Greater Giving

OCTOBER 10, 2022

GivingTuesday encourages people to give back and celebrate the holiday season by making donations to their favorite charities, and nonprofits. Your fundraising goal should be reasonable and reachable, while still presenting enough of a challenge that donors will rise to the occasion to help meet it. Where does my money go?

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 27, 2013

million charities and religious groups, according to Giving USA. People who wouldn't dream of investing money without performing the necessary due diligence may blindly give money to organizations that use the majority of donations for executive salaries, fundraising and advertising. Do your research.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

For nonprofit storytelling, conflict really refers to the challenges that need to be overcome or maybe the circumstances that perpetuate the problem. There is no money, there are no resources, and the situation is only getting worse. Schools do not provide meals and families are very poor. . Conflict: Don’t let this word fool you.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2009

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. . Pepsi is taking a bold move. The Chase Community Giving.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2015

For example, we haven’t been raising money with the Internet for very long,” I said. So is giving money.”. Look no further than the Ice Bucket Challenge , which raised over $200 million worldwide last summer. million challenge videos. Two More Charity Platforms that Will Keep the Disruption Going. I’m not that old.

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Qgiv

JUNE 22, 2021

Depending on your mission, you might find more value in asking for in-kind gifts rather than fundraising for money. John Center even added a competitive element— the party with the most guests and the party that raises the most money will win special recognition in St. Easy Virtual Peer-to-Peer Ideas. Virtual supply drive.

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Tech Soup

MAY 20, 2016

It's a multi-tiered approach in which donors are asked to raise money in addition to donating. Personal Challenges — Personal challenges allow a donor's friends and family to rally around their cause by supporting a challenge that the donor has pledged to complete. Walk for Hunger.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2008

Certainly, giving from individuals won't be enough to fix the economy and provide the resources that charities need to deliver important services in hard economic times. But donating money to a charity, even a small amount (or in-kind items ) can certainly help with part of the need and raise awareness in others.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Tom Iselin will show you how to increase your likability and “memorability” among donors that will deepen relationships, help you raise more money, and create greater donor loyalty. We got five excellent tactics for you that’ll help you raise more money, and improve your donor relationships through personal branding.

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Allegiance Group

JUNE 7, 2023

These hardships make it even more challenging for nonprofits to conduct successful fundraising and encourage donors to give more to their cause. When supporters donate to a charity, it’s because they firmly believe in that cause and want to see the organization succeed. Personalize outreach efforts. Ask for more support.

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Classy

JULY 13, 2021

Happy Money: The Science of Happier Spending. Can money buy happiness? While people typically seek advice on how to earn, save, and invest their money, this book will help you discover how to spend money to boost your happiness. . Dive in today. . 14 Must-Read Books for Nonprofits. By Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 18, 2007

Free Rice is linked to a sister site, poverty.com, which disseminates information about world hunger and other issues. Yes, you continually see your bowl of rice fill up, but it's not one of those games where the challenge is to figure out how to distribute the food. It's just a game.

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sgEngage

MAY 8, 2023

No-strings-attached money in your account and you are off to change the world. There is a lot more to grant funding than “free money.” But grants are not without their challenges. Federated Funds are local organizations that create a portfolio of charities and funnel donations to that portfolio. If only it were that easy.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 4, 2013

Dan Pallotta’s recent TED Talk, “The way we think about charity is dead wrong” , has garnered more than 1.2 Back then, Dan was the chair of the Harvard Hunger Action Committee that led a 4,200 mile cross-country bike ride to fight hunger. But we don’t want people making money in charity.

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Qgiv

APRIL 29, 2021

Phoenix Rising Football Club Charities’ Sky Full of Stars Hybrid Event. Participants recruit their team of 4-6 participants and compete by completing challenges and fundraising. The challenges are designed to be family friendly and virtual attendees can take part from anywhere. Need hybrid event inspiration?

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 24, 2007

Well, it just so happens that there's a direct correlation between the quality of a cup of coffee, or the quality of a banana, or some other piece of fruit, and the amount of money that the farmer actually gets paid for that harvest. That means to go to high school you need bus money, you need uniform money, you need book money.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2014

There is a growing recognition, that personal success is not about solely about making a lot of money, but also giving it to charity as Ariana Huffington points out in Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder. Raising Money To Fight Food Insecurity.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 6, 2021

Now, in the charity context, the most straightforward way to think about this is how can we love the people who need our help? When we ask them for money, are we talking about, “If you give money, we can do something to succeed?” So this is the first one, how can you raise more money more sustainably?

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Bloomerang

MAY 21, 2021

So the challenge that I hear from a lot of clients or potential clients or nonprofit leaders is we don’t have a strategic plan. We don’t have the money about 11%. So one of the challenges of a webinar format is that I cannot see your face. So, for example, some of you may have heard of Charity Water.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

Asking for money can be sweat inducing, but it’s a lot less painful if you’re prepared. Think about how much of that money is wasted on awkward gifts- the junk. This piece from Ahern Donor Communications, Fundraising is about money. Mary Cahalane challenges organizations to do more asking. Imagine that.

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