Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

The typical incubator model works well where a team has formed around a technology innovation and is looking to graduate a for-profit company. What happens, however, with technology applications that could provide great social benefit but that won’t generate big profits? The typical for-profit incubator has a funnel of startup teams.

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Tech Soup

MAY 25, 2012

Since we launched our donation program in 2002, TechSoup has saved nonprofits and libraries in the United States and around the world over $3 billion dollars in IT expenses. Today more than 50 partners offer product donations and discounts in 37 countries — and growing. The Donor Class of (TechSoup Fiscal Year) 2012.

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Get Fully Funded

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Everyone loves a good story, and your skills in storytelling for nonprofits can make the difference between getting big bucks and donation requests that fall flat. In short, great storytelling tugs heartstrings and that’s step 1 if you want a donation. Your donation of $7.32 EVERY nonprofit has stories to tell!

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Bloomerang

JUNE 26, 2023

As mentioned, nonprofit organizations are typically allowed to sell merchandise as long as the profits from the sales are used to further the organization’s core mission. This can be a great option for nonprofits looking to sell merchandise as a way to raise funds or promote their cause.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 11, 2020

For the general public, the designation “nonprofit” is often correlated with donations. FASB’s answer came in the ASU 2018-08, Not-for-Profit Entities (Topic 958) that provides clarifying scope and accounting guidance for contributions received and contributions made. Those are simply a donation, are they not?”

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fusionSpan

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Salesforce is a cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM) platform that helps for-profits and nonprofits to manage their customer experience. Nonprofits can get 10 user licenses for free from Salesforce through The Power of Us Program. Salesforce also report that non profits see a 130% increase in total online giving.

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DNL OmniMedia

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Equipped with supporter profiles and a log of all interactions, your nonprofit can craft a strategic plan for stewarding its audience members toward a desired next step– such as making a larger donation or signing up to attend an upcoming event. recurring gifts, planned gifts, and tributes), and process donations.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 30, 2012

The company stated that they will not be selling the dolls at stores, but instead will donate them to children's hospitals and other hospitals, as well as the National Alopecia Areata Foundation." The winner will receive a cash award of $1,000, plus $1,000 to donate to their favorite charity.

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Care2

MARCH 12, 2011

American Red Cross Text to Donate. The American Red Cross , who made mobile fundraising history after the Haiti earthquake is doing a terrific job in getting the word out about their texting to donate campaign to help with relief efforts. TEXT REDCROSS to 90999 to donate $10. 100% of the donation goes to the American Red Cross.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 20, 2010

Benetech's recommendation is to apply intellectual property to unmet social needs, by encouraging WEF stakeholders to think beyond solely profitable applications. CSR offices should go beyond donations and include actively finding the socially beneficial uses of corporate assets. We believe this can be accomplished by: 1.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

One answer to these questions may be the social enterprise model, which has the potential to revolutionize both the nonprofit and for-profit sectors. Social enterprises are for-profit or nonprofit businesses whose products and services address major unmet needs of society. What are the downsides and dangers in pursuing new models?

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 12, 2012

Read TechSoup's Guide to Microsoft Dynamics CRM Editions and Licensing and find out how you can implement CRM into your organization. As part of the TechSoup Global Network, Connecting Up works to unleash the power of not-for-profits in Australia and New Zealand through technology donations and resources.

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Tech Soup

JULY 2, 2013

" And therefore, the overhead percentage should not be the primary way funders and donors judge a nonprofit's worthiness for donations. How the Overhead Myth Starved One Non profit to Death. They're also working together to help end the overhead myth. Get the word out via your social media channels.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Tech Donations: How Much Do You Know? opposite of a for profit; not difficult ( donor management ) Answer. TechSoup had some exciting new donations and discounts from new and existing donors this year. QuickBooks can help you automate your bill paying, expense tracking, donation reporting, and so many other financial tasks.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Charles Brennick is the Founder and Director of Interconnection , a nonprofit that provides high-quality refurbished computers to non-profit and non-governmental organizations around the world. See TechSoup's articles, Downloading Your Software Donations and What to Do After Downloading ISO Files from Microsoft , to learn how.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 26, 2011

their expansion has grown at twice the rate of for-profit organizations. Investigate the legal requirements for starting a nonprofit — oftentimes any business which involves fundraising requires surety bonding and some element of licensing. Even in times of a weakened economy, the rate of nonprofit startups continues to grow.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 17, 2008

You have to set it up yourself and pay for web hosting) MovableType.com: [link] (Higher Education & Non-profit license for 5 authors, $195. Hosting included) WordPress.org: [link] (Free software. Includes support for first year. Need to set it up yourself and pay for web hosting).

