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What we know about MacKenzie Scott’s 2020 grants

Candid

In a recent analysis , we looked at the characteristics of the December cohort, which totaled $4.2 Further analysis of organizational size can be found in our earlier report.) The leading issue category is health, followed by “public safety,” which includes funding focused on disasters. billion to 384 nonprofits.

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Is “Ambient Data” from Social Media Channels Useful for Funders?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There is so much data coming in at a fast past, with 4,000 tweets per day – a number that skyrockets during a disaster. They also tag and analyze responses. Disaster work. A community foundation that was doing a landscape analysis of issues in its community to guide funding strategy development. In which formats?

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Sping Cleaning: Taking Inventory of your Social Media Tools

Amy Sample Ward

If you work for the Red Cross, as an example, you can search in Causes for “red cross&# and find groups that are focused on the Red Cross but also those focused on specific disaster relief efforts and international projects. the key words for your sector (like “blood drive&# and “disaster relief&# if you are the Red Cross).

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NpTech Tag Summary: Penguin Day in New Orleans, Fondling the Tools, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

KM4Dev has a section devoted to Social Network Analysis process and tools. Philanthropy, Fundraising, Disasters, and Video Good corporate citizenship was highlighted at Davis this past week. The NpTech Tag started as an experimental community tagging project in 2005. Bill Gates gave a speech on " creative capitalism."

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Great reads from around the web on June 17th

Amy Sample Ward

That is why we created the Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving — to provide fundraisers with up-to-date data on fundraising trends and to couple that information with valuable analysis by leaders in the sector." " The trend is up 12.1%! " The trend is up 12.1%!

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Nonprofits Should Consider SMS Fundraising With Eyes Wide Open

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Haiti crisis demonstrated that text to give fundraising can be a powerful tool, particularly as an "early responder" fundraising technique in disaster. Tags: mobile. Or be bailout for our nonprofit. I like the way that Allison Fine reflected on this question last week. It may not make sense for your nonprofit to get mobile .

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NpTech Tag Summary: Voting Deadline at Netsquared Extended, NTC Pipe, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There is certainly no shortage of buckets where nonprofit technology tagged resources are being aggregated. Emily Weinberg has some terrific notes from the "Branding Through Websites: Building Your Brand from the First Click" Heather Carpenter summarizes what she learned from the Disaster Planning for Nonprofits session.

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