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Give Joy!

.orgSource

Budget funds for upgrades to home offices. One of the first projects we supported was to build an Alexa integration into the database. The group asked for $50 for equipment (to buy an echo dot, a speaker that connects to Alexa) and three people for two days to do a hackathon. Promote Wellness.

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10 Online Fundraising Tools to Watch in 2021

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Bonfire enables nonprofits to easily design and raise funds by selling t-shirts online. Ideal for virtual parties, Gifted is an event invitation platform that allows party organizers to donate up to 100% of funds raised to select nonprofits in the United States and Canada. Bonfire :: bonfire.com. Gifted :: gifted.com.

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The Top 5 Fundraising Trends in 2020

Nonprofit Tech for Good

To that effect, we believe the entire space should continue to have a watchful eye on two conversations in particular: donor-advised funds (DAFs) and “blockchain for good.”. Donor-Advised Funds. Though the notorious Pineapple Fund was a fleeting effort, blockchain is still very much a part of social good conversations.

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Artificial Intelligence for Government

Forum One

Governments can look at healthcare costs, transportation flows, or visits to food banks to help gain faster insights and improve funding, training, or services. This might be used to look at social media data, helpdesk calls, or survey responses to gain new insights more quickly. At Forum One we are implementing AI in interesting ways.

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100+ Fundraising Tasks for Your Nonprofit’s Board

Nonprofit Tech for Good

For example, accepting gifts of stock by opening a brokerage account, accepting Venmo donations, accepting cryptocurrency , and accepting donations from Alexa (Amazon devices). Community foundations sponsor many donor-advised funds (DAFs) which are like mini-foundations but they are not public. Then help implement these tools.

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10 Reasons to Attend the Collaborative: Virtual Sessions

Classy

This is a guest post written by event planner Alexa Steevens on the Classy events team. The Collaborative: Virtual Sessions is an approved Continuing Education Provider for the Certified Fund Raising Executive program. . Divvy up sessions between your team, then come together to share your learnings.

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The Fundraising Trends of 2019 You Don’t Want to Miss

NonProfit Hub

Donor-Advised Funds (DAFs). The number of Donor-Advised Funds is increasing over the years. Because of this, the number of donors who contribute to nonprofit funding has continued to rise. In 2019, emerging tools such as Alexa have made this possible. In 2017, the number increased by 60%.

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