Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2008

Once a month, my kids' school holds a school spirit day which includes a school-wide community service project. The younger kids are asked to bring an item in that is donated to a local community group in need. For October, the school is requesting donations of canned food for the local food pantry. I signed up.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Manager, Direct Marketing Fundraising Services, long-time staff of the national nonprofit Feeding America , knows better. More than 98% of all donations go directly to feeding programs for people facing hunger. Many direct mail houses offer a handwritten note service that is genuine and effective. Aaron LaMonica-Weier , Sr.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 11, 2022

Save the Children focuses on responding quickly with life-saving humanitarian aid to children who are fleeing their homes and, in the process, are exposed to injury, hunger, and freezing temperatures. Your donation will save lives and help build a better future for refugees and displaced communities.

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Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2022

The Awesome Foundation is a global community advancing the interest of “awesome in the universe,” mostly through providing $1,000 micro-grants. Areas served: Worldwide (communities where IGT operates). Areas served: Worldwide (communities with a Costco). Wish You Well Foundation. Brown Rudnick Center for Public Interest.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 14, 2017

Providing tools for sustainable change to populations most vulnerable to hunger, violence, and disease, CARE has earned its place in the hall of fame of nonprofits continuing to make the world a better place. To make that vision a reality, they work tirelessly to combat the conditions that cause poverty, hunger, and social justice.

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Qgiv

JULY 19, 2023

Government The government provides grants at federal, state, and local levels to ease the burden of overhead or administration costs for nonprofits like yours. For example, Tyson Foods supplies grants for organizations that give back to their community, such as nonprofits that help provide food access.

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Qgiv

MARCH 9, 2022

However, peer-to-peer fundraising is a great way to raise money for human services organizations and, more importantly, it’s a grassroots way to build awareness of the issues facing the unhoused community. That leads to a lighter load on the system, which reduces healthcare costs for everyone accessing healthcare locally.

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Greater Giving

OCTOBER 10, 2022

It’s important that we recognize the things we have while also giving back to our communities on this special day! Show off the work you do on a daily basis and how it changes the community. QR CODE TIPS: When choosing a service to create and host your QR code, make sure the code won’t expire before GivingTuesday. Run a drive.

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Tech Soup

MAY 22, 2014

Eastern) in this free webinar, Help Youth Find a Free Meal this Summer , to learn about how you and your organization can increase the numbers of youth who benefit from free meals in your community. Libraries, nonprofits, and faith-based organizations can help fight youth hunger by sharing information about local free summer meal sites.

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Classy

APRIL 9, 2021

Many grant applications will ask similar questions, such as what programs or materials you need funding for and why, how your nonprofit makes an impact in the community, and how you’ll measure success if selected for the award. Costs to contract for website development services.

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VQ Strategies

OCTOBER 10, 2021

November 20, 2021 is Family Volunteer Day – a global day of service that celebrates the power of families who work together to support their communities and neighborhoods. When organizations strategically engage families as volunteers, the organizations, the families, and even the community at large benefit. For the community?

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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%). 5) Messaging apps have very little impact on donors.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

What Community Engagement Means at PIMCO. At PIMCO, we understand that it’s our responsibility to effect meaningful social change, both as members of an organization and as part of our larger communities. Here are some examples of how we partner for change: Hunger (Goal 2). The Values That Drive US.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2016

We use mobile apps to capture memories, keep track of tasks, entertain ourselves, and communicate. But what if an app could be used to help nonprofits, public libraries, and other community groups organize and solve pressing problems? The Five-Step Process to Create an App for a Community. Caravan Studios' App Successes.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 6, 2010

The ultimate portable NPR experience for your iPhone or iPod Touch, the NPR News App allows you to follow local and national news and listen to your favorite NPR stations wherever you are and whenever you want to. MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger :: Download. National Public Radio :: Download. App Name: NPR News. Kiva :: Download.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 3, 2011

(If we focus our work on feeding the hungry, for example, do we actually create a system in which we rely on people needing our services? What would happen, instead, if organizations focused on eliminating hunger?) I see this lesson in the local councils of London trying to open up their data and their leadership.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2008

Today, I'm participating in a Day of Service along with almost 200 conference participants at two of their partner sites, the Capital Area Food Bank and Friendship Public Charter School - both organizations address hunger and poverty issues.  The goal is to pack up thousands of food boxes for local pantries. 

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Ultimately, creating an employee giving program comes with a myriad of benefits for your organization and for the communities you interact with and impact. In-kind Donations While financial donations are always appreciated by nonprofits, some organizations are more in need of material goods or services.

