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It Takes a Village: Using Peer-to-Peer to End Homelessness

Qgiv

People often ask, “What’s the best way to end homelessness?” If you’re reading this article, you probably don’t need to be convinced that fighting poverty and homelessness is worthwhile. Altogether, the 2021 Walk to End Homelessness raised over $96,000 for their cause! 3 Successful Peer-to-Peer Events.

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#GivingTuesday: Why I Am Participating in the National Day of Giving on November 27, 2012

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Maybe one is that Giving Tuesday becomes an official national holiday or becomes an annual event like Cyber Monday. 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.

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Key facts, figures, and trends among U.S. labor unions

Candid

Unions can vary dramatically in size (partially due to the local vs. national structure we explained last week). The national arm of the National Association of Letter Carriers (as opposed to any of the locals) is by far the largest union in terms of revenue, bringing in $1.78 Financial data. billion in assets, $26.3

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5 Content Marketing Success Stories Your Nonprofit Needs to Imitate

NetWits

More recently they decided to harness the power of the web and content marketing by allowing people to follow the life of their 2012 national ambassador. He’s the 2011 March of Dimes National Ambassador. Along the way they’ve used content in the form of life changing stories to help shed light on how they’re making a difference.

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Storymakers Past Winners: In Their Own Words

Tech Soup

It was filmed on location outside our free medical clinic for the homeless in the heart of Melbourne. ” She also told us that their Youth Projects’ video was aired nationally on the Foxtel network in Australia. Our audience choice award for 2012 went to Alliance Center for Independence (ACI) in Edison, New Jersey.

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Meet Gen Z Philanthropist Sejal Makheja, Founder Elevator Project

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

She said she went to the Gen Z Conference because she wanted to cultivate the skills she’ll need to take the Elevator Project to a national scale. She was inspired to create her project in 2012 when she met a man named Juan in a Soup Kitchen in Washington, DC. I was curious and reached out to her for an interview.

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Are Social Enterprises Viable Models for Funding Nonprofits?

ASU Lodestar Center

Nonprofit organizations are vital to the nation’s economic well-being and have nearly doubled in the last 30 years (National Center for Charitable Statistics, 2015). Solving basic social problems requires a level of sustainable investment that donors and government cannot provide alone.

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