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Leveraging Engagement to Sustain Our Organizations

VQ Strategies

Just this week, Points of Light released its Civic Life Today: A look at American Civic Engagement Amid a Global Pandemic report, which states that: Prior to the pandemic, voting and donations to nonprofits were the primary ways people participated in civic life. For tips on making the case, check out this guide from The Leighty Foundation.

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How Nonprofits Can Navigate the New Media Landscape

NTEN

In 2009, Clay Shirkey predicted , “For the next few decades, journalism will be made up of overlapping special cases.” Knight Foundation ; Sharon Pian Chan, Director of Journalist Initiatives, the Seattle Times ; and Joe Neel, Deputy Supervising Editor, NPR. According to the 2013 Foundation Center report , U.S. and James L.

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Nonprofits Who are Making A Difference Through Play

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Video games are big — bigger than Hollywood in terms of revenue, as a $66 billion global industry. Since 2009, Zynga.org has enabled millions of players to contribute nearly $20 million to more than 30 nonprofit organizations globally. You can register here. Players, who collectively average about 30 years old in the U.S.,

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GiveMN 2012 Giving Day by the Numbers

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As I wrote back in September when first covering Giving Tuesday, Giving Days are not a new idea and have been successful in local communities and entire states, like GiveMN which raised many millions of dollars in 24 hours using the Razoo platform its first year. Each year since the event started in 2009, we’ve seen these numbers grow.

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Research Friday: Why Give to International Charities?

ASU Lodestar Center

Other examples are Global Giving , the Skoll Center and Ashoka. International giving can also be tax deductible: The good news is tax benefits are also available for helping globally. Sources: ^ [1] Charities Aid Foundation's (CAF) World Giving Index 2011. ^ [2] "Giving USA 2011" Reports. ^ [3] Singer, Peter.

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Are Social Enterprises Viable Models for Funding Nonprofits?

ASU Lodestar Center

More than a million tax-exempt organizations exist in the United States, including public charities, private foundations, and civic organizations—not counting the 220,000 religious congregations that are also registered. However, the impact of the “Great Recession” in 2009 and 2010 left its founders with dwindling funds.

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Interviews with 69 Changemakers: 6th Anniversary of the Big Vision Podcast

Have Fun - Do Good

2012 Stacey Edgar, Founder, Global Girlfriend listen 2011 Gabriela Masala, Founder, One Love Alliance listen Robert Wolfe, Co-Founder, Crowdrise listen Aneesha Raghunathan, Founder, Hope Line Fashions listen Rachel Cohen, Founder and Executive Director, Hand2Paw listen Kathy LeMay, Founder, Raising Change. Happy listening!

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