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Should We Just Blow Up Nonprofit "Vote for Me" Social Good Contests ?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Today, I stumbled across another reason why I'd like to blow up online contests that use "vote for me" or popularity to make funding decisions. If a contest or program does not lead with social outcomes and if big money is thrown on the table, it encourages social innovation of another kind.

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Tips for a Successful #GivingTuesday

The Modern Nonprofit

Is there a project you want to get funded? Get creative this year and brainstorm ways you can engage your supporters with a fully virtual or hybrid event, contests, matching gifts, and challenges. Reach out to local businesses and ask if they would consider sponsoring a matching grant for your campaign or donate in-kind donations.

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Tips for a Successful #GivingTuesday 2021

The Modern Nonprofit

Is there a project you want to get funded? Get creative this year and brainstorm ways you can engage your supporters with a fully virtual or hybrid event , contests, matching gifts, and challenges. Reach out to local businesses and ask if they would consider sponsoring a matching grant for your campaign or donate in-kind donations.

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Oregon Foundation looking for a Million Dollar Idea

Amy Sample Ward

Our funds have helped make Oregonians healthier and better educated, provided greater access to social services and the arts and culture, strengthened the nonprofit sector and improved the environment for all who live and visit here.”. This is the first time the foundation has asked for broad and direct public input in its grants process.

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Deconstructing An Angry Crowd: What Can We Learn?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Should online contests be redesigned or just go away? That's the question that Kari Dunn Saratovsky asks in a post over at the Case Foundation blog , one of many blog posts and tweets about the controversy surrounding how the Chase Bank handled its online contest. 12/17: The Dark Side of Online Contests.

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Get Your Vote On! 2010 DoGooder Video Awards Voting Now Open

NTEN

This year, See3, NTEN and YouTube received over 750 submissions for the contest - a record! Head over to YouTube and: The contest will award a total of $10,000 in grants, funded by the Case Foundation , plus custom designed Flip Video cameras to all finalists.

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Do You Have the Best Nonprofit Video of the Year?

NTEN

Your chance to win grants, prizes, and exposure for your nonprofit. The contest will award a total of $10,000 in grants, funded by the Case Foundation, to the best videos of the year found in the YouTube Nonprofit Program —a special program that YouTube designed to help nonprofits achieve their missions.

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