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Spring Fundraisers: 5 Best Practices for Walkathons, Bikeathons, and Other Athons

CauseVox

To provide some background, Invest in Kids is a Denver-based nonprofit dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of young children and families across the state through a wide spectrum of services including prenatal care, social-emotional learning, and in-home family therapy. You can also structure prizes as a raffle.

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Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Tips from Invest in Kids, a CauseVox Nonprofit

CauseVox

Invest in Kids is a Denver-based nonprofit dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of young children and families across the state. They also let donors know why they were raising money and translating the impact of gifts in terms of programming: (Invest In Kids’ impact statement featured on their Jane-A-Thon campaign).

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Guest Post: How to Build Capacity with Roles that Volunteers Enjoy: a process in 4 easy steps

Twenty Hats

As long as there is some basic structure in place, the process should run smoothly. The bottom line: volunteers are giving staff the gift of time to accomplish more for our mission. She lives in Denver, CO and is originally from Louisville, KY. This pandemic is our time to experiment with how we engage volunteers.

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The 2018 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

Everyaction

Denver Nonprofit Institute. Denver Nonprofit Institute. Nonprofit Learning Lab / Denver, CO / $90. Structuring Major Gifts Conference. Structuring Major Gifts Conference. Discover how these and other factors are irrevocably changing the ways donors structure their largest gifts of a lifetime.

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15 Historical Nonprofit Moments You Should Know

Whole Whale

The United Way was founded by religious leaders in 1887 in Denver, originally called the Charity Organizations Society. The beginning of the modern IRS tax exemption structure for the nonprofit sector in the U.S. The first federal tax exemption for nonprofit organizations was enacted in 1894.

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The 2016 - 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

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Nonprofit Leadership Alliance / Denver, CO / $525. Nonprofit Learning Lab / Denver, CO / $90. Structuring Major Gifts Conference. Structuring Major Gifts Conference. Discover how these and other factors are irrevocably changing the ways donors structure their largest gifts of a lifetime.