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Crowdfunding Controversies and How They Impact Nonprofits and Charities

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In other words, nonprofits and charities that are raising money for good purposes shouldn't be punished for the more nefarious crowdfunding campaigns. Rather, I found a publicity shy company, operated remotely from Russia, promoting a device unsupported by any medical or scientific evidence whatsoever." Neff of Lights.

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Nonprofit Technology News for November 2013

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As we hurtle toward the end of 2013, it’s time for an update of nonprofit technology trends and news! If you’re a nonprofit news junkie, have a look at all our Nonprofit Technology News pieces from this past year. They can go straight to work to create useful apps and other tools for solving social problems.

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Global Philanthropy

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As a capacity-building organization for the global nonprofit and social benefit sector, we at TechSoup are very conscious of the need to understand and work within different cultural contexts for philanthropy. Although charities were forbidden, the Soviet system encouraged volunteering for causes deemed important for the communist cause.

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How Lessons Learned During the Pandemic Help Prepare Nonprofits and Higher Education for a Recession

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Nonprofit organizations were affected in different ways during the pandemic. We have seen the geopolitical instability and the war between Russia and Ukraine, the inflation in the United States is reaching a forty-year high, borrowing costs are rising precipitously, and there is ongoing supply chain disruption. from 2019 to 2021.