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50 Nonprofits Every U.S. Politican Should Follow on Twitter

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Children’s Defense Fund :: @ ChildDefender. Coalition for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans :: @ CIAV. Feeding America :: @ FeedingAmerica. Oxfam America :: @ OxfamAmerica. Ploushares Fund :: @ Plough_Shares. World Wildlife Fund :: @ WWF. Autism Speaks :: @ AustismSpeaks. Change the Equation :: @ ChangeEquation.

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11 Holiday Gift Programs That Benefit Nonprofits and Make the World A Better Place :: 2011 Edition

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As a group or as an individual, CARE Packages can help send girls in Afghanistan to school for a year, or help expectant mothers in Peru safely deliver. You can purchase Kiva Cards which then can be redeemed by your gift recipient to fund a loan of his or her choosing. Although Concern is based in the U.K.,

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Leveraging Technology to Respond to Global Crises

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For example, they started a community-driven savings and loans program to help offset displacement costs or provide the funds needed to create a new business. Success Story: Creating an Omnichannel Marketing Experience with Teach For America. Blog: How Talent for Good Can Help You Hire Your Next Salesforce Role.

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Are you celebrating Giving Tuesday? These NTEN Members are!

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The Trust for Public Land TransForm Transportation Alternatives United Nations Foundation United Way for Southeastern Michigan United Way of Genesee County Vermont Foodbank Volunteers of America Wade Edwards Foundation and Learning Lab Women Employed World Food Program USA YES!

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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

Encouraging nonprofits to embrace this mode of fundraising was the point of the Case Foundation’s America’s Giving Challenge , one of the first giving contests launched back in 2007 where I was a first place winner raising funds for Cambodian children.

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Mother's Day Donation Ideas

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Oxfam America Unwrapped and fund virtual gifts like a pair of school uniforms for $20 , or planting 50 trees for $30. * One of GlobalGiving's "Mom Knows Best" projects like Education for 900 Rural Girls in Burkina Faso or Fast Tracking Education for Women and Older Girls in Afghanistan. *

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Good Magazine Wants You To Do Good!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Acumen Fund is a non-profit global venture fund that uses entrepreneurial approaches to solve the problems of global poverty. Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America , founded in June 2004, is the nation's first and largest group dedicated to the Troops and Veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.