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Alumni giving’s growing relationship with high-profile, big money donors 

Candid

Over the last year, there’s been an explosion of multi-million-dollar gifts from donors to their alma maters. From old school donations to a new school of megagifts Getting your name on the side of a building is, as they say, old school. Griffin, gave Harvard University a $300 million gift. billion in funding.

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Top Lessons from GivingTuesday 2023

Neon CRM

GivingTuesday is an opportunity for people to give back to their communities by donating money, volunteering their time, or advocating for causes that they believe in. If that’s the case, we’d expect to see a high volume of one-time donations made by donors who never engage with a nonprofit after their initial transaction.

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Why Are Charity Mobile Phone Donation Programs Going Extinct?

Tech Soup

Not that long ago, there were dozens of charity mobile phone donation programs vying for attention. Examples include: Cell Phones for Soldiers , a nonprofit that collects mobile phone donations and sells to recycling and used phone reseller companies like Mobile Karma. What happened to them? Here’s what we found out.

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Putting a Face on Wonkiness OR Wonkiness is Cool

Connection Cafe

No, I didn’t welcome a new member to my family, but I made a donation to OMB Watch (a Convio client doing amazing work to promote open government, accountability, and citizen participation) as part of their “ Adopt a Wonk ” campaign. This way, a fundraising ask is also leveraging constituents to action, as well.

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8 Ideas for Social Media Rewards

Connection Cafe

Last month during my kid's spring break we took a little trip to a favorite destination of mine as a child, the Science Museum of Oklahoma. Do you know local restaurants, cupcake shops, hardware stores or grocers that would be willing to provide gift certificates for a prize drawing? Author: Kent Gilliam.

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[VIDEO] The Board’s Role in Fundraising & Resource Development

Bloomerang

And since my retirement, I’ve started my nonprofit consulting where I help small nonprofit staff and board, build relationships that convert into more donations, and that’s why I do actually love Bloomerang. So when I’m talking about giving generously, board members need to make their own personal gift.

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Face-to-Face Communications with Zoom Help NGOs Around the Planet

Tech Soup

A few months ago, TechSoup was able to launch a donation program for nonprofits in over 40 countries simultaneously for the first time. TechSoup's staff also uses it to facilitate philanthropic support to tens of thousands of nonprofits, from the Girl Scouts of Eastern Oklahoma to the Tax Busters in Serbia. " This Just In!

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