Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Now that TechSoup’s Local Impact Map has officially launched , let's discover one of great new organizations featured there. nonprofits like Teach for America take on the hard work of rebuilding and reinventing education in places where schools have failed or where dropout rates among low-income children are very high.

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Greater Giving

APRIL 9, 2024

Find a Best Dressed Sponsor to provide Best Dressed award prizes and have judges award prizes for the most creative hats, Best Dressed Individual, Best Dressed Couple, Filly Category ( if you have children attend). Silent Auction Partner with local businesses or collect unique experiences to create a silent auction.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 5, 2009

For the last several years, Symphony Nova Scotia has been changing children’s lives with music. Through its Education and Community Outreach programs, the Symphony helps bring music into the lives of over 14,000 school children each year - students who may not otherwise have access to a symphony.

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Greater Giving

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Make sure there are lots of activities going on throughout the night, from live music performances and dancing exhibitions all around town; these types of activities will ensure that everyone stays entertained throughout the event. You can charge an ticketing fee, usually in the $10-$20 range, with discount prices for children and seniors.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 14, 2023

Nothing is more impactful than a well-done video with the right music in the background. If you’re trying to feed children in Africa, show a photo or clip of those kids. Incentives: Ask local businesses for small incentives, such as gift cards or gift baskets and use these incentives throughout the campaign. Videos produced.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 12, 2022

Jude Children’s Research Hospital is the charitable beneficiary of Inspiration4, the world’s first all-civilian mission to orbit the Earth, which went into space on September 15, 2021. ??. “If Jude Children’s Research Hospital, has helped St. Below are some of the key takeaways from our conversation.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

Reach out to the chef of a popular local restaurant or send a call out to any supporters who are baking aficionados to host a virtual cooking or baking class as a fundraiser. Have your local wine expert guide you all through the different wines via livestream to complete the experience. Virtual event fundraising. Virtual craft fair.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 29, 2022

Most Jewish nonprofits know that this is the best excuse to come up with punny costumes and read the Megillah, but even if you aren’t an org focused on Judaism, you could team up with a local JCC, synagogue, or Hillel: This is also a holiday where it’s tradition to give back. Buy an hour with Daylight Savings Time… (second Sunday in March).

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CauseVox

JUNE 28, 2021

Unlike many other nonprofits, Catalogue for Philanthropy used the day to raise dollars for over 200 local nonprofits in their area. The Autism Society of Minnesota hosted an interactive brunch livestream for their A Toast to AuSM event, holding virtual demonstrations from local chefs so that participants could follow along at home.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 25, 2021

In the Broadway musical “Hamilton,” the lead character of Alexander sings about who he and America are meant to be. The idea was to ask artists to contribute one-of-a-kind items to an online monthly auction where proceeds would 100% benefit a range of local services for the unhoused, people with AIDS, frail seniors and vulnerable children.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2012

I did a post a few weeks ago on youth programs in TechSoup Global's new Local Impact Map and decided I hadn’t covered this resource nearly enough. Our Local Impact Map. How One NGO Serves 70,000 Children. In the past year, Childreach International has impacted the lives of over 70,000 children.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

You can even reach out to your local mall to see if they’ll allow you to set up a booth so shoppers can head straight to you after they’ve made their holiday purchases. From “Jingle Bells” to “The Latke Song” and “Elf” to “A Christmas Story,” there’s no shortage of holiday music and movies to listen to and watch. Fundraising seder.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 20, 2020

As a general trend over the past several years, public schools have seen repeated budget cuts at the federal, state and local levels. However, many parents dread the fundraising season at their children’s schools. For example, you may choose to host a family fun day full of games, snacks, music, etc.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

The large difference is that most funders tend to direct a majority of their arts funding to local and regional organizations. The Highland Street Foundation is committed to addressing the most pressing needs and concerns for children and families in Massachusetts and California. Highland Street Foundation. Areas served: New York City.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Supporters can join from anywhere, dance to the music, and make a difference by donating to your cause. For example, if you have someone who always gives to causes related to children and someone who always gives to research, you’d create two different groups for those individuals.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 25, 2021

In the Broadway musical “Hamilton,” Alexander Hamilton sings about who he and America are meant to be. The idea was to ask artists to contribute one-of-a-kind items to an online monthly auction where 100% of proceeds would benefit a range of local services for unhoused people and vulnerable seniors and children. .

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

As a kid, I was saturated by symphony performances and choral music. I’m looking for a place to donate in honor of my mother’s 90 th birthday, and a gift made to the local symphony orchestra in Myrtle Beach seemed like the right thing to do. Build a membership program specifically for children. Fast forward to 2017.

