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How to Write Fundraising Emails That Get Results

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A key message for an animal shelter might be “Every animal deserves a loving home and you can help care for those in our shelter until they’re adopted.”. For example if you need help caring for animals in your shelter until they’re adopted, you can say “Please help provide food and shelter for the 26 animals in our care until they’re adopted.

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Walking While Working

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Six months later, I’m happy to report that my numbers are in the normal range. I’m also noticing that many of my colleagues are trying to become healthy, including my friend and homeless advocate, Mark Horvath, who is also raising money for a good cause while getting healthy.

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What do web stats mean, anyway?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I don’t think we want homeless shelters, food pantries, mental health organizations, etc., Secondly, I certainly saw that over the five years I was the IT Director at the Coalition for the Homeless that our clients were increasingly interested in initiating and maintaining electronic communications with our case workers.

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Should You Accept ANY Type of Nonprofit Donation? (And How Should You Gracefully Decline a Gift?)

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For example, a computer or a printer for your office, a musical instrument if you work with children, or a bed if you help homeless people move into homes. Yet crafting and adopting a Gift Acceptance Policy is something nonprofits postpone or decline to do. No one is going to offer us a boat!”. The Board’s decision is final.

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33+ Giving Tuesday Ideas: Expert Tips and Campaigns to Try

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Here at Bloomerang , we help nonprofits make the most of their fundraising every day through the adoption of comprehensive and data-driven strategies. Then, we’ll dive into more than 20 campaign ideas that your nonprofit can adopt. . Let’s start by explaining ten expert tips before #GivingTuesday. These are just some of the highlights.

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A Better Way to Do Good: The Case for Comprehensive Community Care

Non Profit Quarterly

Sadly, this portrayal of poverty, homelessness, and frustration while seeking help is an honest one. The adoption of appropriate digital tools has the power to revolutionize operations, build trust amongst program participants and stakeholders, and offer more agency to those who depend on services.

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[VIDEO] Measure Of Success: Creating Tools And Process To Report Impact

Bloomerang

So, if you have to leave early, you just want to review the content later on, share with a friend or a colleague, don’t worry, we will get all that good stuff in your hands later on today. But just saying, “We helped 20 people who are homeless,” does not provide context.

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