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Mobile for Good: Fire Phone, Locking Down Data, and Services for the Homeless

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For this month's column, I'm going to dissect the latest entry into the smartphone field: the Amazon Fire Phone. I'll also update you on the "kill switch" initiatives as well as a nonprofit that's using mobile services to alleviate homelessness. Amazon Fire Phone and the Internet of Things. Or helpful?

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25 Global Trends in Giving That Nonprofits Need to Know About

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Smart-home voice assistants, such as the Amazon Echo and Google Home, could also provide new ways of giving. 7) Crowdfunding campaigns that benefit individuals are growing in popularity worldwide. 41% of donors to charitable organizations also donate to online crowdfunding campaigns that benefit individuals.

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Using Inkind Donations To Help You Grow Your Nonprofit

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When you think about an inkind gift, you may think of stuff, such as bottled water and packaged snacks for events or hotel-sized shampoo and conditioner for a shelter serving homeless families. Inkind Donations Benefit Organizations and Donors Inkind donations provide goods and services you need, freeing up cash donations for other purposes.

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Greater Washington Give to the Max Day Training Event

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Some tips to build capacity and benefiting from a fundraising contest: Get organized both online and offline. For example, they recently set up an Amazon wish list for their Food Pantry and posted to their FB page. Within minutes, a fan commented that they had just placed an order for them. Image by Codilicious from Flickr.

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49 Online Fundraising Ideas to Help You Raise More

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Rather than asking people to donate material items directly to your organization, you can create a public wish list on an e-commerce site like Amazon where your donors can buy items you need directly online. Offer exclusive benefits to monthly giving program donors to encourage participation in the campaign. Matching gifts drive.

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The Young and Generous: A New Research Report from Network for Good

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

homeless.??? Small organizations benefit from listings on aggregation sites; at network for good, half of dollars go to small-medium sized charities. -Most online giving goes to disaster agencies, followed by animal-related causes. Top searches are disaster related, plus ???children,??? children,??? ???cancer,???

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

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Amazon Smile is also super-simple but unless you have lots of people making big purchases, the money you receive through Amazon Smile will likely be super small. Here’s how that works: A donor sets up a DAF with a bank or community foundation to give their money to nonprofit organizations and get a tax benefit.

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