Candid

JULY 19, 2023

Others reaffirmed their foundation’s commitment to meeting giving targets despite economic conditions, as nonprofits still experience sustained needs and long-term impacts from the pandemic. We opened our application process to any local nonprofit serving children and families.” “We

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sgEngage

AUGUST 25, 2021

Meanwhile, your colleague is exploring ways to end homelessness in your city or tackle the opioid crisis. First and foremost, physician champions provide the outstanding clinical care and experience that underpins your hospital’s reason for being AND sparks gratitude that begins the donor’s journey. Amplifying community voices.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

They are active in our communities, in our schools, and have valuable knowledge and experience that our nation’s elected officials could learn from and be inspired by, and yet very few U.S. Children’s Defense Fund :: @ ChildDefender. Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children (CASA) :: @NationalCASA.

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Kindful

MAY 1, 2021

Mission: The Tacoma Recovery Center and Café is a community of women and men impacted by substance disorders, addiction, homelessness, PTSD, and other mental health challenges. Impacting: Mental health. Learn more about The Speedy Foundation. Youth Homes.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 6, 2014

The San Lorenzo Levee group used movement of homeless people as an indicator of social disruption. People x (Food + Place) looked at photos taken by children in a park to understand what contributed to their sense of community. And here are three of my favorite findings from the experiments: On depth of bridging among strangers.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 8, 2022

As long as you’re giving donors a great experience ( thanking them well , communicating consistently, telling heartwarming stories, etc.), Using heartstring words like “homeless,” “abandoned,” “deserving,” “malnourished,” “unjust,” “innocent,” etc., they’ll still give. Soak that in. Doesn’t that feel better already?

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 21, 2022

Think about questions you can ask that will help you understand the donor’s motivations, so you can provide the best donor experience for them. Many will say their children are their proudest accomplishment. Some donors are drawn to just one cause area, such as homelessness or food insecurity. How was that experience?”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Sasha did a talk about his month-long generosity experiment. He started it because on a cold December day, he passed a homeless person on the street asking for money. He found the experience transformative. He found the experience transformative. a street musician, a homeless person, your favorite charity.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Michelle spoke candidly about her experience in the media as a target of harassment, smear campaigns and blatant lies used to discredit her and her husband. She relates her entire experience pre-fame, from growing up working-class on the South Side of Chicago, to being an Ivy League undergrad/law graduate.

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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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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 6, 2018

Review the mission statement - cure cancer, end homelessness, provide affordable housing for working families - whatever it is, ask yourself if the programs from last year helped the organization reach its goals. What will you do differently this year? From WHY comes strategic planning and goal setting. Networking in the community.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 17, 2013

I was with two close friends who work in social service organizations focusing on homelessness and criminal justice respectively. We champion a historic house museum for hosting a soup kitchen, a children''s museum for tackling family wellness in low-income housing, or an arts organization for writing poems with convicts.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 27, 2011

Yesterday, I had lunch with Monica Martinez, the ED of Homeless Services for Santa Cruz county. I was amazed not only by her energy and intelligence but by her simple, transformative goal: to end homelessness. Monica is trying to reposition her organization as a social justice organization working on solutions to end homelessness.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 31, 2022

Hospice and homelessness can both be taboo subjects that can make people uncomfortable. Like any other life – Dewey experience joy and also pain. Dewey’s wife and the mother of his two children was killed in a car accident when the kids were just 11 and 12. A promise kept.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 12, 2021

For an example of a great app-based scavenger hunt, check out this event from Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bluegrass, where they used Eventzee to create a fun and engaging experience for both their in-person and at-home participants. A peer-to-peer murder mystery experience. Harness the power of texting. Haunted House fundraiser.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 9, 2014

This event also provided a workshop for parents about Be a Leader’s resources to help their children go on to college. We have also taken action in determining what our ally experience would be like this year more than ever. We held an event for the farm employees to bring their kids to learn about who Cesar Chavez was.

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Qgiv

MARCH 31, 2021

Not only is it an engaging donor experience, but peer-to-peer fundraising is often the push you need to reach essential fundraising goals. For example, let’s say your faith-based organization is also an outreach ministry for shut-ins and the homeless. Giving Initiative For Teens – Homelessness and Poverty.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 19, 2021

If you work with children, a child’s drawing is an obvious choice. This has NOT been my experience. Say something like “ Today, in this season of giving, we are extending a special thanks to our donors who give regularly to our organization, stepping up time and time again for homeless families.”. Be sure to tag them all!

