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A Simple Guide to Maximizing LinkedIn’s New Features for Fundraising Advancement

NonProfit Hub

EverTrue harnesses social data to help higher education institutions raise more money and better engage alumni. _. Giving USA reported that more than $300 billion was donated to charities in 2013, with nearly 70 percent of those donations coming from individuals. Keep in mind that volunteers donate 10 times more than other Americans.

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Kids and Philanthropy: Teaching Your Children To Be Charitable

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A community group worked hard to get her placed on the historic register and raise money to restore her to her mid-century glory. My kids have posed for photos in t-shirts , emptied their piggy banks , helped me make fundraising videos , contributed clothing or other items to drives at school, and have attended lots of fund raising events.