Everyaction

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Created in 1998, the United Nations Foundation links the United Nations' work with others around the world, helping the UN address a range of global issues, including climate change, global health, women’s empowerment, peace and security, poverty eradication, and more. What does the United Nations Foundation do?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2014

Note from Beth: What if your organization embarked on its first ever crowd funding campaign with a goal of raising $50,000 and only raised $10,000? Would you stop doing crowd funding, social media infused fundraising and revert back to traditional methods of fundraising? That’s exactly what the Latino Community Foundation did.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 25, 2012

Funding Services AND Advocacy: The Smart Choice for Grantmakers – guest post by Aaron Dorfman, National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy. Some grantmakers shy away from funding advocacy, preferring instead to fund direct services. Thinking that one must either fund services or advocacy is a false choice.

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Candid

AUGUST 18, 2022

Despite the clear and present need for a significant shift in how the field supports Black leaders, long-term commitments to funding Black leaders and communities are episodic at best. . Between 2012 and 2020, the Fellowship supported 90 leaders working across 40 U.S. According to the Council on Foundations , only 10.3%

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

For Nonprofits in the United States: 1) 2012 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study :: Download. 2) Giving USA 2012: Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2011 :: Download. Published by the Giving USA Foundation. View: All Giving USA Foundation Reports. 3) 2012 Nonprofit Social Networking Benchmark Report :: Download.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2012

Scaling Impact sessions offer strategies and knowledge about how we can help nonprofits achieve better and more results. Adene Sacks, Senior Program Officer, Jim Joseph Foundation. Albert Ruesga, President and CEO, Greater New Orleans Foundation. Annie Hernandez, Program Officer, The Lumpkin Family Foundation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

But collective action isn’t enough unless there is collective impact. How does one measure that? For example, Mark Horvath has put together a cookbook , filled with recipes from social media leaders, that is being sold on iTunes and is generating funding to help provide programs to homeless. What about you?

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 11, 2017

What criteria should nonprofits consider before accepting a social impact investment? Recent trends in philanthropic giving indicate that the new generation of donors has a high interest in ensuring that their donations generate outcomes (Flandez, 2012). This type of investment is increasing among women, Gen-Xers, and Millennials.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

In order to make change that is sustainable and scalable, additional funding sources need to be considered to help nonprofits achieve their core missions. However, the traditional reliance of nonprofits on governmental and charitable funding is increasingly unsustainable.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 16, 2012

and the Rockefeller Foundation, titled: " A New Tool for Scaling Impact: How Social Impact Bonds Can Mobilize Private Capital to Advance Social Good." The last five years has seen shrinking funds from both the government and philanthropic sectors due to a recession economy. One such model is the Social Impact Bond (SIB).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

When those NGOs receive funding they usually know how to use the funds very efficiently and are able to grow. Those initial fundings rarely come from online donations, most are community-based initiatives, companies, and local government incentives. But small causes here in Brazil make a very big difference in social impact.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 18, 2020

Putting this off may impact, and potentially prevent, your organization from implementing its mission and providing critical services. According to a study by The Russell Sage Foundation and The Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality, the GFC reduced total giving by 7 percent in 2008 and by another 6.2 This decline is not anecdotal.

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Forum One

JUNE 8, 2022

Truman Scholarship Foundation. Truman Foundation supports the graduate education of outstanding young men and women committed to public service leadership. The Foundation was created in 1975, and since then it has supported nearly 3,000 Truman Scholars who are making a difference across the globe. The Harry S. I’m Determined.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 24, 2012

1) 2012 Nonprofit Social Networking Benchmark Report :: Download. 2) 2012 Online Marketing Nonprofit Benchmark™ Study :: Download. 3) 2012 Funding Mobile Strategies for Social Impact: The Future is Now :: Download. Published by the Giving USA Foundation. View: All Giving USA Foundation Reports.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 4, 2012

Data such as that presented in this annual study is important to track as we learn of the impact of investments such as these. Foundations (12%). 4 A broader look at the sources of funds moving from the U.S. 4 A broader look at the sources of funds moving from the U.S. billion in 2010 over funds sent in 2009.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Alliance Magazine, September 2012. Alliance Magazine, September 2012. Foundation Review (Vol 5:3) Makes the case that most foundation strategies are unfolding in complex and dynamic environments, and foundations need a more committed approach to learning and strategic adaptation. Larry McGill, “ Data for Good.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 23, 2012

Note from Beth : This is an ongoing series from the Organizational Effectiveness Program team at the Packard Foundation about developing their program funding strategy in an open way or what has been dubbed “Learning In Public.” Guest Post by the Packard Foundation OE Team.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

Being only a small recurring donor to the Clinton Foundation, I was excited to find myself sitting across the desk of the former president at his New York office and hearing firsthand about the impact of the foundation's work in East Africa. Virtual Reality Is the Future of Storytelling.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

