Care2

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Last week, I had the privilege to serve as General Manager of Give to the Max Day: Greater Washington , an online fundraising event that raised $2 million for 1200 local nonprofits from almost 18,000 donors. Many have heard by now about the cinderella winner of the contest, Little Lights Urban Ministries.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 1, 2024

If you’re starting a new nonprofit, you already know that you need to raise money. Fundraising Planning When You Are New to Fundraising No one starts a nonprofit to raise money. In other words, don’t try to raise as much as you can then figure out how to spend it. In the beginning you may self-fund your fledgling organization.

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Whole Whale

MAY 23, 2022

For example, if you’re raising money for cancer research, tell stories about how cancer has affected fathers in your community. Use hashtags, post photos, and hold contests to get people engaged with your campaign. This will show them that you’re serious about raising money and that every donation counts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 21, 2013

Dr. Mani Children Heart Foundation : To raise money using social media as part of your strategy, you need a group of champions with tight connections to your mission and voluntary opt-in email works well for this. Social Media. Use the planning process to get internal buy in from staff. Test your assumptions.

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CauseVox

APRIL 25, 2022

But aside from thinking about this season as just a time to raise money, also stop to consider how you can truly enhance relationships with these current donors while you’re making the big “ask.”. Check out this list of 7 spring fundraising ideas that focus on raising money AND deepening relationships with your current donors.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 17, 2022

The contestants on The Great British Baking Show manage to get it right with impressive frequency. You see, your annual fundraising plan is a treasure map that leads you to the exact activities that will raise the most money for your nonprofit over the course of the coming year. Can you do it? What worked? What didn’t?

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Picture this: You’ve rolled out the red carpet for your nonprofit’s event , snapped pictures and videos, invited donors to dance the night away, and raised important funds for your mission. Submission contest. Take both of these ideas to the next level by gamifying them with a contest.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Picture this: You’ve rolled out the red carpet for your nonprofit’s event , snapped pictures and videos, invited donors to dance the night away, and raised important funds for your mission. Submission contest. Take both of these ideas to the next level by gamifying them with a contest.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 18, 2010

launched a contest on Facebook. At the time, it was one of the biggest online contests thus far, open to more than 500,000 charities and offering over $5 million in prizes. (In In December, Pepsi topped that amount with its Pepsi Refresh, a contest offering $20 million in prizes and also launching this week.) . For example.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2012

Social fundraising is when your nonprofit integrates tried and true fundraising techniques with social media to inspire your supporters to raise money from their networks on your behalf. One of the case studies I shared was about NTEN’s recent social fundraiser to raise scholarship money for NTC conference attendance.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

It is intended to inspire actions like contributing to charities, educating one’s children about giving, volunteering for a nonprofit, or to encourage people in their networks to do the same. This campaign provides resources, a theme, and asking all who participate to unleash their creativity to spread generosity.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 7, 2017

This year, the agencies behind the event, including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and DataKind, analyzed results in an insight report covering how much money was raised, how many people donated, what the impact of the money was and many other factors that came into play on Nov. Photos, especially those of young children.

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MARCH 29, 2022

It’s also a time for gifts and new clothes, making this a great chance to raise funds or donations of new clothing, especially for children. Whoever finds the Afikomen can be the one to “raise” your proceeds by a certain percentage point. Remember to have a picnic afterwards for trophies and more opportunities to raise funds.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Last week, I had the privilege to serve as General Manager of Give to the Max Day: Greater Washington , an online fundraising event that raised $2 million for 1200 local nonprofits from almost 18,000 donors. Many have heard by now about the cinderella winner of the contest, Little Lights Urban Ministries.

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Qgiv

APRIL 21, 2023

Increased satisfaction, retention, and dollars raised because donors felt more positive about their giving experience. One private school set a reasonable goal of $4,000 to help raise relief funds for the earthquakes in Syria. The outcome? They also uncovered how “It’s not about how we talk to them. It’s a conversation.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Every parent wants to provide their child with the happiness and excitement of receiving a gift, and a toy and supply drive can make that possible for families who might not have the budget to buy their children the toy of their dreams. Gingerbread house decorating contest. Host a serve-a-thon. Holiday decor sales.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

The fundraising goal for Give to the Max Day is to get 35,000 people to support their favorite regional charity, raising more than $3 million in donations and grants in just 24 hours! I said that I wished contest designers would take a Hippocratic Oath to do no harm to nonprofits! Designate a cheer leader.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Golf outings are a great way to raise money. Test your golfers’ skills on a par 3 with a contest called “Closest to the Pin.” In order to show the current leader, use a creative contest marker that ties into your organization or theme. [Golf-ebook-top]. And let’s face it — they’re fun, too!

