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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On The Environment And Conservation Efforts

Kindful

Today’s funder list focuses on nonprofits supporting the environment and conservation efforts. Funding Priority: The Environment and Conservation Efforts. The Conservation, Food & Health Foundation. Alaska Conservation Foundation. The Conservation, Food & Health Foundation. The Green Climate Fund.

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Stream the Latest “Driven by Cause” Podcast Featuring Julie Packard, Executive Director of the Monterey Bay Aquarium

NonProfit PRO

In this episode, we speak with Julie Packard, an international leader and groundbreaking innovator for environmental conservation. As the Executive Director of the Monterey Bay Sea Aquarium, which she helped found in the 1970s, the Aquarium has led the way in becoming one of the nation's leading ocean conservation organizations.

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Listen Now to Learn How We Can Ensure Our Oceans Continue Sustaining Life!

NonProfit PRO

Hear from Julie Packard, Executive Director of the Monterey Bay Aquarium, and recipient of the Audubon Medal for Conservation, the Marine Sanctuary Foundation’s Lifetime Achievement Award, and the California Coastal Commission’s Coastal Hero Award as she shares why our environment is a crucial point in history, where conversation standards need to (..)

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Protecting Our Planet Challenge Commits $5 Billion To Conserve 30% of Planet by 2030

NonProfit PRO

Nine organizations have joined together to pledge $5 billion over the next 10 years to help address three of the planet’s most life-threatening crises: the climate, extinction and health crises — with an emphasis on the role of nature and the leadership of Indigenous people in solving them.

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Measuring Conservation Effectiveness

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The people attending all believe that we have to focus much more on conservation outcomes: are there more tigers? It was exciting for me to participate in this meeting , which was roughly balanced between funders and conservation groups. At a two-day event at the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation on changing an entire movement.

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Miradi and Conservation

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I was just able to attend an exciting conference in Vancouver, ConEx, the Conservation Learning Exchange. It was organized by The Nature Conservancy, but had folks from many of the other leading groups. For me, it was a chance to meet practitioners using our Miradi conservation project management software.

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Conservation Planners Use Benetech's Miradi Software to Help Save Reefs in Guam

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Elaina Todd, an environmental planner who develops social marketing campaigns with the nonprofit conservation group Rare, is profiled in our most recent case study for Benetech’s Miradi software. Miradi, is used by nature conservation practitioners around the world to design, manage, monitor and learn from their projects.

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The Top 3 Charity Rating & Badge Programs for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

A clever use of a Candid Seal of Transparency is the Giraffe Conservation Foundation (GCF) which occasionally promotes and embeds its seal on social media graphics. To begin, sign up to update your nonprofit’s Candid profile. You’re nonprofit will then earn a Seal of Transparency based on the level of information provided.

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[Book Interview] Nonprofit Example of Social Media Excellence: The Nature Conservancy

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Organization: The Nature Conservancy. Organization Size: +1 million members, +3800 staff. Name: Amy Ganderson. Title: Associate Director, Digital Marketing. Website: www.nature.org. Mobile: m.nature.org. Blog: blog.nature.org. Facebook: facebook.com/thenatureconservancy. Twitter: twitter.com/nature_org. YouTube: youtube.com/natureconservancy.

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4 Unique Call-to-Actions to Test on Your Nonprofit’s Website

Nonprofit Tech for Good

For example, the Nature Conservancy uses a maroon top bar to send visitors prompted by TV ads to their monthly giving donation page. At a cost of $13.99 a month, MailMunch is an exceptional value for adding top bars and other CTAs to your website. See also OptinMonster. Top bars can also be links to pages on your website.

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5 Lessons Learned from Donating to 25 Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The Wilderness Society , UNICEF , and Conservation International have well-designed donation pages that were easy-to-use and effective. Of the 25 nonprofits, Conservation International had the best call-to-follow during the “Thank You” process, but don’t be afraid to go bold and beyond. Take the survey!

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20 Holiday Gift Programs That Benefit Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Ranging from wildlife conservation to refugee relief, tribute gifts make excellent holiday gifts for friends, family, and work colleagues. Nature Conservancy Gift Catalog. Sea Turtle Conservancy Adoptions. International Rescue Committee Gifts. National Wildlife Federation Gifts. Nothing But Nets Gift Nets. Oxfam Gifts.

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Ocean Conservancy: The Art of Social Media Experimentation, Learning, and Reflection

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of speaking with Vikki Spruill, Ocean Conservancy 's President and CEO and members of her communications team, Laura Burton Capps, and Dove Coggeshall about their recent experiments and learning on Facebook. Facebook was an uncharted territory for the Ocean Conservancy.