5) Messaging apps have very little impact on donors. Launched in 2012, #GivingTuesday has tremendous opportunity to grow into a global day of giving that could raise hundreds of millions of dollars for organizations. Of all social media worldwide, Facebook dominates and its new fundraising tools will likely transform global giving.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

The Year That Was and the New Year Ahead Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, Benetech's VP and General Manager of the Literacy Program 2012 was a year of titanic shifts in the fields of consumer technology, education, and publishing, along with the requisite challenges brought about by such rapid change. Thanks again! What if you’re a U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 12, 2012

I am doing a session called “ Learning in Public ” with Kathy Reich, Packard Foundation and Jared Raynor, TCC Group. Collaborative Problem-Solving sessions focus on how grantmaker can best partner with other funders, grantees, corporations and government agencies to solve problems and grow impact. Kimberly St.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Meet Bib Filbon and Jeff Bladt who have the job title, “Data Scientist,” and are on staff at DoSomething.Org. They work in partnership with DoSomething’s program staff to collect, analyze, and make sense of data to improve impact of DoSomething’s programs. Beth Kanter (@kanter) October 4, 2012.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

GEO’s 2012 National Conference shares a range of perspectives and new ideas for smarter grantmaking that leads to better results and presents opportunities for participants to learn from the wisdom and experience of their peers. He spoke about creativity and what psychologists and brain scientists are learning about it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2012

There have been a lot of conversations about what funders can do to support nonprofits to scale impact. But I think what has really driven this is the continued impact of the prolonged economic instability. There have been a number of efforts at doing new things like PRIs, MRIs, Impact Investing, and launching new initiatives.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2012

Or maybe you have a great idea to create your own business, but want to balance making a profit with creating social impact? They do it through corporate foundations, intermediary charities such as United Way, and by directly supporting social causes. 2012, January 10). For example, Arizona Home Improvement, L.L.C.

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sgEngage

APRIL 10, 2023

Giving Tuesday began in 2012, raising an estimated $10 million in its first year, according to Nonprofits Source. For example, talk about how past Giving Tuesday support has had an impact on the programs and services you offer to your community, and what initiatives the upcoming Giving Tuesday will support. Political contributions.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 4, 2015

Editor's note — This blog piece by Micah Sifry touches on the still inadequate state of funding for nonprofit technology. Foundation Center's new Foundation Funding for U.S. Democracy platform reveals the state of nonprofit technology funding in a critical area in some detail.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 11, 2013

With the recent scarcity of grant funding, excellent program evaluation practices are becoming a distinguishing element of effective and grant-competitive nonprofit organizations. 1 Even those who are eager to conduct evaluations often lack the funding and knowledge to evaluate their programs appropriately. As part of a.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 31, 2012

I love this new video from the Case Foundation about the power of social media for social change. The numbers illustrate how far the field has come in adopting social media, although not 100% adoption. The video reminded me of the classic video, “ The Machine is US/ing Us.” Field-building work remains critically important.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 22, 2014

Here is what Dalit Freedom Network executive director, Sherry Bailey, says about the impact of the video and storytelling: “The Freedom to Dream video was part of our annual Give For Freedom Campaign. Our audience choice award for 2012 went to Alliance Center for Independence (ACI) in Edison, New Jersey.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Scrub Daddy, a sponge based startup was valued at $1M in 2012, in 2015 they had over $20M in Revenue. in 2012 had revenues exceeding $9M in 2015. Tower Paddle Boards, a sporting goods startup was valued at $500k in 2012, in 2015 they had $7.2M For a Shark that impact is a financial return on investment or ROI.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

As a matter of fact, the funding for Benetech to start Bookshare and our Martus human rights software project came from a successful spinoff of our first social enterprise, the Arkenstone reading machines, which we sold to a for-profit for roughly $5 million.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2013

or “collective impact,” this work is characterized by a very different mindset, approach, and set of tools than traditional grant-making or nonprofit work, which has historically focused on supporting programs and organizations, and scaling those up. But whether you call it “networked” ways of working, “collaboration 2.0” So what to do?

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Five years ago, at the Belfer Center for Innovation & Social Impact in New York City, #GivingTuesday started as a response to the Black Friday and Cyber Monday crazes that follow Thanksgiving. Asha Curran, Chief Innovation Officer at the Belfer Center, authored the report. Storytelling works.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2015

But it’s impact has been huge since you were in the…well…second grade.”. Eager to make my point, I polled my fellow Gen-Xers on which fundraising platforms have had the most disruptive impact on charitable giving since 2000. Today, DonorsChoose.org is the go-to site for alternative sources of funding for the classroom.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2010

This month he explores why and how networked nonprofits should rally for more transparency in campaign funding based on a more detailed article over at the Chronicle of Philanthropy. In our book, The Networked Nonprofit , we highlight the work of the Sunlight Foundation and its executive director, Ellen Miller.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2012

Zero Divide published a report called “Funding Mobile Strategies for Social Impact: The Future is Now”. In addition to nonprofits, increasingly individual donors and foundations read reviews of nonprofits. that explores how mobile is bridging the digital divide and opportunity for nonprofits.

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