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How the American Childhood Cancer Organization Used Crowdfunding to Raise Over $43,000!

Tech Soup

Last year we shared how the American Childhood Cancer Organization (ACCO) used Teespring to exceed their fundraising goals with a few clicks of a button. Last year our ‘Go gold with kids for cancer’ campaign was a really successful campaign because it had such a clear statement that reflected with people.

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14+ Excellent Nonprofit Annual Reports

Whole Whale

Charity: Water. Charity: Water’s annual report is the perfect example of keeping it simple, but effective. Fight Colorectal Cancer (CRC) is a health impact organization dedicated to ending colorectal cancer and supporting those affected by the disease through patient support, funding research, and impactful policy change.

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Captivology: The Science of Capturing People’s Attention

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

What if our child had cancer? As Parr points out, empathy is powerful because our innate ability and need to understand and connect with others – even we don’t know them personally. One pitch describes dry statistics about food shortages in Africa and the other describes the plight of one child suffering from starvation.

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Millennials: How to Gain the Loyalty of Younger Generations

Connection Cafe

Latest research from the 2015 Millennial Impact Report shows that donating to charities and volunteering are important to the group that now represents the majority of the U.S. The Next Generation in American Giving report also provides promising statistics about the giving preferences of younger generations.

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How to Start a Nonprofit: 12 Essential Steps for Success

Bloomerang

These statistics underscore the importance of establishing a clear purpose and solid plan for your organization to ensure its longevity. 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.

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The Young and Generous: A New Research Report from Network for Good

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Virtually all of online givers (96%) have given to charity before, but a sizable proportion (38%) is new to online philanthropy. Small organizations benefit from listings on aggregation sites; at network for good, half of dollars go to small-medium sized charities. This is a very compelling statistic! children,??? ???cancer,???

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Is Social Media the Fund Development Professional’s Magic Bullet?

NonProfit Hub

And who is doing the asking is just as important because statistics prove that “people give to people.” Quite frankly, ALS is not a very wide spread disease like cancer or heart disease. Fundraising by definition is “an activity done to collect money by a charity, political party or school,” i.e. the Ice Bucket Challenge.