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A Fundraising Cliff? What does the data say?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

What about Hurricane Sandy? Are people going to give less because they donated to Hurricane Sandy relief? Most giving in response to Hurricane Sandy has been to a small number of nonprofits focused on the relief efforts. Hurricane Sandy is unlikely to have a significant impact on this trend. Is it the economy?

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5 Ways Libraries Support Disaster Relief and Recovery

Tech Soup

A "disaster" doesn't necessarily have to mean a fire, earthquake, hurricane, or other natural occurrence. The Rockaways, in the borough of Queens, was one of the hardest hit areas during Hurricane Sandy. When Laurence Copel moved to New Orleans in 2010, the city was still recovering from Hurricane Katrina.

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Make Your Fundraising Mobile with Connect2Give

Tech Soup

We're all familiar with it, a message saying "Help the recovery from Hurricane Sandy. Kudos to Erin Palmer over at TechSoup's NetSquared Project for this: "The Pew Internet & American Life Project reports that, as of early 2012, 88% of American adults had a cell phone. Text MUTUALAID to 69866 to donate $10."

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Radical Collaboration is Our Best Chance to Fight Climate Change

Saleforce Nonprofit

We’ve seen the reports of Arctic glaciers that are melting at an alarming rate. And we’ve watched helplessly as hurricanes and tropical storms have intensified in frequency and strength. So the task given to me in 2012 by our founder, Yvon Chouinard, was: ‘What would a food company look like for Patagonia?’

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Key Findings from Giving USA 2013 Report

Connection Cafe

in 2012. - The total donated to charitable causes in 2012 was estimated to be estimated $316.23 The single largest contributor to increases in total charitable giving in 2012 was an increase of $8.67 Arts, culture, and humanities saw its share of the total increase by one percentage point, from 4% in 2011 to 5% in 2012.

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How To Save The Planet: 10 Changes With The Biggest Impact

Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

If we go higher than this, we are looking at huge rises in sea levels, complete collapse of ocean ecosystems and more and more unpredictable extreme weather events like hurricanes and tsunamis. The problem is that implementing this tax would also require a global effort, as explained in this 2012 document from the House of Commons.

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How To Save The Planet: 10 Changes With The Biggest Impact

Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

If we go higher than this, we are looking at huge rises in sea levels, complete collapse of ocean ecosystems and more and more unpredictable extreme weather events like hurricanes and tsunamis. The problem is that implementing this tax would also require a global effort, as explained in this 2012 document from the House of Commons.

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