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Understanding how California AB 488 impacts online charitable fundraising

Candid

A new law that went into effect in California on January 1, 2023, AB 488 is aimed at improving transparency and accountability in online charitable fundraising. While AB 488 is a California law, it could impact all charities in the United States that solicit donations in California, not just those headquartered in the state.

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[ASK AN EXPERT] How To Accept Real Estate Gifts If You’ve Never Done So Before

Bloomerang

CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to accept a real estate gift for the first time: Dear Charity Clairity, We have a board member who wants to donate a gift of real estate. My boss wants me to “make it happen.”

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100+ Fundraising Tasks for Your Nonprofit’s Board

Nonprofit Tech for Good

For example, many charities like churches and synagogues will pay a stipend for educational programming. Build a network or list of CPAs and advisors in your state and do outreach to keep your charity top of mind, especially in December. Check your state laws to make sure you are in compliance. Prospecting. Canvas door-to-door.

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Free Legal Services for Charities Anyone?

Tech Soup

I have no idea how it got started, but one of the most available and effective forms of corporate social responsibility are pro bono legal services for charities. If your charity needs legal services it’s actually reasonably easy to find free pro bono help. Many law firms do much more pro bono work than 50 hours.

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It’s Time To Reclaim Your Nonprofit’s Assets

NonProfit Hub

It’s entirely possible, given the tangled maze of laws and processes relating to these unclaimed assets. As an individual, you may have heard about how you can search online databases for unclaimed property in your name. You might see thousands of checks that are sitting in state treasuries instead of going to the charities.

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Nonprofit Technology News: Help for Charities to Develop Mobile Giving Capacity

Tech Soup

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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Is Privacy for Everyone (Including Donors) Dead?

Bloomerang

Google, which is the most-used search engine globally, was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while both were Ph.D. At the time, search engines, which were not widely used, provided results based on how many times a search term appeared on a page. . students at Stanford University. Perhaps privacy is dead.

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