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Collecting data during a humanitarian crisis

Candid

Funders can learn how much their colleagues are giving and what they support, find opportunities for collaboration, and identify gaps. . Real-time data also tends to reflect the largest contributions, primarily from institutions and high-net-worth individuals, as these are the types of donations that make headlines.

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Nine Digital Marketing Lessons Nonprofits Can Learn from charity: water

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

On the “birthdays” section of their website, after discovering that many others with the same birthday as you––and 47,492 people in total at the time of writing––have asked for donations instead of presents for their birthday, charity: water tells you how cool celebrities like Depeche Mode and Tony Hawk pledged their birthdays to the nonprofit.

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Examples of Abundance in the Arts: Ask A Conductor on Twitter

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Marc van Bree and I were chatting about some of the collaborative arts marketing strategies that some arts organizations have experimented with on Twitter. Since there have been a few examples, I asked Marc if would write a post looking at some of these. Of course, there are challenges.

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Attention Nonprofit #DataNerds: A Few Recent Research Studies on Data, Technology, Funding, and Trends

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

You can find data on philanthropists who have signed the Giving Pledge and data shared by 54 foundations on a set of “transparency indicators.” Collaborative Technologies: Helping Funders Work Together Better.

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Philanthropic Leadership: Engaging Board Members As Fundraising Ambassadors

Bloomerang

And the headline was that this $471 billion was a new record for charitable giving in the United States. They’re collaborative, they’re passionate about your mission. So like, if I’m asking for a multi-year pledge, I might have questions around, how can I pay that pledge? Can I give stock gifts?