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NTEN

APRIL 2, 2012

NTEN members are even using The Hunger Games buzz to educate about real world food and water issues. Oh, and let’s not forget using GIS technology to better connect localities with programs and services. Think you can tell the difference between real life and the scary scenarios presented in The Hunger Games?

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 9, 2013

In addition to being very involved with our church community , my parents'' professional work was service-oriented. Being a dutiful only child, when I went to college, I unconsciously followed a service-oriented path. I was raised to serve.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 21, 2013

Let’s do more than just give failure lip service, let’s put it into practice and share learning from a failure or placing a “Little Bet.” Energy Employees Claimant Assistance Project: If asking your community to generate content, make sure they know how to use the platform and tools. Partnerships. Test your assumptions.

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The Modern Nonprofit

JULY 4, 2023

Uplifting Marginalized Communities: The Path to Independence One of the primary barriers to achieving independence for marginalized individuals is the systemic inequality they often face. They highlight the importance of love, service, and giving in their work, embodying these values in their approach towards supporting those in need.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 27, 2013

Community Manager. If the scope of your aspiration is local, find charities that are based in your neighborhood or city. If you're most concerned about national and global issues, like worldwide hunger or cancer, look for nonprofits that are equipped for such a large challenge. Mandy Fricke. Nursing@Georgetown.

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DNL OmniMedia

MAY 25, 2022

Technology now allows nonprofits to have supporters locally and around the world. Consider the following example: Do you agree that our nonprofit is the most effective local organization, with regards to alleviating child hunger in our region? Explore this type of consulting services in this guide.

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BoardAssist

DECEMBER 30, 2014

So can the local community. With that goal in mind, he started Vantage Point, helping make board service easier, more rewarding, and more effective through common sense governance, effective strategic planning and key board development techniques. Staff and volunteers are smart and can sense when all is not well with leadership.

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2014

The way The Fog will work, as Christopher Mims describes it in the Wall Street Journal , is that our smart devices will send software updates to one another, rather than routing them through the cloud, a bit like how peer-to-peer music and movie sharing is done via services like Bittorrent. Find out more on this new service here.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 27, 2022

For instance, you might include powerful CTAs that encourage visitors to “Become a Monthly Donor,” “Explore Our Volunteer Opportunities,” “End Hunger Now,” or “Protect Endangered Species.”. For example, a photo CTA in a blog post might be a graphic that says something like “Interested in volunteering with local schools? Social Media

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 23, 2009

I blogged about it on November 16 as part of a trend of focusing online competitions on regional and local givings. To reinforce the local focus of this program, 501( c)(3) non profits with an operating budget of $10 million or less will be eligible. Many other nonprofit and do good bloggers helped promote the contest.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 17, 2012

In case you're wondering, Charity Water "invested (my) money with local partners, Relief Society of Tigray (REST) and Action Against Hunger (ACF) in Ethiopia and Pump Aid in Malawi, to build and rehabilitate freshwater wells and spring protections for people in need." Color me impressed.

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Qgiv

JUNE 22, 2021

Then, donors can click on the items on your site, “buy them” as a gift, and have them delivered directly to the community members in need. With just a couple of clicks, anyone can register their own fundraiser and raise money to help CityTeam with combating hunger and homelessness in their city. Community classes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2009

Instead, Pepsi is using the money for lethal generosity through its Pepsi Refresh Project , a crowdsourced cause marketing effort to give away $20 million in grants to help revamp communities. . The Chase Community Giving. The groups say that until Chase made changes to the contest, they appeared to be among the top 100 vote-getters.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 28, 2009

The Souper Bowl of Caring 's mission is to use, "Super Bowl weekend to mobilize youth to fight hunger and poverty in their local communities." The youth at the Farmville Baptist Church in Farmville, VA will be collecting donations after the service for their local food bank, FACES.

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Tech Soup

MAY 15, 2015

I'm happy to announce that one of our winning 2015 Green Tech Success Story Contest submissions is TechSoup member Boulder Food Rescue , an organization working to eliminate food waste in its community and across the country. To collect this information, Boulder Food Rescue sends out teams of people to survey local businesses.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 7, 2016

One of my core values, both personally and professionally, is to give back to my local community. The most prominent answers were hunger, poverty, racism, education, police brutality, and pollution. I asked the group, “What do you think are the most pressing problems in the world today?”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2008

Certainly, giving from individuals won't be enough to fix the economy and provide the resources that charities need to deliver important services in hard economic times. For example, Mizfit is donated a dime per comment to a local women's shelter. Or sometimes the problem is that there isn't a safe playspace in a community.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Crossroads Community Services , a local food pantry, and distribution center based in Dallas with a mission to strengthen families by building nutrition-stable communities used this challenge to reimagine how they could offer a dignified experience to those they serve. Where Technology Meets Community.

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