Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2014

Note from Beth: What if your organization embarked on its first ever crowd funding campaign with a goal of raising $50,000 and only raised $10,000? That’s exactly what the Latino Community Foundation did. The Latino Community Foundation (LCF) is the premier Latino fund in California. Masha Chernyak. Your strategies?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Proceeds benefit First Book, a nonprofit that provides new books and educational resources to schools and programs in low-income communities. Jude Children’s Research Hospital continue to treat and defeat childhood cancer and other deadly diseases. To date, ONEHOPE Wine has raised nearly $7 million for nonprofits worldwide.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 8, 2022

Apart from raising emergency funds, many nonprofits rely on #GivingTuesday and end-of-year giving to generate the bulk of their individual donations. Fundraisers that launch on a holiday can be playful and upbeat and are a great opportunity to raise general funds. There’s a certain yearly cadence to nonprofit fundraising.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Proceeds benefit First Book, a nonprofit that provides new books and educational resources to schools and programs in low-income communities. Jude Children’s Research Hospital continue to treat and defeat childhood cancer and other deadly diseases. To date, ONEHOPE Wine has raised nearly $5 million for nonprofits worldwide.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 27, 2021

We support children and their families from pregnancy to early childhood through to adolescence, and many live in some of the world’s most rural, vulnerable, and remote communities. Now, we are using our 75-year history and expertise to reach every community with COVID-19 vaccines. Vaccine Delivery!

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Known for his outspoken, brutally honest rhetoric, Charlamagne Tha God has been using his platform to amplify the conversation around mental health in the Black community for years. And although being a mental health advocate for the Black community wasn’t something he set out to do, he has fully embraced the role.

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JUNE 29, 2022

They work to prevent and reverse the course of childhood diseases, improve health care delivery, and keep children safe and healthy. They took it a step further and customized their page tabs to link out to important information, such as educating donors on additional ways to give and promoting upcoming community events.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 12, 2022

Jude drive the survival rate of childhood cancer patients from 20% to 80% since the hospital was founded in 1962 — how’s that for impact? They’ve raised tens of millions of dollars by creating fundraising campaigns inside virtual gaming worlds. Community and Marketing Strategy, Salesforce.org. . . — David Jacques, CIO, ALSAC.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 6, 2020

One of the most popular and pervasive in-person campaigns is the traditional walk, where participants raise money and walk a predetermined distance. The walk is not the draw, the community is the draw. It’s also the culmination of the community that’s been cultivated leading up to the event, now joined for a collective experience.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

On March 2nd, one of the highlights of the agenda is a keynote conversation with David Brooks , New York Times Columnist and Lois Salisbury , Director of Children, Families and Communities Program, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation. The platform allows viewers to vote on ideas and add their own. Crowdsourcing the Conference Agenda.

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Qgiv

MAY 13, 2021

Youth organizations like yours don’t just help kids live happier, healthier childhoods—you prepare them for the future! Instead, consider this: Northern Illinois Food Bank’s hybrid 5K/10K fundraiser raised more than $189,000! The work you do is invaluable to generations of people. Video game fundraising events. Their top fundraiser?

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Qgiv

APRIL 21, 2023

When you focus on what makes a donor feel good, you create more long-term donor relationships, bringing them together in a community around your cause. Increased satisfaction, retention, and dollars raised because donors felt more positive about their giving experience. The outcome? It’s about how we hear and nurture them.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2012

In 2008, she asked for advice about raising money to go to Africa to help support the first community access television station opening in Ghana. At that time she made and raised $2,000 using Chipin, using the case study I had documented where I raised money to send a young Cambodian women to college. January 21.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Proceeds benefit First Book, a nonprofit that provides new books and educational resources to schools and programs in low-income communities. Jude Children’s Research Hospital continue to treat and defeat childhood cancer and other deadly diseases. To date, ONEHOPE Wine has raised nearly $5 million for nonprofits worldwide.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 10, 2021

Medical nonprofits are vital to the health and well-being of the communities they serve. Whether you’re a major medical research nonprofit or a local nonprofit community clinic, the work you do matters. This motivated their supporters to raise significantly more than their fundraising goal. People are visual by nature.

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Whole Whale

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Moreover, the image is focused on an individual which allows the reader to empathize with the child and imagine her succeeding — and the key stats about the DREAM community suggest she will! million: we raised X which equaled Y and resulted in Z. ICA Fund Good Jobs. We love how they showed the lineage of that $25.1 Donate Life America.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 29, 2018

Summer is finally here—the days are longer, the sun is brighter and the money-raising possibilities are endless. It’s a great opportunity to network with your community and encourage social interaction. Put an adult spin on this classic childhood money-maker by trading Minute Maid for the real thing—lemons, sugar and water.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2014

If you're trying launch a project, like a community center or a film festival, KickStarter or Indiegogo might be the way to go. Unless you have a very compelling project that already has a lot of interest, you might not want to invest in a Kickstarter campaign (especially since you won't be able to keep the funds you raise!).

