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YouthBuild Boston: A TechSoup Youth Organization Profile

Tech Soup

in schools, libraries, local governments, and nonprofits, it was tough to choose just one to profile this week, but I chose YouthBuild Boston because of my fondness for green tech. They even use TechSoup Microsoft software donations to rehab used computers for their training labs. More than 15 million children.

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Higher Education Funding & Grant Resources

Bloomerang

Their priorities range from facilitating book donation drives to supporting arts education to funding playground construction and family literacy programs. . Costco Wholesale’s “primary charitable efforts specifically focus on programs supporting children, education, and health and human services in the communities where we do business.”.

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Generational Giving at Arts & Cultural Organizations – A Donor Story

Connection Cafe

Anyone reading this blog that lives in the New England area may know that the symphony I was raised around is the Boston Symphony Orchestra. My youth was flooded by a series of Wednesday night rehearsals, regular BSO concerts, and multiple summer weekends spent at Tanglewood, the summer home of the Boston Symphony in Lenox, Massachusetts.

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Introducing the 2021 Classy Awards Leadership Council

Classy

The Greater Boston Food Bank. Received the 2021 Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce Pinnacle Award for Excellence in Nonprofit Management . Arlene Fortunato.

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Pulitzer and the Pedestal – Or Why Crowdfunding Needs Influencer Marketing

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The publisher of the New York newspaper the World , Pulitzer used all his influence to launch an aggressive fundraising campaign that bypassed the rich and instead solicited donations from average residents. In only six months, more than 120,000 donors – from children to recovering alcoholics – sent in donations of typically less than a $1.

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TechSoup Member Organizations Doing Great Work During Hard Times

Tech Soup

Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition — Boston. The organization provides services to assist women and families with children in maintaining and improving their health in the face of HIV/AIDS. The organization serves more than 500 women and children each year. TechSoup's Got Your Back.

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6 Fundraising Platforms That Have Disrupted Charitable Giving Forever

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Fundraising with social media (particularly Facebook) means under- standing that donors don’t separate liking, sharing, or pledging, from donating,” explained John. A key driver of donations was Facebook, where users uploaded 2.4 Disruptive Model: Donation Crowdfunding. More than 1.5 million challenge videos.