Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 8, 2022

We all grew up learning that it wasn’t polite to talk about money and it definitely wasn’t right to ask your friends and family for handouts. Using heartstring words like “homeless,” “abandoned,” “deserving,” “malnourished,” “unjust,” “innocent,” etc., Doesn’t “deserving homeless veterans” tug at your heart more than just “veterans”?

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OCTOBER 8, 2018

In addition, they offer case management for homeless clients in the Interfaith Home Emergency Lodging Program (I-HELP). In 2017, AZCEND provided Christmas gifts for over 480 children. Before “shopping day,” which is where the families come and pick out gifts for their children, AXCEND hosts a community Christmas party.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2006

But wanted to capture some quick thoughts related to a couple of recent awareness raising activities taking place in Second Life or recently launched. What is ironic is that the WDM has not learned to apply what they presumably have learned from their other campaigns into virtual space. I'm so behind! Educate about your cause.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 31, 2022

This is where the audience learns the who, what, where, and why of the story. Act one is where we learn what normal life looks like before the story is set in motion. Think of act one as meeting Harry Potter and learning about his dreary life before he receives that Hogwarts letter informing him he is, in fact, a wizard.

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Qgiv

MARCH 31, 2021

Here are some scenarios in which peer-to-peer fundraising could benefit your faith-based organization: Help raise money and awareness for an upcoming project. The group participating in the mission trip, such as the Youth Group or Adult Ministry, are the participants raising funds for the mission trip.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The needs assessment is a learning and listening phase. Think about your audience as someone who doesn’t know anything about food insecurity, homelessness, first generation college students, or animal abuse. Raise Awareness and Build Support. You’ll have a bank account to deposit the money you raise and cash flow to fill it.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

You can also learn more by downloading a copy of the Mission Driven Volunteer White Paper. 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. Get the full description and sign up for the webinar here. Not in San Francisco?

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

You can also learn more by downloading a copy of the Mission Driven Volunteer White Paper. 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. Get the full description and sign up for the webinar here. Not in San Francisco?

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 9, 2015

I’ll be talking about the next generation of donors and how they use social media, mobile, and other technology to raise money for causes they care about. This guest post is part of many recent posts you have read from my about Generation Z. Having met his goal, he’s doing it again for his twelfth birthday.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 19, 2021

What I’ve learned is that the best way to thank donors is something that’s meaningful to them. If you work with children, a child’s drawing is an obvious choice. We loved getting texts from parents letting us know how proud their children were to return to school in brand new shoes. With more supporters, you’ll raise more money.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 2, 2011

Some examples Fine provided: My First Night Homeless: A True Story , What It's Like to Spend 12 Years in a California Women's Prison , Being Teacher Jane. Expert advice: Fine stressed that while its important to share successes, it can be even more important to share mistakes so others can learn from them.

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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. As the report points out, movement organizers are grappling with big questions.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

The landscape has changed dramatically for the nonprofit, charity, and voluntary sector in the UK and I heard people across the country raise the question many times and with many different intentions, asking if there were simply “too many” organizations. The more is raised, the more impact they can make. There’s no limit to either.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Because without art our children’s minds will not grow to comprehend life beyond the obvious. Because 9 American children and 75 American adults die everyday from gun violence. Because 700,000+ American children need advocates in our judicial system each year. National Coalition for the Homeless. Polaris Project.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 3, 2006

One: organizing immigrant women, mostly Latinas, who are working as domestic workers cleaning the houses and raising the kids, mostly of rich folks. At the end of the negotiation, the family raised her pay to 14 dollars an hour. Steve Williams: When I was in college I did a lot of service work around homelessness issues.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Are they wanting to fund children’s programs? That higher education level, the ability to communicate, the ability to complete their education affects probably their spouse or their partner, it might affect their children. If the experience of those children is not positive, then is it really a celebration?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

Because without art our children’s minds will not grow to comprehend life beyond the obvious. Because 9 American children and 75 American adults die everyday from gun violence. Because 700,000+ American children need advocates in our judicial system each year. National Coalition for the Homeless. Polaris Project.

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Achieve

JANUARY 20, 2016

She saw firsthand the inequalities that existed in the world, including children and families struggling to have food and clothes, the bare essentials we take for granted. But the twist to the campaigns was that she would raise money and then immediately go to work. Mallory is raising money and donors.

