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Charities Cry Foul on Chase Facebook Charitable Giving Contest

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The Chase Community Giving contest on Facebook is one of the biggest online contests thus far, open to more than 500,000 charities. Here's what Stephanie Strom, New York Times reported: JPMorgan Chase & Company is coming under fire for the way it conducted an online contest to award millions of dollars to 100 charities.

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49 Online Fundraising Ideas to Help You Raise More

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Incentivize your students to read more with a fun peer-to-peer read-a-thon. Have your students team up with their friends and go head-to-head for some friendly competition. Student art show. Give your artistic students the opportunity to show off their skills by hosting a virtual art show. Sports tricks contest.

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What Lessons Will Pepsi Learn About Crowdsourcing for Social Good from Chase Bank Contest Fail?

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Rather than donating the money to nonprofits through a traditional corporate responsibility grant program, Pepsi will jump on the online contest bandwagon. Pepsi will have contests every month for 10 months beginning Jan. Arts & Culture. The grant categories will be: Health. Food & Shelter. The Planet. Neighborhoods.

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60+ Spring Fundraising Ideas for Every Nonprofit

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Students can raise money by selling products from a selected catalog that they can hand out to potential buyers. Graduating students can create donation pages for their celebrations and ask people to donate to your cause as a graduation gift. Brochure fundraiser Brochure fundraisers are a great option for schools.

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7 Practical Tips for Engagement with a Higher Purpose On Social

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Notice that the organization’s Facebook administrator hangs out in the comments and makes an effort to respond to each comment by liking or replying. Also, by hanging out a few extra minutes after you post to engage with your alumni network on Facebook sets up a culture of interaction. Experiment, Measure, Learn, and Revise.

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Pandemic-Proofing: 30 Fundraising Ideas During COVID

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Encouraging kids to read isn’t always easy, but with an added element of competition, you might just turn students into avid bibliophiles! With a read-a-thon , your students can set up personal fundraising pages and ask for donations and pledges from their networks based on how many books they’ll read. Haunted porch contest.

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Peace Games & International Efforts

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" The model of State Department's Cultural Exchanges. College students have led the fight on issues. We announced a contest to create a game to address issue in Sudan. We're going to give out 10 $25K grants - one game in particular - University of Denver students created a game called Squeezed. First person pickers.

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