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Weekly update from PND

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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center has announced a $100 million gift from the Fiona and Stanley Druckenmiller Foundation to establish a fund to seed promising projects in translational cancer medicine that might otherwise go unfunded. Druckenmillers commit $100 million to Memorial Sloan Kettering. January 12, 2022.

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How Canadian Cancer Society Increased Donations by 78% During #GivingTuesday

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million raised, a 63% increase in total donations over 2013 according to the Case Foundation. I recently spoke with Mike Kirkpatrick, Director of Marketing at Canadian Cancer Society in Ontario who shared their story with me, and here are four factors I believe led to their success that you can use in 2015. Focus on the Follow-Up.

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6 Fundraising Platforms That Have Disrupted Charitable Giving Forever

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Jeff Bauman , who lost both legs in the Boston Marathon Bombing in 2013, has the second most successful fundraiser on the site with over $800,000 raised. Disrupting Fundraising Since: 2013. T-shirt giant CustomInk backed and launched Booster in 2013. Booster launched its first campaign in 2013. Co-Disruptor: YouCaring.

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Last-Minute Boosts to Late-December Fundraising Emails

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How many Giving Tuesday emails did you receive asking you to make a Giving Tuesday gift on Giving Tuesday because it was Giving Tuesday ? Perhaps it’s focusing on cancer problems for hospital foundations. 28-29, 2013. Here are four last-minute tips to boost your December fundraising emails: Say More Than “Dec.

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#GivingTuesday: A Great Day for Business to do Good!

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#GivingTuesday 2013 might over, but no it’s not! White Butterfly Gift Shop in NJ – donated the proceeds of t-shirt sales to support a mother of 5 who cannot afford her cancer treatment. The Gift Shop also adopted the family for Christmas, asking community members to donate toys for the children.

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Lives are Changed when #bigkidsgive and how you can rock #GivingTuesday Next Year

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Results collected from Blackbaud clients showed Online Giving was up 90% this #GivingTuesday, and the average online gift saw an increase of 40%, from $101.60 Camp Kesem empowers college students across the United States to create a free, life-changing one-week summer camp experience for children affected by a parent’s cancer.

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3 Key Pieces in an Engaging Email Campaign

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You can insert personalized content that: Cultivates (thank recent donors/volunteers; report how gifts were used). For example, if you know I’m interested in lung cancer issues, send me a lung cancer project or research to fund. Blackbaud’s 2013 Online Marketing Benchmark Study for Nonprofits.

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