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CauseVox

JUNE 9, 2021

Online virtual fundraising is one of the most popular ways for nonprofits to raise money. Pensacola Habitat For Humanity’s Women Build initiative encouraged folks to set up their own personal fundraising websites to raise money for the cause. Consider tying your giving day in with your end of the year giving. Live-Streaming.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

I’m blessed that I am able to combine my passion for teaching nonprofits how to embrace networking for social change results with my desire to make the work a better place. As many of you already know, I have been raising money for a decade for the Sharing Foundation that supports young people in Cambodia.

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DECEMBER 8, 2023

For example, take a nonprofit like Friendship Circle of Michigan that raises money to provide adaptive bikes for families with special needs children. Come prepared with a couple of different proposed partnership ideas, like a social media contest or an event sponsorship.

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AFP Blog

APRIL 3, 2013

There are programs to run, decisions to make, funds to raise—all higher priorities than the online world of status updates, tweets, pins, and check-ins. But for one day last fall, all of the people who work at For Love of Children (FLOC) spent all of their time on Facebook.

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JUNE 4, 2014

As a part of the "Tech 4 Faith Story of the Month Contest" we invited Faith-Based Organizations to tell us about the great work they are doing. One of these projects is Hope Village, which provides care for orphan children with HIV in Malawi. based individuals with meaningful volunteer opportunities.

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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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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

In a refugee camp in Jordan, Mercy Corps is putting the desert sand to use to help children displaced by conflict to feel like kids again. The deadline for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations'' ''Do One Thing for Diversity and Inclusion'' online video contest is September 27th.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

In a refugee camp in Jordan, Mercy Corps is putting the desert sand to use to help children displaced by conflict to feel like kids again. The deadline for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations'' ''Do One Thing for Diversity and Inclusion'' online video contest is September 27th.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2007

I just entered you, dear readers, in the Be A Better Inspiration Contest over at Yahoo. The contest is about telling a story about someone's good deed on behalf of an nonprofit organizations. So now, if you can vote for the story and we win, we get a crack at raising some more money for the Sharing Foundation. So go vote now!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2008

In fact, the photo I took of my kids wearing it won the Creative Commons photo contest ! At the time, I was raising money to support the Cambodian Bloggers Summit. The orphanage represents a new standard of hygiene, medical services, nutrition, and compassionate care for children in Cambodia. Updated (1/28/08).

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Auctions are a great way to raise funds. Focus on gathering people together and including fun side events or contests. Consider reaching out to the artist community and within your organization (children in particular) seeking artwork to sell. Here are a few fundraising ideas that I have seen work in the past.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

I discovered it because of a charity challenge they're running on Twitter to raise awareness of their book, plus raise some money to help Room To Read. The Cause: Room To Read a not-for-profit organization that transforms the lives of millions of children by focusing on literacy. Tags: contest fundraising2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2008

" After an analysis of the amounts and totals raised by the winners in Causes, the writer asserts: The amounts involved show that Case understands these endeavors are more social experiment than nonprofit sweepstakes. But the denominations of the donations remain small, and it's not clear that one-off contests will lead to more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2009

Typically launched by an social media savvy individual, who cares deeply about a charity or Cause, and these campaigns use platforms like Twitter in an unique way to raise money for that charity from their network. Just over the weekend, he won a contest on Twitter and donated his prize money to the Sharing Foundation. Thank you Steve!

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MARCH 10, 2015

In a country that generally prides itself on offering the opportunity for everyone to succeed, one in four children grow up without learning to read. Born to a dysfunctional family, Pamela was raised by her grandmother, who taught her that "no time spent on a child is ever wasted." population. Taking Education to New Heights.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2007

Winners of the Creative Commons Photo Contest, 2006. I'm working on a piece for the BlogHer Holiday Guide about encouraging children to contribute causes and charities. In our family, I involve my kids in various fundraising activities - from Cambodia to Creative Commons.

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NTEN

JUNE 18, 2009

One of our favorite stories came about because Michelle Miles didn't have time to volunteer at her local hospital, the Arkansas Children's Hospital, due to her busy school and work schedule. Our top fundraising cause is the Nature Conservancy who has raised $262,984 to date, and we've seen another 15 nonprofits raise over $50,000 so far.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 21, 2009

I also celebrated my 40th birthday by setting up a Birthday Wish using the Causes application on Facebook, and raised $580 for Women for Women International with my Facebook pals. You can enter a contest to win a copy of Half the Sky on Kristof's blog, On the Ground ). To change the planet by helping women and children."

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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. For my 50th birthday, I held a 50th Birthday Card Photo Remix Contest on flickr and donated $50 the winner's favorite charity. Is someone you know training to run a marathon for charity?

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