Byte Technology

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Do potential givers react differently to causes based upon how they’re marketed? Successful businesses often leverage a simple concept: become better members of the community and reap the benefits of increased profit in the form goodwill. Or donating a percentage of their sales to a local charity? All good questions to be sure.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Technology and Community: Strategic Options for Movement Building. How many people hear that word and think it is just as generic as the word community? To that end, siloed brands are replaced by unifying goals that rally more than select individuals but entire communities. The full keynote and presentation are below.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Nonprofits are often justified in their confusion about indirect costs because government agencies and foundations have different policies and rules around indirect costs, so there is more than one way to calculate a cost. For example, the community center employs 10 staff members: three are management and seven are primarily program staff.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 10, 2023

Rather, you’re seeking critical investment in work that will make your community and world a better place. At one point in time, enacting their value to address homelessness in your area may translate to grants to homeless shelters. Different departments within a business will have different objectives.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 24, 2020

More recently, health payers and hospitals have joined their ranks in an effort to improve the health of their members, patients, and community members. Historically, the lion’s share of hospitals’ reported community benefit dollars has related to providing patient care services for free or at a reduced charge.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 19, 2022

Who they are: United Way of Forsyth County works with local agencies to create effective solutions to challenges facing their community in Winston Salem and Forsyth County. They believe in innovating when it comes to tackling complex issues like homelessness, reading proficiency, and poverty. Not a Qgiv client?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Recognizing that the effects of climate change aren’t equal, this lab aims to co-design a technology solution to support low-income communities of color that are most impacted by the climate crisis. Impact Labs convenes community experts across sectors to co-create new technology solutions to support specific issue areas.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

There is no shortage of highly talented leaders coming from Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities, and many of them lead from within the nonprofit sector. BIPOC communities are disproportionately impacted by social inequality, with higher rates of poverty and unemployment.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Your nonprofit mission statement is how you communicate your organization’s impact to supporters, clients, and the community at large. Impact: What impact do you hope to make in the world or your community? Has your mission pivoted due to a global or local event? How does what you do benefit the community?

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Then we’ll give you the strategies you need to find volunteers who can truly make a difference to your organization’s work. Volunteers help nonprofits connect with the community. There are likely a number of interested parties in your community that want to make the world a better place.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

It’s also much easier to target and personalize your message to different demographics, making your marketing strategy for fundraising far more effective. What are the different ways to fundraise online? Have your local wine expert guide you all through the different wines via livestream to complete the experience.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 6, 2021

Volunteers appointed to Advisory Boards can share their professional and personal expertise on everything from programming to the organization’s role in the community. Involving members of the affected community in Advisory Boards is becoming more and more common. Is your focus on becoming a bigger presence in the community?

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Your vision for your new organization probably includes vibrant programs, happy donors, tons of community support, and the opportunity to change lives. Everyone starts a nonprofit to make a difference. How will yours make a difference? What other organizations in your community address this need? Feed people?

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Bloomerang

MARCH 30, 2023

Has your nonprofit identified an unaddressed need within your community? Volunteers provide nonprofits with the on-the-ground support they need to further their missions, whether that means helping to build homes, providing meals for food-insecure families, mentoring local youths, or cleaning up trash at local parks.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

You started your nonprofit to make a difference, not to raise money. If something should happen and you no longer have the financial ability to back your nonprofit, you run the risk of losing it due to lack of community support. The local restaurant wants to host a chicken wing night and donate 20% of all sales to your nonprofit!

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DipJar

MARCH 9, 2021

Not only do they provide comprehensive medical and rehabilitative care to over 5,000 injured wild animals, they also offer community outreach programs to over 150,000 people annually. When visitors enter the Welcome Center, there are three DipJars set at different amounts to encourage visitors to make a donation before they begin exploring.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

6,057 donors completed the 2018 Global Trends in Giving Survey and based on their responses, the donor community worldwide is made up of primarily women (65%) who have a liberal ideology (53%) , characterize themselves as religious (72%), and give between ($101-$1,000 USD) annually (43%). Donors are also highly engaged in civic life.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Taking part in Giving Tuesday can mean many different things—from participating in an organized service project to donating to a nonprofit to smiling at a stranger. Since then Giving Tuesday has grown into a global movement, inspiring millions of people to get involved in doing good in their communities. When did Giving Tuesday begin?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 6, 2013

He had spent his AmeriCorps term as a liaison between a mayor’s office and the homeless community, building relationships and creating resources. But even with all that valuable experience, Kyle was stuck working double shifts at a local pizza joint. Last summer, I met a young man in Arizona named Kyle.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 19, 2016

And you've decided that you want to integrate community feedback into the development process. Here are ten things I've learned about making these kinds of community input meetings successful. Consider whether you want a bonded group (people who are like each other) or a bridged group (people who are different from each other).

