 22, 2012

Social Media and Fundraising: Metropolitan Ministries  AFP Suncoast Blog : The next stop on my journey to discover how social media is impacting AFP member organizations and whether it is helping to raise dollars was at Metropolitan Ministries.

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MARCH 13, 2012

NJ Spotlight | Giving Site Makes It Easier to Volunteer for Health Charities : This nationwide philanthropic organization is likened to United Way, because Community Health Charities (CHC) raises money from employees during annual workplace campaigns. The money CHC raises -- about $65 million last year, including $1.3

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Social media and other digital technologies have made it easier and more economical than ever for philanthropic organizations and young people to connect with one other and raise money in a competitive environment.

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MARCH 16, 2012

M-Payments Take Charities By Storm - Article on | CIO.in : A June 2011 poll of 233 non-profit organizations found that mobile adoption continues to grow and that there is a shift away from texting toward use of mobile Web media.

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DECEMBER 19, 2011

Many charities and nonprofits can anticipate raising a third of their annual overall online donations in December alone. It shouldn't surprise you to hear that the last two days of the year are when most organizations also experience the heaviest volume of online giving.

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OCTOBER 11, 2012

Not-for-Profit Sector Gets Internet Savvy - Tech Europe - WSJ : A new breed of organization born in the heart of the digital disruption is using all the tools that the Internet, and in particular social media, afford to drive fundraising, raise awareness and more important, to help boost efficiency, delivering more returns.

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AUGUST 29, 2011

10, when the Gales Ferry-based United Way of Southeastern Connecticut kicks off its annual community campaign, the organization — for the first time in its nearly 50-year history — will be relying on more than the traditional worksite Douglas Plank, CEO, Mobile Causecampaign efforts to raise its soon-to-be announced campaign goal.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Charities Go Online for Holiday Giving - Prospecting - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: "Charities Go Online for Holiday GivingBy Peter PanepentoIf your organization is planning to incorporate more online fund raising this holiday giving season, you are not alone.Holly Hall notes in the latest (..)

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

5 Trends Shaping the Future of Social Good: "ocial media has had a profound effect on the way social good organizations approach global problems.

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APRIL 19, 2011

LongTail Grants is an online platform that enables individuals to raise money for themselves, so they can start their own socially beneficial projects. A market need exists for a platform that enables motivated individuals to raise funds and awareness for the small projects that are not covered by larger nonprofit organizations.".

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AUGUST 17, 2011

GOOD to Acquire Jumo, a Nonprofit Charity Site - NYTimes.com : "GOOD, a fast-growing publishing and marketing business dedicated to promoting social causes, is acquiring Jumo, a social networking site devoted to raising money and support for nonprofit groups.

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DECEMBER 3, 2010

Hollywood's 'Digital Death' Campaign DOA | TheWrap.com: "It appears the organizers of a Hollywood campaign to raise money for AIDS in Africa either overestimated the popularity of the celebrities they used -- or what their fans would be willing to donate to get them back on Facebook and Twitter."

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Not only can you use it to raise money for nonprofit organizations, there are a ton of other great features that can help organizations get their message out and engage their supporters – and Causes is constantly coming up with new ways to.

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APRIL 28, 2011

That’s the conclusion of the 2011 Convio Online Marketing Nonprofit Benchmark™ Study, which evaluated the results of nearly 600 nonprofit organizations that use Convio's software. In 2010, Convio’s clients raised more than $1.3 billion online, up 40 percent from 2009.

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

week ago, a record number of status updates on Twitter and Facebook using the phrase '#BeatCancer' helped raise $70,000 for four non-profit cancer organizations". It could help the charity of your choice.A NPtech NPTwitterFundraising.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Red Kettle, a longtime symbol of giving, goes online - EagleTribune.com, North Andover, MA: "According to the Salvation Army Web site, individuals, groups and businesses can raise money for the organization by creating an online red kettle.

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OCTOBER 28, 2009

PRESS ReleaseNonprofits Using Social Media to Engage and Share, Says Sage North America Survey | SYS-CON INDIA: "AUSTIN, TX -- (Marketwire) -- 10/28/09 -- Sage North America today announced the results of its recently conducted social media survey for nonprofit organizations in the U.S. and Canada.

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OCTOBER 21, 2009

The goal was to set a new Guinness World Record for the most social mentions in a 24-hour period while raising cash for cancer organizations. Users were asked to include the #BeatCancer.

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DECEMBER 17, 2009

Athens charity wins $25,000 in Facebook competition | ajc.com: "An Athens-based organization raising money for muscular dystrophy research has been awarded $25,000 from the Chase Community Foundation as one of 100 charities chosen by Facebook users to receive grants.".

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FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Washington Nonprofit Conference Roundup: Lively Q&A at Session on Mobile Fundraising : FundRaising Success: "Nonprofit organizations around the world are raising millions of dollars via mobile fundraising for disaster relief in Haiti. the session “Mobile, Online, Offline” at the DMA.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2009

Chicago Philanthropy Examiner: Why social media works for nonprofits: "Thursday night, I, along with 100 plus people combined our virtual camaraderie to raise some real cash for charity. We attended Twestival, a fundraiser organized through the social networking site Twitter to benefit Charity: water. NPtech NPTwestival.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2008

Transcript of a Live Chat from Chronicle of PhilanthropyThe Chronicle of Philanthropy: Live Discussions: "How Charities Can Raise Money With Twitter and Other Social-Networking ToolsTuesday, November 25, at 12 noon, U.S.

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