sgEngage

APRIL 10, 2023

Celebrate students by offering prizes. For example, supporters who are parents often like fundraisers they can participate in with their children. According to Read-A-Thon’s list of top school fundraisers , these reading challenges raise an average of $8,500 even if only 50% of students participate.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 29, 2022

If you know you have a supporter base that are planning to give up drinks, treats, or Starbucks, challenge them to donate what they would spend on those weekly cocktails or daily croissants to your cause. SpringFundraising idea Number 2: Celebrate National Cereal Day with a pajama party for good. snapcracklepop Click To Tweet.

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Qgiv

JUNE 1, 2021

As the kids reach or exceed their goal they earn a ticket to a church lock-in to celebrate the successful fundraiser. Fitness challenges. Fitness challenges offer supporters a chance to give while engaging in physical activity. Say your church is celebrating its 20 th anniversary. s At Home Everest Challenge!

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Need some inspiration for your holiday fundraising celebrations? Every parent wants to provide their child with the happiness and excitement of receiving a gift, and a toy and supply drive can make that possible for families who might not have the budget to buy their children the toy of their dreams. Easy fundraising ideas.

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Classy

JUNE 10, 2021

Their supporters may refer to those same beneficiaries as “our children” or “the future of our country”. The discussion centered on how leaders can navigate the challenges that come with expectatio ns for game-changing results amid heavily constrained operating environments. Fundraising Tip: Deliver a Personal Experience .

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Classy

JUNE 10, 2021

Their supporters may refer to those same beneficiaries as “our children” or “the future of our country”. The discussion centered on how leaders can navigate the challenges that come with expectatio ns for game-changing results amid heavily constrained operating environments. Fundraising Tip: Deliver a Personal Experience .

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Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

Partner with a corporate sponsor or a major gifts supporter to host a matching gifts drive. Round up a few teachers or partner with a local celebrity and have them go up against each other with video games like Among Us or World of Warcraft. Coaches talent challenge. Design challenge. Matching gifts drive.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

I discovered it because of a charity challenge they're running on Twitter to raise awareness of their book, plus raise some money to help Room To Read. I heard about the challenge because Laura Fitton posted this tweet. Now, a few critical thoughts about their charity challenge. You can read a more detailed definition here.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

There are lots of ways to do peer-to-peer fundraisers, and holding events like a bike ride, a cook-off, or a “challenge” (insert first obligatory mention of the Ice Bucket Challenge) are some of the best ones. Cyclists sign up for the ride and seek out people in their network to sponsor their participation.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 18, 2022

Hashtag Challenges. TikTok challenges, in which you challenge users to perform a certain activity, are a great way to get your cause to go viral while encouraging user participation. Further, the platform has collaborated with several nonprofits to create hashtag challenges through the TikTok For Good initiative.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2008

Last year, when I turned 51, I posted a challenge on my blog - could I get 51 people to donate $10 to the Sharing Foundation? What about a gift in their honor to celebrate the special day. April: We celebrate Earth Day this month. Another option, is to sponsor a woman who wants to make a better life some place in the world.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 14, 2010

It was sponsored by the Hewlett Foundation, Wallace Foundation, San Francisco Foundation, Grants for the Arts, and the Koret Foundation. The Joe Goode Dance Company spoke about the challenges of getting an artistic director to Tweet. Joe Goode Twitter Presentation. View more presentations from Beth Kanter.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 5, 2021

It’s no secret that you have the opportunity to capitalize on the momentum #GivingTuesday to fundraise for your nonprofit: the challenge is what #GivingTuesday ideas and best practices will help your nonprofit capture attention? Potential corporate or major donor gift sponsors/matches. On GivingTuesday 2020, $2.47

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

I have two favorites: The Sharing Foundation which supports children in Cambodia and Creative Commons. The Fellows provide much needed energy, expertise and enthusiasm while being exposed to to the compelling, challenging, essential and often dangerous work done by campaigners for human rights and social justice. Support Children.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 18, 2022

You may meet someone who works for a business that is looking to get more involved in the community and ends up sponsoring your next fundraising event. While many celebrities give big to their favorite organizations and causes, it’s not a great use of your time to spam them with requests for support.

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Whole Whale

JUNE 5, 2020

If Tom Moore, who just celebrated his 100th birthday, can walk 100 laps around his backyard and raise $39 million for front line workers , you can organize a virtual fundraiser too! Live stream a featured room with celebrities, or use other zoom rooms for other people to join in a poker tournament. Virtual Poker.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 3, 2007

First published in Curator magazine in 2002, this essay presents five different museum "types" and their distinct opportunities and challenges. National museums have huge reach and ability to represent and celebrate a nation but are decried as tightly-controlled beauracratic machines.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

We know the burdens that can pop up, the mistakes, the challenges within these campaigns. I told someone just last week, you know, capital campaigns are a challenge in and out of themself. Brian: Yeah, so, you know, the last 18 months has certainly been a challenge. So that’s been a challenge industry-wide.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

As a nonprofit organization, you’re all too familiar with the challenge of working within time and resource constraints. They may simply raise money, or undertake a personal challenge, like running a marathon or climbing a mountain. Celebrate Every Win. Celebrate every single win to keep enthusiasm high.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2011

A few weeks ago, Beth was kind enough to host a book giveaway and New Year resolution contest for nonprofits to celebrate the launch of my new book Breakthrough Nonprofit Branding , which I co-authored with Jocelyne Daw, Kristian Darigan Merenda and Anne Erhard. The Bold, Focused Ideas of Breakthrough Nonprofit Brands by Carol Cone.

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Qgiv

JUNE 9, 2021

For instance, fundraisers can post on social media that if they raise $100 they’ll do the fire ramen challenge. Make sure that your peer-to-peer participants complete the challenge, post a video online, use the necessary hashtags, and link their fundraising pages. This will encourage others to also do the challenge and give!

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 20, 2008

About three years ago, I watched a fabulous documentary series sponsored by the Skoll Foundation called The New Heroes. BB: What are the challenges to making this work? MF: The very, very biggest challenge is that what we're trying to do is to overcome a major market failure. OK, it's a challenge. That's our challenge.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 2, 2021

And I wrote two books which are also like my other two children. Now, and I can even speak from my own experience, the majority of the time I spend on social media is connecting with brands, and celebrities, and causes that I’ve never met. So if you’re starting from scratch, this might be a little bit more challenging.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 29, 2006

I met Van Jones about 10 years ago and he was doing criminal justice work and building the new program here, which was Police Watch, and really addressing police brutality, and we met in a Challenging White Supremacy workshop lead by Sharon Martinez back in 1995.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

I think what makes us unique is that we are really investing in women's leadership and women's creativity in developing local solutions to some of the world's most challenging problems. I think the biggest challenge for us is trying to make hard decisions. It works in over 160 countries around the world.

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