The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 1, 2024

Cultural events during AAPI Heritage Month serve dual purposes – celebrating the rich diversity of Asian and Pacific Islander cultures while also raising awareness and support for important community causes. Effective outreach strategies should focus on connecting with local AAPI groups, leaders, and community centers.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 20, 2023

Perhaps you could organize a peer-to-peer knit-a-thon, an auction of hand-made knitted items, a sale of knitted products and knitting supplies (you could partner up with a local yarn producer!), Check out the sample of the book club below!) Participants can raise funds by the number of hours (or minutes) they create.

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sgEngage

MARCH 8, 2023

5 Million Reasons to Embrace Library Giving Day Created in 2019 by the Seattle Public Library Foundation, Library Giving Day was designed not only to increase financial support to local public libraries but also to raise awareness for the many programs local libraries provide to their communities.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 14, 2023

If you scramble at the last minute to put this together, it will show — and chances are good you’ll raise less money with a poorly-done online fundraising campaign. Updates: Throughout the duration of your online campaign, share inspirational posts or emails to update your followers on how much you have raised. Define your needs.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

For this fundraising event, you’ll need to team up with a local paint and sip store like Pinot’s Palette or Painting with a Twist that’s willing to paint it forward with a percentage of the night’s proceeds going to your cause. To make it even more fun, consider having a local celebrity (i.e. Trivia Night. come judge the contest.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 1, 2012

. —– In 2011, Washington, DC, became one of the first major metropolitan regions to host a multimillion-dollar local giving day: Give to the Max Day: Greater Washington. Nearly 18,000 people participated in the 24-hour, online fundraising event, raising more than $2 million to benefit 1,200 local nonprofits.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

The Council on Nonprofits has samples to review. Nonprofit Business Advisor suggests that training helps people understand their day-to-day peer interactions, and also raises awareness of different belief systems, perspectives and cultures. Examine current goals and objectives around board diversity and create benchmarks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2012

Social fundraising is when your nonprofit integrates tried and true fundraising techniques with social media to inspire your supporters to raise money from their networks on your behalf. One of the case studies I shared was about NTEN’s recent social fundraiser to raise scholarship money for NTC conference attendance.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

That’s because donations to these organizations are usually tax-deductible for the donor, making it easier to raise funds. For example, perhaps your idea for creating a nonprofit focused on raising funds for children fighting cancer started with one family’s need for support in a challenging time. The answer could be “both.”

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 15, 2020

Below is a sampling of benefits nonprofits can enjoy when they use a social-first digital fundraising strategy: Data collection : Digital technology not only helps donors learn about, connect and give to nonprofits; it provides a way for nonprofits to learn about and connect with donors themselves. To date, the fund has raised more than $1.8

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Financial goals – the specific dollar amount, new dollars raised, or number of donors – are best developed by doing some benchmarking of similar community-wide or state-wide campaigns or other similar communities. You can also set goals for donor engagement, brand awareness, or capacity building for local nonprofits.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2009

The power of social media in this context, “is in networks growing and collaborating, not silo-ing&# (@ amysampleward ) or “ connecting/leveraging/magnifying the work of people who’re already aware&# (@ HildyGottlieb ). Lesson #3: Local vs Global. The final focus area is on the local vs global impact of social media.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

They offer a chance to dress up, get together with others, and have a good time — while also raising money for a good cause. Instead of serving everyone at a single location, consider a catered meal delivered to each of your donors from a local restaurant. Events are many people’s favorite thing about charity fundraising.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 8, 2017

Supporters can raise significant amounts of money and bring new donors to your organization. Teach Supporters to Fundraise and Provide Samples. It’s crucial that you encourage your supporters to use social media to raise awareness for their fundraising efforts. 50 gift card for $5,000 raised). Hold contests.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

Moderator: Amy Sample Ward, NetSquared. View more presentations from Amy Sample ward. Prioritize your ROI around the biggest impact, whether that’s raising funds, engaging people, or something else. They were active and dedicated to making it work and raised 90,000+ friends. The sessions are short (only 50 minutes!)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2010

They engage people to shape and share their work in order to raise awareness of social issues, organize communities to provide services or advocate for legislation. For example, Amy Sample Ward , Danielle Brigida , and Michael Edson. These have come in the form of awareness events like Earth Hour and Yoga to End Poverty. (9)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

These ideas inspired the SXSW panel proposal I submitted: Crowdsourcing for Innovative Social Change Social media builds buzz and raises money, but what about real, on-the-ground change? Submitted by Amy Sample Ward. Social networks are transforming how people support causes, how ideas are shared and how nonprofits raise money.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

In 2020, they set a goal of raising $40,000 for their combined #GivingTuesday/year-end fundraiser to raise funds for their virtual summer camp. Other Examples: An Annual Giving Campaign, like National Center for Youth Law did $10k for a new Alzheimer’s research project Raise $25,000 to fill a new school library.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 7, 2010