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How Ideology Affects Which Causes Donors Support

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Donors with a conservative ideology are more traditional in their giving while donors with a liberal ideology are more diverse in the types of causes they support. Donors with a conservative ideology support: 1. Giving to children and youth, however, is a cause that unites all donors regardless of ideology. Arts and culture: 4.1%.

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How Loggerhead Marinelife Center is Raising Funds to Save Sea Turtles

DipJar

Because LMC is a free admission facility, the Center heavily depends on donations to fuel its conservation efforts. These funds help provide critical care and treatment for the Center’s sea turtle patients, as well as fund the conservation efforts of LMC’s four core pillars of conservation.

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Is your Digital Strategy Conservative or Revolutionary?

Connection Cafe

The five levels of the vision matrix are: Conservative – Traditional, restricted, or protected approach. But over time, revolutionary becomes conservative, so to be a bold organization 5 years from now you may have to strive for what is visionary or revolutionary practice now. Conservative: Staff should already know this stuff.

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19 Holiday Gift Programs That Benefit Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

They also make excellent gifts for activists and advocates of global development, environmental conservation, and wildlife protection. Nature Conservancy Gifts of Nature. Sea Turtle Conservancy Adoptions. Assured to make an impact, the gift programs listed below are meaningful gifts for family and friends of any age.

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Nonprofit Mission Statements vs. Vision Statements

Whole Whale

David And Lucile Packard Foundation : Improving the lives of children, enabling the creative pursuit of science, advancing reproductive health, conserving and restoring the earth’s natural systems. The Nature Conservancy : To conserve the land and waters on which all life depends.

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5 Reasons Your Board Should Switch to Google Drive

Nonprofit Tech for Good

More importantly, moving to the cloud is a great way to demonstrate transparency, strengthen institutional memory, conserve resources, collaborate, and display tech-savvy. 3) Conserve Resources. 1) Demonstrate Transparency. Transparency is an essential quality for a nonprofit. Sample Google Drive Structure Available for Download.

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Ten Must-Follow Nonprofits on LinkedIn

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Conservation International. linkedin.com/company/conservation-international. Nature Conservancy of Canada. linkedin.com/company/nature-conservancy-of-canada. American Red Cross. linkedin.com/company/american-red-cross. linkedin.com/company/ashoka. Environmental Defense Fund. linkedin.com/company/environmental-defense.

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Big News at Benetech (and for me!)

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Helped environmental leaders design, manage, monitor, and evaluate global conservation projects and campaigns with the first open source conservation project management tool. Ensured that thousands of human rights activists could securely document human rights abuses.

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How The Nature Conservancy’s Work in the Cumberland Forest Supports Jobs & Climate Mitigation

Saleforce Nonprofit

By: Andrew Tingley, Director of Communications at The Nature Conservancy. At The Nature Conservancy , one of the world’s largest environmental nonprofits, we have examined a huge range of nature’s benefits throughout our 70-year history. When you think about nature, what comes to mind? © Cameron Davidson; May 2019.

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Is Creating Content Actually Expensive or Are People Just Doing It Wrong?

Association TV

If you’re beginning to think maybe turning off the lights and shutting off the heat at headquarters to conserve cash isn’t such a bad idea after all, I’d like to offer an alternative. ?. Do you find yourself constantly worrying about how your association is going to pay for the videos you need to engage and inform your members?

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Designing for Good: Central Park Conservancy

Connection Cafe

This week, we’re talking with Ryan Chung , Bo Bell , Sol Salgar, and Carla Perez of Central Park Conservancy (CPC) in New York City. In this series, we chat with these innovators about their inspirations, challenges, and favorite tools. After talking with the designers of CPC, I found the diversity of their projects a little staggering.

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Client Spotlight: Marginal Way Preservation Fund

Qgiv

The Marginal Way Preservation Fund is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization with its mission to build a multimillion-dollar endowment for long-term conservation and preservation of Ogunquit’s popular Marginal Way coastal walking trail. They used a live webcam to show why donors should fund their work to conserve the land they oversee.

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End of Year, the Ocean Conservancy Way

Connection Cafe

How did the Ocean Conservancy pull off a wildly successful end of year campaign? Sara Thomas tells you their secrets.

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10 Holiday Gift Programs That Benefit Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

They also make excellent gifts for activists and advocates of global development, environmental conservation, and wildlife protection. . Nature Conservancy Gifts of Nature. World Wildlife Gift Center. Wilderness Society Adoption Center. Save the Children Gifts of Joy. Oceana Marine Wildlife Adoption and Gift Center.

