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Why Nonprofits Need to Be Early Explorers of the Metaverse

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Adidas recently sold out their inaugural Into the Metaverse NFT line and as far as we know none of the $23 million raised went to support a nonprofit. That said, there are NFTs that are being sold to raise money for charity with many, many more to come. Virtual Reality (VR).

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API Explained: This Technology Will Transform Your Company’s Charitable Giving

Global Giving

Companies can use GlobalGiving’s free charity API to access our portfolio of more than 5,000 projects in 160+ countries, including the United States, and put choice in their users’ hands. Q: How have companies used GlobalGiving’s charity API? How might they implement a charity API on their website?

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Tweetathon: Jerry Lewis Meets PBS Pledge Drive To Promote Twitter Book and To Support Clean Drinking Water On Twitter

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The event takes a television concept from the 1960's, the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethons , which does non-stop celebrity performances and pitching to raise money for charity and puts it on Twitter as well as live streaming on ustream.tv. The Water is Life project got underway to help children in Kenya last November.

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Nonprofits Who are Making A Difference Through Play

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This nonprofit social arm of the juggernaut game developer has helped to raise more than $7 million for charities through FarmVille 24 million users alone. Zynga.org ( [link] ) was created with the mission to use games to help those in need. Around Gender.

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Which Crowdfunding Platform Is Best for Your Organization?

Tech Soup

It is open to creators from all backgrounds – from charities to video game developers to artists. Kickstarter makes it clear that it isn't for direct charity or cause funding, but about project creation. Amazingly, the organization has surpassed this goal and (as of this article) has raised $11,547.

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Underwear for Africa and Reclaiming A September 11th Birthday

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

According to a post on Mothers Fighting for Others blog, undignified underwear the only choice for Kenya???s The sale of used underwear is banned in Kenya, because, the government says, the garments are unhygienic and harmful to its wearers. They hope to raise $1.5 Have you celebrated your birthday by designating a charity?

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Your Tweet Can Leverage A 10 Cent Donation to Care March 2-5th

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Last month, the Twitter community came together online and offline in over 180 cities around the world to raise money for charity:water with the highly successful " Twestival " fundraising event which brought in over $250,000. The event attracted a lot of attention because it was an example of integrating a live charity event with Twitter.