Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2014

Our lead story in this issue of TechSoup’s Nonprofit Technology News is the creation of the Mobile Giving Alliance that will help charities develop their mobile giving. Help for Charities to Develop a Mobile Giving Campaign. Fund for UNICEF, and United Way Worldwide to bring more mobile technology resources charities.

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News Charity Mobile New York City 61

Deborah Elizabeth Finn

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex. What if pizza shops were funded like human service nonprofits? Philanthropy for change, not charity. The Smartest Way to Promote Diversity: Pay for Overhead at Charities Led by People of Color. Fund The People: Talent Justice Initiative.

Philanthropy 98

Philanthropy Open Participatory Evaluation 98

Tech Soup

DECEMBER 21, 2015

Despite increasing buzz surrounding technology funding, the vast majority of charities aren't able to fund their technology sufficiently. Nonprofits and funders are stuck in an unhealthy cycle in which they acknowledge that more tech funding is needed; yet the investments never quite occur. It's a free download.

Tech 36

Tech Empowerment Charity Interview 36

Tech Soup

AUGUST 8, 2013

Anyone in nonprofit fund development knows that getting corporate donations is pretty hard. Use services like Charity Navigator and Guidestar. In the case of Microsoft, their current mission is youth empowerment. They are looking for a handful of charities like Boys & Girls Clubs of America that can make a big impact.

Philanthropy 55

Philanthropy Survey Results Giving 55

Tech Soup

AUGUST 8, 2013

Anyone in nonprofit fund development knows that getting corporate donations is pretty hard. Use services like Charity Navigator and Guidestar. In the case of Microsoft, their current mission is youth empowerment. They are looking for a handful of charities like Boys & Girls Clubs of America that can make a big impact.

Philanthropy 44

Philanthropy Survey Grant Giving 44

Tech Soup

JULY 8, 2011

” Jeremy Heimans, Purpose, Australia, while he argued that micro payments are a better funding model than plain charity, for social change. Storify has published a summary of tweets from the conference , if you are interested in knowing more of what people said. On the core. On the core.

Activities 47

Activities Active Activism Review 47

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Father McKenna Center : The McKenna Center serves the needs of the poor, men, women and children through a variety of programs funded by generous individuals, religious orders and institutions, foundations and government grants. Their use of Facebook was instrumental in winning Sears’ Dads Making a Difference Contest.

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Washington Training Train Giving 97

NonProfit Hub

JULY 22, 2015

These days, partnerships between charities and for-profit companies go beyond writing a check (although that’s still a useful part of the relationship). The philanthropic arm of Coca Cola has donated several million dollars to the organization in the past few years to help boost female economic empowerment in Southeast Asia.

Profit 28

Profit Examples Liberia Work 28

Care2

NOVEMBER 19, 2008

Constituent Empowerment. Winner: National Relief Charities. Winner: Ploughshares Fund. Over 200,000 comments sent to the FCC and Senate and overturned and FCC ruling to block monopolies in media companies. Created a wall of 5,000 signers' photos. Honorable Mention: Sierra Club and American Cancer Society. Email List Growth.

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Convio Award Empowerment United States 31

Care2

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Constituent Empowerment Honorable Mention: Sierra Club and American Cancer Society Winner: Children International Used TeamRaiser to recruit new sponsors and recuited 5,000 sponsors since 2005 and sponsored over 560 children. Created a wall of 5,000 signers photos.

Convio 28

Convio Social Media Award Advocacy 28

Museum 2.0

JUNE 25, 2007

The exhibition is a fairly standard zoo introduction to the Congo, its inhabitants, and conservation efforst, with a twist: at the end of the Congo experience, in the Conservation Choices area, visitors are able to select, via a touchscreen, which animals/areas/projects they want their $3 entry fee to fund.

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Model Action Congo Museum 26

Givinga

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Givinga’s workplace giving software allows employees to create their own personal giving accounts, choose the charities they want to support, easily request a matching gift from your company, and raise funds from family and friends.

Philanthropy 45

Philanthropy Business Trend Influence 45

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 7, 2008

It doesn't directly discuss corporate social responsibility, other than to discourage policy outcomes that would make the social sector more dependent on corporations for funding, which today in the U.S. It does not say that market forces will solve all social issues: they will not and cannot. they are not.

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Philanthropy Technique Policy Empowerment 100

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 23, 2007

Successful fund raisers for social causes have known that for a long time. A recent series of studies by psychologists provides the research that proves it -- they have found that fund-raising appeals do best when they are crafted around a single gripping image. All of the photos on the site are submitted by the public. What can we do?

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Photography Costa Rica Nicaragua Change 50

Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Can you give an example of, "This month the charity was this and those circles combined raised x amount?" The essence of Dining for Women is connection, education, and self-empowerment. We had a group that went to Kenya to visit BOMA Fund , and we went to Uganda to visit the BeadforLife program.

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Chapter Uganda Giving Interview 57