Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2018

12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 30: World Day Against Trafficking in Persons — #WorldDayAgainstTrafficking. 17: International Homeless Animal Day — #IHAD19. 17: International Homeless Animal Day — #IHAD19. 20: Universal Children’s Day — #ChildrensDay.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2017

12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay. 30: World Day Against Trafficking in Persons — #WorldDayAgainstTrafficking. 18: International Homeless Animal Day — #IHAD18. 18: International Homeless Animal Day — #IHAD18. 20: Universal Children’s Day — #ChildrensDay.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 8, 2022

Getting into this mindset accomplishes a few things: It takes away any jitters about asking for donations because it isn’t personal. 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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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Personalization in the subject line will boost your open rate and tangible offers like ‘get 4 more kids to camp!’ Flattery and personalization go a long way to boosting open rates! . Orbis did a great job personalizing the home state of their recipient, Julie Cooper , in this email. . Alice, help get 4 more kids to camp!

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 4, 2021

The mass vaccination effort taking place across the United States isn’t only integral to saving lives, it’s essential for resuming pre-COVID life: hugging family members, attending sporting events, returning to the office or in-person classes. To address transportation needs, we expanded our transportation reimbursement program.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 11, 2021

Technology and connecting digitally are no longer optional, and rather have become essential disciplines for every industry and nearly every person. He and his wife have been married for nearly 20 years, and they have two children, a daughter and son.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 24, 2022

For example, our first Impact Lab cohort designed Service Match , an open-source app designed for case managers who connect people experiencing homelessness to vital human services. At our first in-person design sprint*, the group challenged each other to bust orthodoxies that hold us back from reducing hunger. What Were The Results?

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 24, 2021

Please help us open the door for a teen to attend our personal development conference, benefit from having a mentor, and get on a path to college and a career.” . Think about having a conversation with a person who has made a donation in the past and might make another donation. Be brief, personal, and pack an emotional punch.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

These donors are most likely to support the causes of children and youth (15%) , health and wellness (11%) , and animals and wildlife (11%). 9) Religious donors are more likely to give to charitable organizations that provide basic needs and support the causes of children and youth, health and wellness, and hunger and homelessness.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 9, 2023

Having the right message means that your emails, social media posts, and in-person requests must have some thought behind them. Help us reach our goal Provide a homeless person with a hot meal and a warm bed tonight Fund our budget Find more examples of good and bad Asks here. Your message must be strategic to be effective.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2018

Despite her lack of comfort using online tools, she was interested in anything that her children were involved with, even if it wasn’t her cup of tea. She took selfies with me and I taught her how she could use my phone to look at her children and grandchildren’s Facebook profiles. She was also an arts lover.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) :: @ AARP. Children’s Defense Fund :: @ ChildDefender. Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children (CASA) :: @NationalCASA. National Coalition for the Homelessness :: @ NTL_Homeless. Alliance for American Manufacturers :: @ KeepItMadeInUSA. Crisis Group :: @ CrisisGroup.

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AFP Blog

JUNE 29, 2011

Homeless turn to Twitter for food, shelter - CNN.com : "Los Angeles (CNN) -- Blogging and tweeting might be among the last hobbies you'd list for a homeless person, but some down-and-out people have embraced social media in such a way that it's actually garnered them needed assistance -- everything from food and diapers for children to counseling and (..)

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 21, 2022

You’re probably asking for an amount that’s a stretch for you and it’s going to bring up all kinds of personal issues for you, especially if you have a negative mindset around money or wealthy people. An in-person meeting will be more productive in terms of building a relationship. Remember that they’re a person, just like you.

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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. In addition to your personal relationships, you both regularly conduct research about your hospital’s role in the community and how it can best meet your community’s needs (speaking of research, I’d love you to take this survey ).

