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Small But Mighty: Peer-to-Peer Fundraising For Small Nonprofits

CauseVox

According to IRS guidelines, 501(c)3 organizations are classified by the size of their total assets, with cutoffs at the $100K, $500K, $1M, $10M, and $50M mark. With these advantages in mind, if you’re working to raise money for a small nonprofit, we recommend the following fundraising ideas to boost your ROI. What’s Considered Small?

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A New Nonprofit Donor Paradigm: Thoughtful And Passionate Gifts

Bloomerang

Assign someone to connect with them on a scheduled basis, just to show you care about them for more than their money. Your giving to our hospital is appreciated” is not the same as “Your giving to cure cancer makes you a visionary leader.” That’s actually a lot more money than you probably need to spend to offer something meaningful.

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34 Clever Summer Fundraising Ideas

Whole Whale

Way to accept donations or money from the event. Provide water station stops and set up a picnic at the end for people that raise money. Remember to dunk your executive director or board chair if you raise a certain amount of money through the event to really up the ante! List of nonprofit donation platforms.

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Charities Cry Foul on Chase Facebook Charitable Giving Contest

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Very interesting to see the American Cancer Society on the list as its budget - according to a 2005 annual report linked on their Guidestar Profile is well over $10 million). If they wanted to have some control over who received the money, why not just award the money through tradition methods?

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Social Media: Before You Get Started, Get Organized!

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Are you using social media primarily to raise money? An organization’s social media policy should provide basic guidelines to staff members and volunteers about what is appropriate to post on social media sites, an overview of privacy and legal issues, and some general rules about using social media during office hours.

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Understanding What Motivates Millennials to Give to Your NPO

NonProfit Hub

In a nutshell, to win the hearts (and money) of millennials, we need to help them understand our cause. Talk to us on our terms and let us donate our time and money the way we’d like to.”. Talk to us on our terms and let us donate our time and money the way we’d like to.”. And we need to do so in their language. Tell stories.

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What Lessons Will Pepsi Learn About Crowdsourcing for Social Good from Chase Bank Contest Fail?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It's not spending money on Super Bowl ads for Pepsi beverages. Instead, Pepsi is using the money for lethal generosity through its Pepsi Refresh Project , a crowdsourced cause marketing effort to give away $20 million in grants to help revamp communities. . It's not spending money on Super Bowl ads for Pepsi beverages.

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