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 24, 2021

The thing I am most excited about is we are partnering with some local companies to offer our moms priority for jobs. How much will we ask for and how will that money make a difference? Donors respond well to Asks like these because they can see immediately how their donation will make a difference. Add a new service?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 21, 2015

Formed in response to the growing employment and economic barriers that plague the transgender (sometimes called "trans") community, Trans*H4ck is a series of hackathons that bring visibility to trans entrepreneurs and innovators while developing new and useful open-source tech products that benefit the trans community.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 6, 2018

What will you do differently this year? 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. Networking in the community. Now is the time to make changes.

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Care2

MAY 11, 2011

We so often focus on learning from innovative online campaigns that we miss out on opportunities to integrate offline cause communities and grassroots advocacy. Road trips touch on so many different goals that organizations focus on that it’s hard to believe how few major nonprofits have embraced the road trip campaign strategy.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Since then, Stacey has become an indispensable member of our staff, leading our community programs and inspiring us to think in new ways about how we can build social capital in our community. I chose to focus my thesis on Community and Civic Engagement in Museum Programs.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Many types of donors, many ways to say thanks People give for all kinds of different reasons and occasions. Donors are different, as is the best way to thank each donor. I’ve tried lots of different things over the years, as have my clients. Some donors give a one-time gift, and some sign up as monthly donors.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 23, 2018

So the good news is that the money is out there if you know where to look, and my advice is to always start local. Not only are there fewer organizations applying for local grants than international or government-issued grants, but local granting organizations will be able to see the impact of your work firsthand.

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Candid

APRIL 13, 2021

We hope this information will be useful in a multitude of ways, from ongoing advocacy efforts to capturing the sector’s story to helping local leaders build greater resiliency. Surveys focused on funder communities reported funders are shifting strategies to be more responsive and flexible and increase support. Conclusion.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 29, 2017

Local pet rescue clinic” means “what is the best pet rescue clinic near me?”. Soup kitchen volunteer opportunity” means “I want to help local homeless in my community, what is a reputable organization I can help with?”. To help with your local SEO strategy you should set up a Google My Business account.

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Qgiv

MARCH 31, 2021

In order to lead your ministry, provide valuable programming, and connect your community to your mission, you need adequate funds. The more peer-to-peer participants you recruit, the more your mission is brought to the forefront of different audiences. That’s where peer-to-peer fundraising comes in. Determine a goal, 2.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2012

I’ve been volunteering for community causes since I was a kid, something my family encouraged. ” She said she wanted to give money to an organization that helped homeless families. I introduced her to my colleague, Mark Horvath’s organization, Invisible People , and we donated. Kids Can Make A Difference.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

is a nonprofit educational and vocational training organization that has been working with local at-risk populations since 2009. It later expanded its program to include all at-risk populations, including displaced adults, as a means to better help the community. .'s twenty-five metropolitan areas. Smooth Transition, Inc.,

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Tech Soup

JUNE 27, 2017

She has inspired an entire community to partner with more than 184 families who now own their own homes. "Habitat has enriched my life in countless ways, and offered me the opportunity to be a part of a community of people who believe in and act on creating tangible change every day. Here's what she says about this work.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 26, 2011

When I think back on my time with ASU Lodestar Center's Public Allies Arizona program, many different memories and candid moments pop into my mind. We take pay cuts, put ourselves out there, and take risks — all to make a difference. It demands a perspective that is self-reflective, microscopic, local, and grand. Great and hard.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Giving Days are not a new idea and have been successful in local communities and entire states, like GiveMN which raised $2 million in 24 hours using the Razoo platform. Razoo has promoted local giving days, including Twive and Receive and recently announced reaching a milestone of raising $100 million.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Even though there aren’t as many people today reading actual newspapers or watching the 6 o’clock news these days, your local media still reaches a large audience of people in your community who need to know about your nonprofit’s work. Emphasize what you will do with the gift and how it will impact the community.

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Qgiv

APRIL 28, 2021

But if gift baskets consistently received no bids, then you may want to find different items to replace those. To make sure school supplies aren’t out of reach for any student, they created the Free Teacher Market to help “Erase the Need” for local students. Family fun days are another creative fundraising that we see. Press releases.

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