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48 Online Stores That Benefit Nonprofits and the Greater Good

Nonprofit Tech for Good

33) Gorilla Conservation Coffee :: pangols.com. 20% of profits from Gorilla Conservation Coffee goes to help conserve critically endangered gorillas and their fragile habitat in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda. 34) ONEHOPE Wine :: onehopewine.com.

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How to Show Donors the Impact of Their Donations to Your Nonprofit

Nonprofit Tech for Good

A donor will be pleased to learn that, for example, their $100 donation helped kickstart a conservation project or deliver a week worth of food to a family in need. Details really matter, which is why it’s helpful to mention how the contribution was, or will be, allocated. 2) Give social media shoutouts.

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Nine Nonprofits Offering Timeline Covers for Their Facebook Fans

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Ocean Conservancy. View All Ocean Conservancy Timeline Covers. Sea Turtle Conservancy. View All Sea Turtle Conservancy Timeline Covers. Natural Resouces Defense Council. View All Natural Resources Defense Council Timeline Covers. ONE Campaign. Download ONE Campaign Cover. Surfrider Foundation. Tearfund.

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22 Online Gift Stores That Benefit Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

National Geographic’s mission is to inspire people to care about the planet—and every living creature on it bu promoting and funding natural and cultural conservation projects. Nature Conservancy Online Marketplace. National Geographic Store. National Public Radio(NPR) Shop. National Wildlife Federation Online Store.

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Ocean Conservancy | Beaconfire Wire

Allegiance Group

» Ocean Conservancy Posted Thursday, February 14th, 2008 at 12:34 pm by Lynn (39 posts) I’m very pleased to announce that Beaconfire has been chosen by Ocean Conservancy to design and develop an online tool for their International Coastal Cleanup program.

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Eight “Thank You” Videos Created by Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The Nature Conservancy :: nature.org. The Ocean Conservancy :: oceanconservancy.org. Best Friends Animal Society :: bestfriends.org. Doctors Without Borders :: doctorswithoutborders.org. The Natural Resources Defense Council :: nrdc.org. Operation Smile :: operationsmile.org. SOLS 24/7 :: sols247.org.

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64 Online Stores That Benefit Nonprofits and the Greater Good

Nonprofit Tech for Good

All purchases help support vital conservation work to save critically endangered rhinos. By combining a tangible bracelet and interactive tracking experience, Fahlo works educate customers about wildlife and excite them about conservation. 13) Helping Rhinos Shop :: helpingrhinos.org/shop. 15) Little Market :: thelittlemarket.com.

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A Sneak Peak at Who Is Taking the 2018 Global Trends in Giving Survey

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Somewhat conservative 10.5%. Very conservative 3.4%. Generation. 3% are Gen Z. are Millennials. are Baby Boomers. are Matures. Political Ideology. Very liberal 24.8%. Somewhat liberal 29.2%. Moderate 32.1%. Buddhist 6%. Christian 36.7%. Hindu 1.8%. Jewish 14.7%. Muslim 6.6%. Nonreligious 28.8%. Asian/Pacific Islander 2%.

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7 Unique Fundraising Tools for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Face the Planet enables users to hypothetically purchase real estate ($3-4 per landmark) and 85% of the proceeds are donated to environmental and wildlife conservation organizations. And if your nonprofit is working to conserve the planet and its wild inhabitants, contact the founder directly to see about having your nonprofit listed.

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Announcing… 31 New Favorite Nonprofits for 2013!

Nonprofit Tech for Good

That said, in 2012 I had the opportunity to travel to Africa and Asia and from those travel experiences three themes emerged that inspired the selection of this year’s nonprofits: 1) Women’s and girls empowerment; 2) Conservation of wildlife and wild lands; and 3) Access to medical care. Wildlife SOS :: @ WildlifeSOS.

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22 Statistics About #GivingTuesday Donors Worldwide

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Environment and conservation – 7%. Health and wellness (physical and mental) – 12%. Animals and wildlife – 11%. Children and youth – 10%. Faith and spirituality – 8%. Human and social services – 8%. Arts, cultural preservation, and humanities – 6%. International development and relief – 6%.

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Connecting with Black History Through Community and Nature

Saleforce Nonprofit

That blog grew into Outdoor Afro , a nationwide leadership network helping Black people engage with the outdoors, learn about the Black history of public spaces, and support conservation efforts. How is Outdoor Afro “changing the face of conservation” and what does that look like?

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10 Random, but Interesting Stats About Online Donors Worldwide

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The top three causes supported by conservative-leaning online donors are religious services and faith, children and youth, and human services. That said, below are 10 random, but interesting stats gleaned from the data thus far. Online donors are predominately inspired to give by social media and email.

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