Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2012

Now a parent with my own children, I involved my kids when they younger when I was fundraising for Cambodia or Creative Commons , We have dinner table discussions on why it is important to support causes, particularly programs in Cambodia like the Sharing Foundation. Parenting Tips To Encourage Your Child’s Philanthropy.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 10, 2024

In philanthropy, there can also be worries of time commitment, grantee burden, complicated methods and, frankly, resources circling the drain without adding any function or value. However, datamaking has added power because it can beused to deepen strategic social processes of foundation-funded change.

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Candid

APRIL 13, 2021

Funders reported they had swiftly begun distributing emergency funds, had loosened requirements imposed on grantees, and realized the need to commit to deeper change in order to support long-term sector sustainability. Organizations identify funding, policy, and communication as the top ways they want funders to support their work.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 10, 2023

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on whether it’s okay to apply for a corporate grant and sponsorship at the same time: Is it okay to make an ask for a sponsorship (say, for an event) from a corporation AND separately to that corporation’s independent charitable foundation? – – Too Greedy?

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

While this blog is largely focused on new developments in unions’ engagement with philanthropy, it is important to acknowledge that unions have long encouraged their members to be engaged in the community. Trends in unions’ engagement with philanthropy. One such initiative is the Labor Innovations for the 21st Century (LIFT) Fund.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 31, 2016

Tuan , project manager, for the Fund for Shared Insight. Four Early Lessons Learned in the Quest to Improve Feedback Loops in Philanthropy – Guest Post by Melinda T. Do nonprofits and foundations listen to the people they seek to help and act on what they hear? Fund for Shared Insight is trying to change that.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 12, 2017

Today’s nonprofit marketers must be experts in learning how to shift their organizational culture towards a culture of philanthropy. This gets to the heart of the best practices that are needed to create a culture of philanthropy within anonprofit organization. Get Everyone Aligned Around the Culture of Philanthropy.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

In order to make change that is sustainable and scalable, additional funding sources need to be considered to help nonprofits achieve their core missions. However, the traditional reliance of nonprofits on governmental and charitable funding is increasingly unsustainable. In 2014, Goodwill received $3.94

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2017

Covenant Hous e (helping homeless youth). Greater Houston Community Foundation Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund. Baker Ripley (Neighborhood Centers) Long Term Relief Fund. Baker Ripley (Neighborhood Centers) Long Term Relief Fund. PortLight “Inclusive Disaster Relief” SPCA of Texas. Bayou Animal Services.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 24, 2020

For decades, storied independent organizations like the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation have worked alongside newer philanthropies like the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to improve health through strategic grantmaking. Strategic Grantmaking Allows Hospitals To…. Invest for the long haul.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

However, BIPOC-led organizations are at a statistical disadvantage when it comes to securing funding, particularly from philanthropic sources. The Black Philanthropy Network is another organization that works to support Black leadership in the nonprofit sector. Educational challenges faced by inner-city communities in the U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2009

Photo by Salim Virgi The social web offers a welcome place for individual philanthropic activity (original homeless image by jlmccoy ). The full executive summary of the study is available for download. This version has much more content and statistics than the version we ran on Mashable last Spring!

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 24, 2022

For example, our first Impact Lab cohort designed Service Match , an open-source app designed for case managers who connect people experiencing homelessness to vital human services. Access to nutritious food is foundational to a healthy, thriving community and society. Director, Food Initiative, The Rockefeller Foundation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2017

Tuan, Managing Director, Fund for Shared Insight shares details about an incredible funding opportunity for nonprofits. To hear more from some of the people L4G-participating organizations are listening to, please see our short video highlighting the feedback efforts at Our House , which serves homeless families in Little Rock, Ark.

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AFP Blog

JULY 5, 2011

They also participate in Jumpstart Our Youth (JOY) -- the state's most comprehensive youth philanthropy program -- with Jobs for Maine's Graduates students statewide. The JOY program was launched in 2008 by the Unity Foundation, which is based in Unity, with funding partners UniTel Inc. and the Maine Community Foundation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Encouraging nonprofits to embrace this mode of fundraising was the point of the Case Foundation’s America’s Giving Challenge , one of the first giving contests launched back in 2007 where I was a first place winner raising funds for Cambodian children.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 7, 2019

A clear and well-planned fundraising strategy is key to successfully raising the funds you need and retaining more support year over year. When your organization incorporates this form of corporate philanthropy into its fundraising strategies, you will find it much easier to reach your fundraising goals.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 2, 2008

Trista Harris of New Voices in Philanthropy thinks you should purchase goods and services from a local nonprofit. He suggests donating to the Tipitina's Foundation , The Jazz Foundation of America , The Rhythm & Blues Foundation , Musician's Village , The Health Alliance for Austin Musicians, and the New Orleans Musician's Clinic.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2010

The workshop was presented by the Colorado Association of Funders and the Colorado Nonprofit Association and sponsored by Gill Foundation , Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado , The Colorado Health Foundation , and The Colorado Trust. The Environmental Defense Fund has used the game for an internal training for 300 people.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

According to research in by the Chronicle of Philanthropy the top 400 charities expect 2009 giving to be down by as much as 9%. According to the National Retail Federation U.S. consumers plan to spend an average of $682.74 on holiday-related shopping, a 3.2 percent drop from 2008.

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

Whether you are new to grants, and re-evaluating how your organization seeks out grant funding, Rachel Werner will go through what you need to know to become more grant ready. First, we’re going to have like a little bit of an overview of what’s happening in the world of philanthropy. We just need funding to just maintain.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2012

After finishing a four-day intensive training in Delhi for the Networked NGO , I stayed on a few days in India to visit colleague, Rufina Fernandez, who I met when she was the CEO of the Nasscom Foundation when she brought me to India to speak at the leadership conference and teach workshops back in 2010. Others may donate.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Discover the transformative effect philanthropy has on our organizations and communities. Finding ways to make marketing impact with limited funds can prove difficult. Social sector organizations address our nation’s most challenging issues—poverty, homelessness, social justice, education and the environment. Jeff Kutash.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 22, 2021

They may give because of a foundation’s proximity, or because they feel moved by the cause. For example, look at the donation ROI for a silent auction event, a direct mail campaign, funds raised through your website, or a social media campaign. I started GrowthForce to continue to honor my commitment to philanthropy.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 7, 2011

There's the "program" side that wants to tell you all the amazing ways your programs help save homeless pets, feed the hungry, find cures, protect our children, or empower women. Covenant House is the largest privately-funded agency in the Americas providing food, shelter, crisis care, and essential services to homeless and at-risk kids.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 21, 2010

Molson launched a campaign to replace the public funding with private sector donations, starting with its own $20K donation. Cause marketing differs from corporate giving (philanthropy) as the latter generally involves a specific donation while cause marketing is a marketing relationship generally not based on a donation. (See

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