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Update: Philanthropy’s response to Ukraine crisis

Candid

Grants from public charities increased 580%. These countries are, in the main, ones that share a border with Ukraine: Poland, Romania, Hungary, Moldova, and Slovakia. Public charity. Public charity. Public charity. Care and protection of children account for 26% of grant dollars. Giving by populations served.

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Great reads from around the web on October 25th

Amy Sample Ward

" Facebook app causes raises $16m – "Causes, the popular Facebook charity application, has raised another $9 million in funding and introduced gift cards to let people donate online without using a credit card.

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Three Analytics Tools to Gauge Your Social Audience’s Pulse

Tech Soup

Previously, she produced the Our Social Times and Influence People’s North American Social Media Marketing and Monitoring conference series and started a web development and social media business, which leveraged an international team of programmers and designers across India, Romania, and the U.S.

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Nonprofit Technology News for May 2013: Free WiFi in Forbes Magazine and Braille Phones

Tech Soup

This is similar to the success of projects like Restart Romania in which social activists got help to develop online tools to address corruption in high places, and also a national website for tracking medication shortages in Romania. They can "repin" things that. they like on their own Pinterest page.

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TechSoup’s Refurbished Computer Initiative: You’ve Come A Long Way Baby

Tech Soup

InterConnection is one of Microsoft’s primary charity refurbishers. To be specific, they are our partners in Australia , New Zealand , Germany , France , Italy , India , Poland , and Romania. They’re urging everyone to donate their discarded laptops to InterConnection as part of this work.

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Birthday Campaign Reflection: Will Your Nonprofit Embrace Free Agent Fundraisers?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Photo emailed from Cambodia by Elephant, Sharing Foundation 's in-country director In this post, I share some learnings as a free agent fundraise r (an individual who uses personal fundraising to raise money for a charity) who is leveraging their personal network to support a nonprofit's programs that help children in need. I think it works.

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Nonprofit Technology News for April 2013

Tech Soup

This is similar to the success of projects like Restart Romania in which social activists got help to develop online tools to address corruption in high places, and also a national website for tracking medication shortages in Romania. They can "repin" things that they like on their own Pinterest page.

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