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Here are some templates you can use to base you own elevator pitches off of: Asking your volunteers to help you in your volunteer recruitment efforts can also provide valuable insight into your current volunteers’ experience. The elementary school level: Younger children love to help out just as much as older children do.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2012

The report captures a conundrum in measuring social change movements or networked approaches. Outcomes for “ wicked problems ” can be easily counted – policies passed, housing the homeless, educating children. Transformations: These are important, but often “invisible” work.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Her Moments In Mobile piece describes the experience. They're a homeless services and neighborhood revitalization nonprofit that serves West Philly. She is also grateful for renewed funding in this area, and says " BTOP opens new doors for homeless families. He says they can set up a lab in less than a half hour.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

" Of her favorite charitable interests, she says simply, "Anything dealing with children pulls at my heart strings." She recalls once talking to a woman who was trying to take over the IT role in her organization even though she had no IT experience. " His charitable interest is addressing homelessness.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

The projects varied from educational tools for children to energy efficiency. Another interesting concept was a mobile tech shop for homeless shelters. Share your experiences with us in the comments! Burlington hosted its first-ever Day of Civic Hacking event. freespace], San Francisco. ReWrite Oakland.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 19, 2011

This is why children need to ride on fire trucks and dress up for Halloween, and this is why college programs have internships. (If When it comes to life experiences that provide fulfillment and happiness, service to others is an acquired choice.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2006

Today, I got a report via the TechSoup Second Life listserv about an awareness-raising campaign for homeless children in Second Life - reported here , here and here. A Spain-based non-profit, their main goal is to create shelters and foster homes for poor children and elderly people. Stay tuned it is all still an experiment.

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VisionLink

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

After escaping he was left homeless and living on the streets of Haiti until discovered by Haiti Mama , a nonprofit organization committed to connecting homeless children with their families. Most orphaned and vulnerable children in Haiti are not as fortunate. There is hope.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Think about your audience as someone who doesn’t know anything about food insecurity, homelessness, first generation college students, or animal abuse. If you work with women transitioning out of abusive relationships, find someone who has lived that experience in the past or who works with that population.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

Karin Walser who started Horton’s Kids, a community center in SE Washington, DC, after she met a group of homeless kids while she was getting gas on her way from work. The following are excerpts from the book detailing Walser’s experiences starting Horton’s Kids. It’s been torn down since then.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

Have your local wine expert guide you all through the different wines via livestream to complete the experience. Give your donors the full movie night experience with a virtual viewing party. John Center for Homeless Men. Virtual peer-to-peer run/walk/ride. Viewing party. Not ready to step back into a movie theater yet?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

I’ve had a lot of experience with online contests, both as a participant (winner) and working two reflection papers for the Case Foundation ‘s America’s Giving Challenge. NStreet Village : N Street Village is a community of empowerment and recovery for homeless and low-income women in Washington, D.C.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 11, 2020

While I may not possess the intellectual wherewithal to solve homelessness, food insecurity or a host of other chronic societal problems, I have great faith that someone out there will have that ability. I am deeply blessed to come to work every day believing, at a deep level, that I am contributing to the lives of others.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2015

More than any generation before, kids in “Gen Z” use online technology to experience, understand, and change their world. Generation Z, the heirs to the digital empire built by Generation X and expanded by Millennials, is made up of people who don’t just spend time online—they live there.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 12, 2008

Do you have room in your home for a homeless pet? Ask pet owners about their experience. * Get some experience (i.e. Ask pet owners about their experience. * Get some experience (i.e. Its relationship with your children now, or in the future. where you live, who you live with, budget, etc.).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2012

The homeless population in the city doubled to 80,000. According to a report by the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 450,000 people (including at least 4,000 children under five) are now at risk of severe acute malnutrition. Meanwhile, when their peers are knocked down, they stay down for a long time.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Visitors bond and bridge through participatory experiences at MAH. Two exceptional examples of community committees stand out: one long standing, The Community Advisory Committees of The Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience and one emerging, the Creative Community Council of the Children’s Creativity Museum.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

You are trying to cure sickness, end hunger, or advocate for the homeless. Even children are required to pay the fee and raise $125. Offer two different website, registration, and communications experiences for each group. Your work is important and it takes money to realize your goals. Later registrants must fundraise more.

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Everyaction

MAY 16, 2018

Approximately 1 in 5 American adults experiences some sort of mental illness in any given year. Lack of access to appropriate mental health care carries serious consequences, including increased likelihood of hospitalization, homelessness, incarceration, and suicide. The PEP team is creative when it comes to fundraising as well - one.

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