Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Charity Fundraising Agent (Android, iPhone) helps you keep track of your fundraising campaigns by monitoring both online and offline donations. Shopify (iOS) lets you run an online store to raise money for your organization from anywhere in the world. At stake is a small donation to a charity of your choice. Charity Miles.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Imagine a hurricane bearing down on an isolated village. A new report called Technology for Good: Innovative Use of Technology by Charities identifies ten technologies that are already having this kind of impact in the world. Before the hurricane hit, residents could receive location-targeted SMS messages directing them to evacuate.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Monitor how much you are raising, and make sure the funds are designated to that effort — they cannot be repurposed elsewhere unless you make it clear that once the need is met, additional funds will go to preparedness for another need. Make it clear if donations will go to the specific relief effort. Pay attention to form design.

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BoardAssist

JUNE 27, 2017

The most popular charitable group with Baby Boomers is religious charities, while Gen X and Millennials prefer children and youth development. The Humane Society uses text-to-give and social media campaigns together to raise funds for their causes. Text messaging and social media are perfect partners for charities.

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NTEN

AUGUST 17, 2010

At the time, the most impressive thing about the concert was not how much money was raised, or how many musicians were involved, but how global it was. All the event organizers ask is that you find a venues the can accomodate the following: "People, hurricanes, New Orleans themed music (i.e. Remember Live Aid ?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

Shaping Youth recommends supporting Age of Conversation to Benefit Variety, The Children's Charity. This began to change with the establishment in 2002 of the Spastic Paraplegia Foundation (SPF) whose all-volunteer effort raised over $1.5 Rather shop till your drop with a portion of the proceeds going to charity? Details here.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 9, 2006

It looked at why donors give online, how donors give online, their giving behaviors and implications for nonprofits seeking to raise money online. Tsunami relief: 82,000 donations totaling $11 million for 124 charities ?? Katrina relief: 107,000 donations totaling $13 million for 344 charities ??

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 7, 2012

We're all familiar with it, a message saying "Help the recovery from Hurricane Sandy. Mobile giving is a low-cost way to raise funds on an ongoing- or campaign-based basis. This offer is available to all nonprofits, charities, foundations, and public libraries. Text MUTUALAID to 69866 to donate $10."

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Connection Cafe

MAY 4, 2012

In 1999, less than $100 million was raised online. In 2011, an estimated $17 billion was raised online. Over the past 13 years, I have been privileged to meet many change agents: social entrepreneurs leading their own charities, innovators inside existing nonprofits, creative service providers, and indeed change agents within Convio.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 14, 2010

Monitor how much you are raising and make sure the funds are designated to that effort – they cannot be repurposed elsewhere unless you make it clear that once the need it met additional funds will go to preparedness for the next emergency / wherever the need is greatest / etc. Make it clear where funds might be used: worldwide?

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Candid

MAY 26, 2021

Kurt Lewin We’re two decades into the internet era; why is it still easier to buy a book about hurricanes than help a storm’s victims? You’re just one click away from giving to all your favorite charities, generating and filing an instant receipt, and managing all your giving in a single location.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2005

Since last Christmas, our planet has suffered through the tsunami in the Indian Ocean, this week's devastating earthquake in Asia, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and the recent horrific mudslides in Central America. based Association of Fundraising Professionals, half of the charities had experienced an increase in revenue through August 2001.

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 5, 2022

Let’s take a second to play a quick association game: Think about a natural disaster, such as a hurricane or an earthquake. Cold temperatures triggered One Warm Coat to start their campaign in 1992 around the day to raise coats for community. Charity Date Auction. billion ( NRF 2017 Survey ) Halloween: $9.1 Claiming the Day.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Twestival Local Weekend : Last February, Twestival raised over $250,000 for charity:water on Twitter on February 13th with more 200 cities sponsoring local tweet, meet, and give parties. September is Preparedness Month: We know that September is usually a bad month for hurricanes and other natural disasters. Good Reads: Online.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Profits from the record raised money for famine relief in Ethiopia. It also raised money for famine relief in Africa. raises money for Amnesty's Darfur work. Dark Was The Night will be released on February 17th to raise money for Red Hot , an organization, "dedicated to fighting AIDS through pop culture."

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 23, 2017

During World War I, the American Red Cross raised more than $114 million (over $2 billion in today’s dollars) to help support the American Expeditionary Force. When there was a flood, hurricane, or other natural disaster, people made a conscious decision to give to causes that were there to help others in need.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

If we go higher than this, we are looking at huge rises in sea levels, complete collapse of ocean ecosystems and more and more unpredictable extreme weather events like hurricanes and tsunamis. Raising animals is also water intensive, using up our limited supplies. Eleven years to keep climate change under 1.5 Cut down on car travel.

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Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

If we go higher than this, we are looking at huge rises in sea levels, complete collapse of ocean ecosystems and more and more unpredictable extreme weather events like hurricanes and tsunamis. Raising animals is also water intensive, using up our limited supplies. Eleven years to keep climate change under 1.5 Cut down on car travel.

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