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The ALS Ice Bucket Donor Retention Challenge

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

She recalls, “I was visiting a chapter in Alabama when I got a call from the fundraising team mentioning letting me know about the Ice Bucket Challenge that at the time was happening in Massachusetts at fundraising event organized by Peter Frates and that people were posting videos on Facebook.”

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Why Monthly Giving is Easy

Top Nonprofits

Easy for your donors. It’s donor-centric and donors want to help. And the more donors you will keep. What’s not to like about monthly donors who provide sustainable unrestricted funds for your mission? I’ve never heard of a donor who complained that you asked them why they give monthly. Easy for you!

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Funding And Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Youth Programs

Kindful

The Highland Street Foundation is committed to addressing the most pressing needs and concerns for children and families in Massachusetts and California. Areas served: Massachusetts, California. Grant funds are made available across a variety of categories, based on donor intent and the guidance of our Governing Committee.

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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On The Environment And Conservation Efforts

Kindful

Areas served: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont. The Highland Street Foundation is committed to addressing the most pressing needs and concerns for children and families in Massachusetts and California. Areas served: Massachusetts, California. First Nations Development Institute.

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HOW TO: Tap into the Power of Cause Awareness Days

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Your nonprofit may also want to experiment with creating your own giving awareness day in November or December, such as Valley Gives Day ( #ValleyGives ) created by the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts. Also, be sure to thank donors and supporters in real-time on mobile and social media.

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The Gamm Theatre: Telling Stories that Entertain, Provoke, and Engage

DipJar

To do this, the theater has many ways to support the people of Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts. It’s not just individual donors, but businesses too. Nor has its mission, which is to tell stories that engage with the important issues of our time in ways that educate and enrich the civic and cultural life of the community.

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New Technology Developed to Amplify Community Voices for the Media

Non Profit Quarterly

As previously reported by NPQ , local nonprofit news sources have struggled to attract foundation and big donor dollars, which are concentrated on a few larger national organizations. Their next launches will be in Massachusetts and Alabama this year.—Julie Julie Euber.

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