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Citizen Philanthropy: Delivering Impactful Pro Bono Support From Anywhere

Saleforce Nonprofit

Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Venture2Impact (V2I) — a nonprofit organization based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada — had a business model that was entirely based on global travel. Clearly, the V2I team needed a quick pivot to a new way to achieve their mission.

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Nine Digital Marketing Lessons Nonprofits Can Learn from charity: water

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If you are interested in online fundraising but don’t have the resources to build a custom platform for donations like charity: water, there are applications that help nonprofits get started with online fundraising quickly, including Salsa and Network for Good. How can your organization apply this?

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Women Helping Women: My First Giving Circle

Have Fun - Do Good

Last night I went to my first giving circle using the Dining for Women model, and it was pretty inspiring. They offer $100-$150 start-up grants to businesses in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. This month's organization was the Village Enterprise Fund. Here's how VEF works.

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » The Chronicle of Philanthropy – Telling Moving Stories

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The New York organization last year collected more than 60 hours of footage of the organization’s workers and volunteers helping AIDS patients in Uganda, tsunami victims in India, and poor residents of El Salvador, and it soon plans to use that extra footage for an extensive online video campaign. But the Internet has changed all that.

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » The Chronicle of Philanthropy – Telling Moving Stories

See3

The New York organization last year collected more than 60 hours of footage of the organization’s workers and volunteers helping AIDS patients in Uganda, tsunami victims in India, and poor residents of El Salvador, and it soon plans to use that extra footage for an extensive online video campaign. But the Internet has changed all that.

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Empowering Refugees: Interview with Kjerstin Erickson of FORGE

Have Fun - Do Good

FORGE uses a collaborative, rather than top-down model, to serve refugees' needs, and much has been written in the blogosphere and media about Erickson's "radical transparency" around the organization's financial challenges. The model that FORGE takes is really a long-term impact framework. It's the same thing in a development context.

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Girls' Night Out with a Twist: Dining for Women and the Power of Giving Circles

Have Fun - Do Good

They eat together, have a great time, learn about a really wonderful grassroots program that's impacting the lives of women and girls, and then they make a donation. Instead of eating in a restaurant and paying a tab for a meal, they make a donation. All that money goes back to support the beaders in Uganda.

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