Offline : you would probably not have someone who’s had no physical connection with your organization be so excited about your work that they design and produce their own fliers about your work and then canvass their local community to raise awareness or your programs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

These ideas inspired the SXSW panel proposal I submitted: Crowdsourcing for Innovative Social Change Social media builds buzz and raises money, but what about real, on-the-ground change? Submitted by Amy Sample Ward. Social networks are transforming how people support causes, how ideas are shared and how nonprofits raise money.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Social media's still pretty great, though, for raising awareness about your nonprofit, communicating with existing supporters, and listening to your community.). Amy Sample Ward, NTEN's fearless leader, has a different view. Image 5: Amy Sample Ward. Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I rest my case. spanhidden.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2009

For others, it is a day of political significance to raise awareness around women's rights. I've included a sampling below, and hope that you'll add other events in the comments. The campaign is trying to raise awareness that, "Each year, around 1 in 10 women in Britain experience rape, or other violence."

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Pando Projects is a nonprofit that empowers people—in particular Millennials—to step up as leaders and develop new, local solutions to the problems in their communities. And I was glad to see Chuck raise the issue." How do you define the words Marnie highlights (networks, community, abundance, resources)?

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Nonprofit organizations often face the challenge of raising funds on a tight budget. Bake Sales Sweeten the deal for your supporters by selling homemade treats at local events or high-traffic areas, appealing to people’s love for delicious goodies.

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NTEN

AUGUST 21, 2009

Social media builds buzz and raises money, but what about real, on-the-ground change? The panelists include Holly Ross, NTEN ; David Neff , American Cancer Society; Kari Dunn Saratovsky ; Case Foundation; Amy Sample Ward , Netsquared; and Joe Solomon. Submitted by Amy Sample Ward. Let's discuss: join us!

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

To make the most of these fundraising ideas, consider adding a silent auction or raffle to them to raise extra funds alongside any event ticket sales. You can partner with a local chocolatier to host a tasting event where chocolate lovers can sample wares and purchase their favorites, with a percentage of proceeds going to your nonprofit!

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 27, 2009

obama reach vs local reach. NWF - every program we have has an offline component, i try to integrate a social media strategy that leverages and encourages the offline part; like #nwf wildlife watch, raises your awareness offline if you can see something and tweet it, etc. 13,000 installs of the facebook app, and $600,000 raised.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 2, 2022

Had SVAS written about the good work they were doing in a compel­ling, professional manner, it may have been able to raise more money, secure more media coverage, attract more volunteers, and establish more business partnerships. If an applicant gets an interview, ask him or her to bring along a few writing samples.

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Care2

MAY 15, 2009

WomenWhoTech: Tools Galore View more presentations from Amy Sample ward. Prioritize your ROI around the biggest impact, whether thats raising funds, engaging people, or something else. They were active and dedicated to making it work and raised 90,000+ friends. Does it say what you really want it to about your organization?

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

” And use the word “projected,” because we know that the service definitely impacted people in a positive way and we’re using local statistics to make sure that we’ve captured that impact. So you raised $20,000. So a couple samples here this is from Charity Water. Does that make sense?

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Qgiv

JUNE 9, 2021

And, instead of limiting your events just to those in the local area or to those who have the means to travel, you can actually open them to anyone on the internet! This social aspect makes it a powerful way to boost visibility in your community and raise money for your programs! in 2019 increase to $108.62

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

Your organization can also set targets for donor engagement and brand awareness. In the end, they raised over $15,000 from nearly 50 new donors. The Giving Day Playbook has handy templates in the outreach section including blog posts, a social media calendar, sample tweets and marketing materials.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

And because you probably can't eat that much - unless, of course, you're Joey Chestnut - you put many small samples on your plate instead. Mozilla Week of Service Begins September 14th: Mark your calendars and sign up to offer your geek skills to your local community for a service project this week. Projects working in the U.S.

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

She’s raised a lot of money through grants. And we’re going to see what kind of shortfalls there are from a state and local perspective in the coming years because of COVID, but hoping that some of the other federal funds that we’re receiving through ARPA can try to help stop the bleeding a little bit.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 28, 2010

This consciousness and reason to change for our collective sustainability can only come from the awareness of our individual impact due to over consumption. Community production: Encouraging entrepreneurs to find community solutions to meet the localized needs. What help could you use at this stage?

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Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

Here at Qgiv, we’re invested in helping you raise more money, and we know how difficult it can be. They might go from seeing a poster about your organization at their favorite local coffee shop to scrolling through your organization’s website. But are you aware of all your options? Picture a potential donor.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 14, 2024

If you play to your strengths when raising money for your organization, you’ll have a better chance of success. Because we tend to look at what other organizations do to raise money and try to capture their magic by copying them. Or something else that is an asset you can use to raise funds.

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