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Kindful

AUGUST 12, 2021

The large difference is that most funders tend to direct a majority of their arts funding to local and regional organizations. The Highland Street Foundation is committed to addressing the most pressing needs and concerns for children and families in Massachusetts and California. Highland Street Foundation. Areas served: New York City.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 31, 2015

" As a mother of eight, including two children with special needs, Carr knew that "families with children that have special needs often can't afford basic programs such as sports, arts, dance lessons, or other services that many families take for granted. Birth of Dreams: Creative Expression for Kids.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 15, 2013

I love music – everything about it – the way it makes you feel, its ability to take you to a certain place in time, its ability to communicate meaning, everything. For example, a few years ago I was at an event with friends in support of pediatric cancer patients heal by Lurie’s Children Hospital of Chicago.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2012

rewards users for volunteering at local food banks, animal shelters and other organizations. Volunteering earns you points, which can be redeemed for discounts at local businesses. Created by local NYC students, this game is designed to be played in and around city libraries and teaches players how to use library resources.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Father McKenna Center : The McKenna Center serves the needs of the poor, men, women and children through a variety of programs funded by generous individuals, religious orders and institutions, foundations and government grants. Their use of Facebook was instrumental in winning Sears’ Dads Making a Difference Contest.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Golf Tournament Bring together avid golfers and local philanthropists—in many cases, they’re one and the same—for a day on the greens. Sports Tournament Organizing a sports tournament can attract local teams and sports enthusiasts to compete in games like soccer, baseball, softball, basketball, and more.

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Tech Soup

JULY 13, 2015

MBWML also holds an annual Court Day Festival, which provides a full "living history day" of reenactments, music, storytelling, demonstrations, and more. In addition to these visitors, the museum and library does outreach programs for both children and adults and serves visitors virtually through its website.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 13, 2010

We need to utilize these tools, to the best of our abilities, to engage and inform the public, because no matter how much federal, state and local officials do, we will only be successful if the public is brought in as part of the team." Multiple organizations and systems were having trouble coordinating and sharing information.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

To Write Love on Her Arms and Invisible Children are two of the most well-known nonprofits that came out of MySpace. One reason I think the Christian community is so organized on MySpace is that both To Write Love on Her Arms and Invisible Children are (subtly) Christian organizations. Music and arts organizations, probably.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

bbcon 2019 last month in Music City was the biggest and best one yet, breaking the record with over 3,000 attendees from close to 1,700 unique organizations. Worked hard to unite their local media and the corporate sponsors they recruited towards a common purpose – including some local banks and TV stations getting involved.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2009

It takes time, but does show results as the comments on the original Mashable post seem to indicate: Two years ago The Children's Wish Foundation of Canada established a presence on Facebook and incorporated guidelines for our Chapters to establish their local groups. I used a cli.gs link [link] so I could track traffic to the link.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 2, 2005

My friend Gabriela Masala sent me some more good giftie ideas: For the children on her list, she bought High in the Clouds a children's book by Sir Paul McCartney, Geoff Dunbar and Phillip Ardagh. For their friends and family, she and her husband make a homemade CD of music each year.

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Tech Soup

JULY 8, 2011

we like to buy mobile phones to have fun, talk to friends, listen to music, tweet and connect on Facebook.” should enable power in members and facilitate a global impact of highly local activity.” “I freak out hearing people talk about using mobiles for ICT for. development in Africa. projects. On the core.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 29, 2009

By a strange and lucky coincidence, I was at the Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum (EMPSFM) in Seattle for a two-day workshop. Michael Jackson belongs at EMPSFM (and visitors knew to find him there) because that museum is about pop culture and specifically music. Where were you when Michael Jackson died?

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 11, 2009

When I think about what my grandparents ate, and what their parents ate, they ate food that was as fresh as being harvested that day, as local as their backyard garden, and as seasonal as whatever was in season. Harris, often says, "African-American cuisine is simply what black folks ate." They were sharing food and bartering.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Museum programs can also bridge different groups that might not typically interact such as the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum’s Educational Residential Centre, which designed a program specifically to bridge children of two groups engaged in social conflict, Catholics and Protestants.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 12, 2022

By expanding out from the homogeneous group we also demonstrate acts of leadership within that more numerous portion of the local and national population. It’s a wonderful festival to include in your year-end calendar and one to help cement your nonprofit’s relationship with your local Jewish community. There are 7.5

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Forum One

MAY 17, 2023

American Jazz Museum Platinum – Cultural Websites Located in the Historic 18th & Vine Jazz District in Kansas City, MO, the American Jazz Museum showcases the sights and sounds of jazz through interactive exhibits and films, and features live music in their venues, The Blue Room, and Gem Theater.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 21, 2006

So we wanted to primarily address that issue: how can we pursue creative, innovative ideas for getting food out there that's affordable, that's local, that's fresh, and health-supportive, and then provide under that a foundation of education. These are a lot more of the sort of peripheral aspects of this problem.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 3, 2007

The five types Elaine defines are: object-centered (focus on STUFF) narrative (focus on STORY) client-centered (focus on AUDIENCE, children's and science museums fall here) community (focus on SELF-EXPRESSION, community and cultural centers fall here) national (government-sponsored) Each of these types has its strengths and challenges.

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