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[ASK AN EXPERT] How to Publicly Recognize Memorial Gifts

Bloomerang

Dear Charity Clairity, Many times when an alumni passes away, their family will choose to direct funds to our school. In the past, we’ve listed the “so and so memorial fund” for the total amount given in the appropriate category. I would simply count up all gifts from the Vanguard Fund and list them under that category. .

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100+ Fundraising Tasks for Your Nonprofit’s Board

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Facebook , Reddit , LinkedIn , and Twitter have great options. Community foundations sponsor many donor-advised funds (DAFs) which are like mini-foundations but they are not public. Do a raffle, sweepstakes, contest, or giveaway in your community. Be aware of key accomplishments, metrics, testimonials, and milestones.

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6 Ways to Create Buzz Around Your Charity Golf Tournament

sgEngage

If you’re looking for a new way to raise funds, engage donors, and build connections, look no further than a charity golf tournament. And fortunately for nonprofits, charity golf tournaments do much more than simply raise mission-critical funds. Tap into your networks.

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5 Ways to Engage Donors on National Nonprofit Day

Classy

Crowdfunding campaigns offer nonprofits a powerful way to share their stories, rally supporters, and fund their programmatic initiatives. High engagement signals to Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn that your post is quality, which means your content is pushed higher up on supporters’ newsfeeds. .

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Reflections from Stanford Nonprofit Management Institute: New Skills for a Complex World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Lucy talked about how technology is driving the shift to a social economy and picked out a few themes, pointing out it is not the technology itself but how we use it. She highlighted the impact of crowd funding platforms and the technology to collect, visualize, and share data.

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13 Innovative Online Fundraising Ideas For Nonprofits & Charities

CauseVox

Choose a day and actively encourage donations and sharing through all your social media channels, such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Snapchat. Considerations: have an impartial umpire or judge for the games so that its a fair contest for all. Source: KPMG campaign raising funds for North Texas Food Bank.).

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GiveMN 2012 Giving Day by the Numbers

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

But this year, the buzz leading up to the November 15 event on Twitter and Facebook, as well as on sites like YouTube and Linkedin, was even stronger. Youthprise, a youth-serving nonprofit and grantmaking organization put up $14,000 in prize grants for the contest. Internal social media coordination, organization and planning.

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