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Qgiv

MAY 18, 2021

Peer-to-peer fundraising events enable your existing supporters to get further involved with your nonprofit and help raise funds! John Center for Homeless Men recently held their virtual house parties fundraiser, which was a huge success! Check out our venue management guide for more tips to help you pick the perfect venues!

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 2, 2023

This ambiguity can limit your ability to raise money and attract supporters. We work to end the cycle of homelessness for families in our community. We give Black girls opportunities to learn, create, and believe they can become STEM professionals. We rescue, protect, and find loving homes for stray and neglected cats and dogs.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

You can see here that Miriam’s House uses the donor based brandscript to center the supporter as the hero by saying “you can help end the cycle of homelessness.” Another example is Raising Hope Dogs who centers the donor as the hero by stating “Give A Gift, Change A Life” exemplifying the necessary role the donor plays in their work.

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Qgiv

JUNE 9, 2021

This social aspect makes it a powerful way to boost visibility in your community and raise money for your programs! John Center for Homeless Men recently did their own virtual house party peer-to-peer event called Raisin’ the Rent , with some of their participants raising over $10,000 in their house party.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2012

The government run “Remand Houses” are shelters for homeless youth who are runaways, orphans, facing domestic violence at home, or too young to go to jail for a crime. The man had been accused of beating his wife and children -domestic violence is a huge issue in many places of the world, and in rural India.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 13, 2010

He read how CWPT is trying to raise the money to buy property in the middle of The Wilderness Battlefield so that they can protect that hallowed ground. We have been supportive of organizations like the Capital Area Food Bank and Mobile Loaves and Fishes which does an amazing job of supporting the homeless.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

But she’s been in your shoes, like I said, being a leader of an organization and also raising a ton of money and does a lot of these trainings. They have children, they’re doing all of this. We’re talking about the giving and we’re talking about learning. They’re busy just like you.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

The parents told her they felt okay about what their kids were learning but were concerned about their children''s job prospects as adults. So Diane asked them, "What if I hire your kids and pay them to learn science, teach it to other people, and gain professional skills?" If you can teach science, how can you be stupid?

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Museum 2.0

JULY 28, 2010

The parents told her they felt okay about what their kids were learning but were concerned about their children's job prospects as adults. So Diane asked them, "What if I hire your kids and pay them to learn science, teach it to other people, and gain professional skills?" If you can teach science, how can you be stupid?

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 23, 2023

Learn to use TikTok’s editing tools, and start posting videos to see what catches on. Take the time to properly set up each account, choose the best handle, and learn about tools for nonprofits, especially those aimed at social media for fundraising. Learn about analytics so you can track your progress.

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 30, 2022

Children’s Health. For example, you could also explain goals such as building a new homeless shelter by pulling statistics about how long the process will take or how much funding per day would be necessary to cover the length of the project. Water bottles, yoga mats, and journals. Yo-yos, frisbees, and nightlights. Older adults.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 5, 2016

Best Innovation in Graphics: This one goes to Lifeline Children’s Services for showing a giving pyramid inside the email noting how many gifts of each level they had received and still needed to get. Countdown for our children. Your gift by 12/31 helps youth learn and earn. Your gift today helps twice as many children.

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DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Save the Children. In addition to encouraging donations, North Shore Animal League also enables supporters to raise money on their behalf through an integrated Blackbaud peer-to-peer fundraising tool. Learn more about TeamRaiser configurations here ! Top Nonprofit Website: Save the Children US. North Shore Animal League.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 7, 2011

There's the "program" side that wants to tell you all the amazing ways your programs help save homeless pets, feed the hungry, find cures, protect our children, or empower women. And don't forget the "communications" side, whose press releases and news items help raise awareness. There's the "events" side that must sell tickets.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 1, 2021

If you’ve got superior content, and folks find you trustworthy, they’ll pay attention and engage to learn more. Superior content gives people a reason to stick around, learn more, join your mailing list and take all sorts of other valuable actions like buying, volunteering and donating. This is intended as a learning experience.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 30, 2007

So when I was asked to do this panel and learned what this conference was about, I thought, "Well, I should have them come and tell their stories to you." You don't want to write about everything, because then people won't find you in the same way as when they search on Google about "homelessness issues", or "the environment."

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