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HOW TO: Engage 5 Generations of Donors and Supporters

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Currently, more than 50 percent of children ages 0–8 spend an average of 43 minutes daily on smartphones and tablets watching videos, reading, and playing games. Eighty-three percent of millennials ages 18–29 use social networking sites on a regular basis as do 73 percent of teens. This generation, however, is silent no longer.

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MathAndCoding Turns the Library into a Coding Classroom (Part 2)

Tech Soup

In part 1 of this series, we introduced MathAndCoding , a nonprofit that offers teen-led programming classes for children in public libraries in the Silicon Valley area. Bricker says that there is also another benefit, perhaps an unplanned one, to having teen volunteers.

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Equity in Arts Funding: We're Not There Yet. We're Not Even Close.

Museum 2.0

Even as demographics change and public participation in the arts shifts away from these Euro-traditional formats, the money still flows down the old pathways. One of the institutions that really impresses me in supporting this kind of social change through the arts is, strangely enough, a children's museum.

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Fundraising 101: Understand the Basics of Fundraising so You Can Fund Your Dream

Get Fully Funded

An Idea Donor Profile is a description of your typical donor, based on demographics and psychographics. Do they have children? If they are families with children, seek out events with activities for kids. For a self-esteem program for teen girls : Showing every teen girl how awesome she is. Are they men or women?

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Instagram for Nonprofits: A Beginner’s Guide

Twenti - Digital Marketing For Nonprofits

Like all social media platforms, Instagram appeals to a particular demographic of supporters and can form a strong cornerstone of a nonprofit’s digital strategy when used correctly. As is widely known, Instagram’s audience is a younger demographic. Nearly 70% of users are under 35 , and 72% of teens use Instagram.

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Research Friday: Out-of-School Time Programs for Latino Youth

ASU Lodestar Center

These programs are often developed to meet the needs of the youth they serve, and demographic shifts throughout the US suggest most programs will serve Latino youth, if they are not already doing so. 3] In part, this is due to fewer Latino families placing their children in early childhood programs compared to their non-Latino counterparts.

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[VIDEO] Emerging Trends in Nonprofit Social Media Marketing

Bloomerang

And I wrote two books which are also like my other two children. If you have a tween or a teen, I’m sure you’re familiar with TikTok. You want to look at the demographic makeup. Boston Children’s Hospital, learn more about us. I am a former development and marketing director. Okay, TikTok now.