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Kindful

MAY 1, 2021

It’s a safe and confidential refuge where they can deal with the issues and stresses they face in their careers and personal lives. 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.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

My feelings regarding this statement were along the lines of how identity plays into personal politics and personal achievements. Through it all, she handled herself with grace and dignity not unlike Jackie Kennedy, but with her own sense of grounded-ness and personality that is uniquely modern.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Your mailed welcome kit could contain: A holiday-themed letter from the Executive Director, signed and with a short, handwritten personal note, such as: We thank you for choosing to give to our organization! Your emailed welcome kit could contain a link to a video giving a quick virtual tour of your programs or a personal welcome from you.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Focus on building relationships first, fundraising is different to begging, you must offer value to the person giving. 103 donors whose top 5 causes are children and youth (23%), hunger and homelessness (15%), women and girls (12%), health and wellness (11%), and education (8%). 78% of donors in Kenya volunteer.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 13, 2018

These valuable lessons have been, in most cases, more personal than professional. We don’t think about all of things that make us who we are as a person; how we have dealt with personal struggles and what we took from our triumphs are also contributors to the individuals we become. This year I have learned a lot about myself.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 31, 2022

Nonprofit storytelling refers to a specific way of communication that organizations use to personalize their mission. Storytelling makes it personal and transforms the heart and mind of your target audience by showing them why something is important, instead of just telling them. I call these “common denominators.”. Meet Dewey: Part 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

He started it because on a cold December day, he passed a homeless person on the street asking for money. a street musician, a homeless person, your favorite charity. Send A Valentine to Congress About Children’s Programs. Sasha did a talk about his month-long generosity experiment.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

If you’re reading this, you’re the kind of person who understands the importance of taking the right steps from the very beginning. Think about your audience as someone who doesn’t know anything about food insecurity, homelessness, first generation college students, or animal abuse. Avoid jargon, acronyms and insider talk.

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Qgiv

MARCH 31, 2021

Peer-to-peer fundraising is a social fundraising tactic that relies on the personal networks of your supporters. Additionally, the people donating personally know the individual promoting your fundraiser. For example, let’s say your faith-based organization is also an outreach ministry for shut-ins and the homeless.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 22, 2014

It is a moving one and a half minute video about the struggle of untouchable caste Dalit children in India to grow up and be as successful as more advantaged children. Without education, Dalit children continue in the same generational work as their parents, which is generally street sweepers, leather workers, garbage workers.

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BoardAssist

JUNE 17, 2014

They feed the hungry and house the homeless. They educate children. Be sure to include an in-person follow-up meeting for all major donors. The base of your thank you letter can stay the same for most donors, but you will want to write a few personalized paragraphs that can be swapped in and out for different donors.

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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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Tech Soup

JUNE 27, 2017

Founded in 1999, Corazon Ministries is a faith-based charity that operates in the heart of downtown San Antonio, serving its homeless and marginalized neighbors. Many describe homelessness as being voiceless and invisible. We have all seen huge programs with complicated processes to end homelessness.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Retention is everything your organization does to keep the volunteers you recruit, like providing proper training and management , aligning volunteer assignments with individual volunteers’ interests, or working hard to create personal relationships with your volunteers. Make sure to personalize this follow-up.

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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. Invisible People is hitting the road with Virgin Mobile, Sevenly, and Ford to bring awareness to youth homelessness. Check out the plans and help get the stories heard!

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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. Invisible People is hitting the road with Virgin Mobile, Sevenly, and Ford to bring awareness to youth homelessness. Check out the plans and help get the stories heard!

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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 heard information on meditation and self-care to research methods and the importance of collaboration from allies sharing their personal experiences and passions with the rest of the cohort.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

With each new Sparrow customer, a mobile device is donated to a person in need. Your free Viper phone will then be donated to a person in need on your behalf — so you'll help two people instead of one! With donated Sparrow mobile devices, children in Kenya are learning to read, girls across the U.S. No problem.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

More involved in-person fundraisers or campaigns that require lots of resources can eat into your profit margins. It’s also much easier to target and personalize your message to different demographics, making your marketing strategy for fundraising far more effective. John Center for Homeless Men. Virtual silent auction.

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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. Encourage them to share their personal reasons for being a part of your mission with their loved ones.

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Judi Sohn

JANUARY 5, 2009

Do you want to feed the homeless or cure cancer? Give books to needy children or build a performing arts center? We want to figure out how to do a better job letting people know who we are and why we matter in a way they’ll listen. We paint “nonprofits” in broad strokes.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 2, 2011

Fine's first bit of advice was to be sure pitches feel authentic, have personality, and are newsworthy. 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. Superman as a Public School English Teacher: Day 1 (Satire).

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