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How to Pick the Right Fundraiser for Your New Nonprofit

Get Fully Funded

After judges award prizes for the best pies, you can have a pie-eating contest. After prizes are awarded, sell everything in a bake-sale format or maybe incorporate a Cake Walk. Award prizes for the cutest dog and the best costume. Instead of movie trailers, start the night off with a video about your organization’s work.

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Interview with Bryan Stevenson: On Juneteenth and Justice

Saleforce Nonprofit

The book was so popular that it was also made into an award-winning hit film. Stevenson is a lawyer who graduated from Harvard Law School and started EJI to dedicate his life to fighting the unequal treatment of marginalized communities. We have a calendar at EJI where we put out an action you can do everyday.

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75 Top Fundraising Ideas for Nonprofits

Neon CRM

Of course, this one can put you at odds with the law if you’re not careful, so make sure to get legal advice on any laws or local ordinances you need to follow. You can also choose a nice leisurely scenic ride or a more intense, high-speed one with prizes awarded. Ideas 52 through 63 can help you make a plan.

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Nonprofit Technology News for May 2014

Tech Soup

The way The Fog will work, as Christopher Mims describes it in the Wall Street Journal , is that our smart devices will send software updates to one another, rather than routing them through the cloud, a bit like how peer-to-peer music and movie sharing is done via services like Bittorrent. Our Right to Be Forgotten on the Internet.

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Nomad Cafe: How to Start a Green Cafe

Have Fun - Do Good

Nomad is a statewide waste reduction award winner, through the California Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB). Out of 1403 statewide recipients in 2004, Nomad was one of only ten businesses chosen for the CIWMB's "WRAP of the Year" (WOTY) award. Both of those laws passed and are now in effect. Follow your heart.

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Juneteenth Resources

Media Cause

Colorlines —Colorlines is a daily news site where race matters, featuring award-winning in-depth reporting, news analysis, opinion and curation. The Color of Law. TV Shows + Movies: The 13th (Documentary) . Moonlight (Movie). Mudbound (Movie). Attend Events . So you want to talk about race.

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

Have Fun - Do Good

She has been the recipient of many awards, including Fast Company's 2007 Social Capitalist Award, and the League of Women Voters' Women Who Could Be President Award. My favorite scene from the movie is these women, all ages, all sizes, going to surround the peace talks in Ghana, which were essentially going nowhere.

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