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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 24, 2010

This weekend, the winners were announced in the Chase Community Challenge. The Chase Community Challenge started with an open nomination round. Does it really raise an organization's profile to be in the coi pond? Community insight and transparency is wonderful. On paper, it seemed simple enough.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 10, 2020

Our generous community – including lots of schools – wanted to send our patients paper valentines. Community members could enter their first name, last name, email address and choose from one of our adorably designed valentines. We received more than 220,000+ valentines and raised more than $68,000! Imagine all of those germs….

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2015

For example, we haven’t been raising money with the Internet for very long,” I said. ” From its humble beginnings, DonorsChoose.org has cumulatively raised $335 million and funded nearly 600,000 classroom projects. Look no further than the Ice Bucket Challenge , which raised over $200 million worldwide last summer.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

If you're trying launch a project, like a community center or a film festival, KickStarter or Indiegogo might be the way to go. Unless you have a very compelling project that already has a lot of interest, you might not want to invest in a Kickstarter campaign (especially since you won't be able to keep the funds you raise!).

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Although much of our work over the past year and a half has focused on providing immediate support to communities acutely impacted by the pandemic, we’re on a mission to build a thriving San Francisco in the months and years ahead. Their work and in-depth knowledge of the communities they serve have fostered critical networks of care.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Well, like many nonprofit organizations, their key to success is largely based upon connecting the community with a cause that a large group can get behind. I may be part of a generation of vigorous consumers, but I was raised at the end of an era where exploration and creativity were more important than mindless consumption and technology.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 8, 2014

dollars raised) are the most commonly used metric for evaluating fundraising staff, but they are not the only metrics that we as managers should track. Terry McManus provides leadership and coordination for TGen’s fundraising efforts in the areas of neurogenomics, metabolic disorders, and rare childhood disorders.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 14, 2022

These sites basically say: There is an urgent need in our community. Primary colors evoke childhood and optimism. With a quality non-profit website, you’ll be able to attract more support, raise more money, and change more lives. We’re working to address this need. Here’s how you can get involved. . How do you create this mood?

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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 24, 2010

This weekend, the winners were announced in the Chase Community Challenge. The Chase Community Challenge started with an open nomination round. Does it really raise an organization's profile to be in the coi pond? Community insight and transparency is wonderful. On paper, it seemed simple enough.

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Cloud 4 Good

APRIL 20, 2021

Working to support and educate the communities that impact children’s development, including parents, healthcare professionals, and policymakers, this vital organization seeks to lay the foundation for all infants and toddlers in pursuit of a bright future. Blog: What Can Salesforce Do For Nonprofits?

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 31, 2022

Many times, communication is something people don’t feel is their strong suit. So, what do we do when our time is limited and we need to communicate with the community and our donors? Since childhood, we have been taught to expect a certain structure for stories to follow. We tell stories.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Our dream is to have peer-led, in-person tech support for nonprofits in every community, and Margaux knows how it's done. Here is my childhood utopian vision: I believe that technology is the greatest component that will help us create, learn, …and experiment towards our collaborative missions. Tech Help in Your Community.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Dozens of crowdfunding platforms make it increasingly easier for people to raise money for any cause, from cancer research to disaster relief, often quite independent of direction from any charity. He raised over $760,000 by appealing to his worldwide following. Within a matter of weeks this campaign raised $3.8

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2008

A number of nonprofit organizations are promoting Valentine's Day giving opportunities, here's a few: A Day for Hearts is an opportunity to raise awareness about congenital heart defects, a lethal constellation of birth defects of the heart that affect millions of newborn infants and children worldwide. Join the Red Campaign.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 24, 2018

Louie’s Kids is a nonprofit that fights childhood obesity and promotes family wellness. . Over the course of a few months the Ice Bucket Challenge raised over $115 million dollars, increasing their research budget, bringing awareness to their cause, and moving them closer to developing a cure.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2008

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society has just launched a campaign to raise $100,000 in 100 days and is using a gaming platform, PledgePlay. Their hope was to develop a fun way to bring families together - old and young - to have some fun while ultimately raising money and funds for those battling childhood cancers. Spot Us ???

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Top Nonprofits

MAY 6, 2021

But, if you step back and you look at the bigger societal problem, like say you’re working on, early childhood education or hunger or poverty, look back at the bigger picture. Maybe you’re just working community. Is it getting better over time or is it not, even despite your best efforts?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2008

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. Dr. Mani holds an annual Heart Kids Blogathon on Valentine's Day to raise money for heart surgeries for poor kids from rural India. April: We celebrate Earth Day this month.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 1, 2017

I haven’t seen any data that shows a correlation to the kind of organization and the amount raised at year end. I have seen reports that show sending a multi-message campaign raises more funds versus sending only 1 email in December. If you do publicize a goal, have a plan for how you’ll handle communications if the goal is not met.

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