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 23, 2011

After trying Google's Chromebook for his personal use, Beaty suggested that the organization try it too : A small underfunded non-profit (I volunteer there) has 11 employees. Surely you still need your "real" laptop to run your donated copy of Adobe Creative Suite , right? Photo: slgckgc , CC license

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

We see this with a much greater ability to lower prices, to offer all you can read subscription pricing plans, to choose to license content freely, to publish open access articles, and so on. Technology advances have created the opportunity for many of us to experiment with one or more of these models.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 1, 2017

In the US, the Chicago and Portland groups visited their local Microsoft stores to learn how to leverage the Office 365 donation. Melbourne, Australia: Ideas for the Not-for-Profit Intranet. IMAGE ATTRIBUTION GUIDELINES Image Name: Author / License. We've already scheduled 66 events for June, and the month is just beginning.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 6, 2010

So what should non-profit tech folks be doing to prepare for the opportunities of "the future"? . and licensing models. This year, I've heard quite a few conversations about kick-starting SaaS offerings based on CiviCRM, as well. I'd be surprised if there aren't several strong offerings available in the next few years. .

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Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2021

Thieves stole personal data from Equifax, including birthdates, addresses, drivers’ license numbers, and Social Security numbers from 143 million people. It also makes good sense to earn more profits. . It is done with automation that attempts to make donations to nonprofits for small amounts. Ashley Madison.

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NTEN

MARCH 16, 2011

Consolidated Technologies Group Be sure to visit the Consolidated Technologies Group booth (#87) to learn more about their new on-line marketing communications solution designed specifically for non-profit organizations, and enter a drawing to win a free e-Book Reader. Curious to know what kind of emails are driving donations?

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See3

AUGUST 9, 2007

The Red Cross has made a move in recent years that threaten the business interests of Johnson & Johnson by licensing the symbol to companies that make consumer medical products. Their move into licensing reminds me of AARP, an organization with a massive for-profit subsidiary. Mission driven or profit driven?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2007

I'm very interested in the whole notion of open content and creative commons licensing in the nonprofit space. She told me, "I probably don't have to mention this to you, but you are of course free to put this under a public domain, BY or BY-sa license." The higher your price, the higher your profit. Get tech saavy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 29, 2009

We'll be republishing some of these articles on learning wikis, and everything here is released under a Creative Commons license, so we hope you'll take part in this ecosystem of sharing. A Causes widget that points to charitable actions and donations on other sites such as Global Giving and Facebook Causes.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

That sort of information could be a newsletter sign up, a contact form that should be responded to, an online donation or an event registration. Another purpose is for membership lists, or group lists, or perhaps live tracking of donations from a specific campaign. Most often nonprofits want to capture information from web users.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Fundraising software is any solution that helps your nonprofit raise funds, build relationships with supporters, and otherwise enhance your donation strategy. Double the Donation. Giving summaries that show the donation histories of your organization’s individual supporters. Online Giving. Major Gifts. Other Activities.

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TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

There are many powerful tools available to help nonprofits integrate their donor, volunteer, and B2B databases with email marketing, such as Salesforce, which offers 10 Enterprise Edition Licenses to nonprofits as a donation — Learn More. ++ Click Image to Enlarge ++ Source: Email Marketing is Changing.

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Care2

OCTOBER 20, 2007

Its great to see the proliferation of APIs in the for-profit world, but what about nonprofits? The upcoming donations API will allow organizations to deliver a completely customized donation experience. SH: Convio doesnt charge any extra licensing fees for Open APIs, so theyre free.

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Byte Technology

AUGUST 19, 2015

Staying financially sound and socially relevant in the non-profit world is no easy task. Those groups that use it effectively garner more donations and in-kind support than those who simply offer a list of programs in a flat and uninteresting manner. And thankfully, Animoto offers deep discounts for non-profit groups that qualify.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 20, 2006

They've gotten all their networks involved, their friends and family caring about it, coming out to the garden, donating to Urban Sprouts, and really supporting us; and to see that that can really impact a school. garden urban education school food health This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2009

Objective : Provide an alternative route to collect donations for those not wanting to donate online via credit or debit card. For this organization and through this campaign, SMS donations was the most successful mechanism with 59% of donations being made through text. *. Organization(s) : Macmillan Cancer Support.

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