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How to Activate Volunteers as First-Time Donors Through Micro-Donations

Tech Soup

And a Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund report from 2009 (PDF) showed that volunteers will donate 10 times more money over their lifetimes than nonvolunteers to the cause they're involved in.

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How Can Nonprofits Make the Most of Overhead Funds?

ASU Lodestar Center

Many funders, including individual donors, are averse to funding these indirect costs, preferring to support direct program expenses: food for hungry people, medical care for the sick, and childcare for working parents. A study cited by Nobel (2015) showed that individual donors are averse to funding organizations with high overhead rates.

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New and Improved Data Visualization Tool: Maps for Media Funding

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Nonprofit data nerds will love this new resource from Media Impact Funders and Foundation Center called “ Foundation Maps for Media Funding ,” a free, interactive mapping and research tool that shows the full scope of philanthropically funded media projects worldwide since 2009. Select details for more grant detail.

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Trends Affecting Fundraising in 2009

Robert Weiner

The Chronicle of Philanthropy is starting the year off with a list of trends they believe will affect fundraising in 2009. You can read the full article at philanthropy.com/news/prospecting/index.php?

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Looking forward to 2009

Judi Sohn

2009 is going to be an interesting year. It’s not about raising more funds, it’s about raising enough funds. Enough funds to win the small, measured victory and build towards the larger ones. Why it matters that the patient voice is heard by the medical community.

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16 Million 2-1-1 Calls in 2009

VisionLink

From our colleagues at the United Way of America, an update on 2009 Call Volume: 2-1-1 call centers across the country have completed their annual survey of call traffic. In 2009, these calls totaled more than 16 million calls across America. 211 seeks to authorize federal funding through the U.S.

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Using Venmo to Increase Nonprofit Donations: A Complete Guide

Donorbox

Venmo has been around since 2009 and quickly grew popular with younger generations. Over 70 million people (most in the US) use Venmo to send funds to friends and family, pay for goods, and make donations to nonprofits. Since its purchase by PayPal in 2012, it has snowballed into a multi-million dollar app. Moreover, the […].

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