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Connecting Homeless Youth and Shelter Animals: 20-Year-Old Rachel Cohen, Hand2Paw

Have Fun - Do Good

"It's a novel idea that homeless youth have so much to offer, and that these youth could really make the difference at this shelter. Hand2Paw's mission is to connect homeless teens and shelter animals in a mutually beneficial way. Hand2Paw's mission is to connect homeless teens and shelter animals in a mutually beneficial way.

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Mental Health Awareness Month: 10 Nonprofits Advocating For Change

Kindful

Mission: Porter’s Call is a place where artists can find counsel, support, and encouragement, specifically attuned to their unique profession. Mission: The Tacoma Recovery Center and Café is a community of women and men impacted by substance disorders, addiction, homelessness, PTSD, and other mental health challenges.

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49 Online Fundraising Ideas to Help You Raise More

Qgiv

Make sure to advertise your artists and makers on your social media platforms leading up to the opening of your shop with photos and videos. Give your artistic students the opportunity to show off their skills by hosting a virtual art show. John Center for Homeless Men. Virtual craft fair. Virtual tours for museums.

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BIPOC Leadership Challenges: 26 Tips To Increase Accessibility Across The Nonprofit Sector

Bloomerang

Support and promote the work of artists, writers, and other creative individuals from BIPOC communities, and showcase their talents and achievements within your fundraisers. Provide education and training programs that are tailored to the needs of underserved communities.

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Fundraising Lessons from the Father of Advertising | Ogilvy on Fundraising

Whole Whale

A charity combating homelessness should feature stories of providing shelter, not just cute mascots. The ads were hailed as beautiful, artistic, and innovative. For nonprofits, this means focusing ads on your organization’s values, mission impact, and service results – the heart of your “product.”

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Going Against the Fundraising Grain: Three Unconventional Fundraising Tactics

NonProfit Hub

This idea can be expanded to include whatever crazy act you want: Hot Tamales for the Homeless, Cartwheels for Cancer, Trampoline Jumping for Toddlers—or any alliteration campaign fits your cause. Feel free to choose a different artist that might help you raise funds. But don’t get your swimsuit and nose plugs just yet.

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Guest Post: Community and Civic Engagement in Museum Programs

Museum 2.0

The program is an experimental playground that bridges artists, students, chefs, comedians, hairdressers, bartenders, dancers, wrestlers and even tattoo artists to produce a community-led event. Sometimes that results in an artist-led cascading collaborative sculpture of 475 visitor-made scrap metal fish.

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