Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2012

Hurricane Sandy has crippled the East Coast is this morning’s New York Time’s headline. But the story is personal for me. Craig Newmark is matching the next $25,000 in donations for Sandy Relief over at Crowdrise. You can donate or start your own campaign to help out.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Note from Beth: With the hurricanes, gun violence, and fires, I gave generously, including donations to Global Giving funds. As nonprofits prepare for the upcoming giving season, many fundraisers are understandably concerned about donor fatigue. Donors have given about equal amounts to Hurricane Harvey ($4.0M

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Hurricane Florence finally made landfall over the weekend, ravaging the Atlantic coast with devastating winds and torrential rain. You may be hoarding extra clothes and supplies, but donate your money, rather than your items, to relief organizations. Another way to help disaster victims is to join the fundraising effort.

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M+R

JANUARY 26, 2023

If all you’re here for is a list of email ledes you can use for fundraising or advocacy messaging, you can go ahead and skip right to that part. In order to ground things a bit, we’re going to include an example of each type of lede from a hypothetical environmental organization sending a fundraising appeal on the topic of climate change.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 23, 2017

Episodic donors give to nonprofits in response to disasters and tragic events, viral campaigns, and in reaction to the latest headlines. The upside is that episodic donors can help boost fundraising performance , but the downside is that they tend to have poor donor retention rates. The rise of Activgiving and the Rage-Donation.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 22, 2017

Planned Parenthood reported receiving nearly 80,000 donations just three days after the election. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) received more than $24 million in online donations in a single weekend following the election. After proposed federal budget cuts, Meals on Wheels also experienced a surge in public donations.

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