Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

Reach out to the chef of a popular local restaurant or send a call out to any supporters who are baking aficionados to host a virtual cooking or baking class as a fundraiser. Have your local wine expert guide you all through the different wines via livestream to complete the experience. Virtual event fundraising. Virtual craft fair.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

The Beacon Lounge will be our home-base, and here are some of the fun things they have planned to make it your home-base, too: Daily Events in the Lounge include: Breakfast from 9-11: Get your morning buzz on with coffee and food sponsored by The Colorado Health Foundation. NTEN Meetup in the Beacon Lounge. And, yes, there will be prizes.

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CauseVox

AUGUST 23, 2023

Laying the Foundation Defining The Purpose And Goals Of Your Fall Festival As a kid, I remember begging my parents for more money to bring to school for our annual fall festival, namely for one particular event: the cake walk. You can also engage local community channels through posters and flyers to tap into the neighborhood’s pulse.

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CauseVox

JUNE 28, 2021

Unlike many other nonprofits, Catalogue for Philanthropy used the day to raise dollars for over 200 local nonprofits in their area. The Autism Society of Minnesota hosted an interactive brunch livestream for their A Toast to AuSM event, holding virtual demonstrations from local chefs so that participants could follow along at home.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 14, 2022

Design a local route with varying distances to be both competitive and family-friendly. Ask your local donut maker to donate a portion of their proceeds on June 7 to your cause, or ask a favorite hot dog shack to give special coupons for a free or discounted frank to the folks that donate to you in a given time period. Bike-a-Thon.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

For this fundraising event, you’ll need to team up with a local paint and sip store like Pinot’s Palette or Painting with a Twist that’s willing to paint it forward with a percentage of the night’s proceeds going to your cause. To make it even more fun, consider having a local celebrity (i.e. Trivia Night. come judge the contest.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 8, 2014

Kantorei: The Singing Boys of Rockford, IL is a musical education nonprofit serving boys between the ages of 6 to 18. The participants learn the foundations of choir singing, such as posture and breathing, vocal technique, and tone. It was founded in 1964 and has served hundreds of members over the years.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 18, 2022

Musical instruments. Organizations in our community, such as Social Venture Partners and local foundations, may exist to connect nonprofits to pro bono support. Good places to find this information include press releases, corporate giving web pages, local news, and social media profiles. Arts and crafts. Kitchen goods.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 6, 2011

An Important New Foundation Blog | Tactical Philanthropy – Great post from Sean about a new blog from the Peery Foundation. " Free music. Free access to your local newspaper. Does your organization have a blog? Free videos. Free blogs.

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NTEN

JUNE 12, 2014

You may have attended your local Tech Club , as an attendee, speaker, or organizer. NTEN 501 Tech Clubs are informal, local groups that meet regularly in many cities. These meetings allow people interested in nonprofit technology to meet local colleagues, develop professional support networks, and talk shop in a relaxed setting.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

You can even reach out to your local mall to see if they’ll allow you to set up a booth so shoppers can head straight to you after they’ve made their holiday purchases. From “Jingle Bells” to “The Latke Song” and “Elf” to “A Christmas Story,” there’s no shortage of holiday music and movies to listen to and watch. Fundraising seder.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 7, 2014

After spending a year facilitating a peer learning community of Knight Foundation grantees hosting giving days, one of the most factors for success for local no nonprofits participating is having about 6-9 months timeframe to develop a plan. NetworkforGood to the rescue! Party favors (rewards) can be an unexpected delight.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

Fork over your lunch money to a local Austin organization and Convio will match your donation! NTEN Community Series: Austin If you're going to be in Austin for SXSW or are a local nonprofit organization, we hope you'll also participate in the first of our Community Series events for 2012, taking place in Austin on March 9th.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Participants will acquire a foundational understanding of this increasingly important component of fundraising strategy and will be able to identify and distinguish between the most common planned giving vehicles. Northern California Grantmakers and Silicon Valley Community Foundation / Redwood City, CA / $350. State/Local.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

If you’re a nonprofit or local government agency or work alongside them, there is a good chance you have seen an uptick in funding possibilities within your field. Successful implementation of these programs will require close coordination with state, tribal, and local leaders like yourself.

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Everyaction

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Participants will acquire a foundational understanding of this increasingly important component of fundraising strategy and will be able to identify and distinguish between the most common planned giving vehicles. Northern California Grantmakers and Silicon Valley Community Foundation / San Francisco, CA / $350. State/Local.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 3, 2011

Her newest project is organizing Chez Panisse Foundation's Eating for Education , a grassroots effort to create national awareness about school kitchen/garden programs. She's known for the Pop-Up General Store , Tartine Afterhours dinners , Home Ec Cooking Classes , and the nationwide Bakesale for Japan that raised $140,000.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

I’ve had a lot of experience with online contests, both as a participant (winner) and working two reflection papers for the Case Foundation ‘s America’s Giving Challenge. I said that I wished contest designers would take a Hippocratic Oath to do no harm to nonprofits!

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

Many of our local meetup groups are also doing special events this month. You might also listen to our musical appreciation. Kate, enjoy your year-long pass to the Foundation Center database. Peruse our list of 501 Tech Clubs and see what''s happening in a city near you.

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

If you were one of the foundation professionals who joined us this year in Nashville, you are hopefully well into your planning for how to put some of what you learned to use; I’m also hoping you enjoy this little refresher on what I consider to be some of the finer takeaways from our foundations track. Moral of the story?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 19, 2013

We want to pause the music for a minute, however, to issue a challenge. The Barr Foundation’s Fellows Program, for example, supports the “nurturing” of cooperative relationships among Boston’s non-profit leaders over time with the identified purpose of encouraging the emergence of a more “collaborative culture. “.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Many of our local meetup groups are also doing special events this month. You might also listen to our musical appreciation. Kate, enjoy your year-long pass to the Foundation Center database! Peruse our list of 501 Tech Clubs and see what''s happening in a city near you.

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Tech Soup

JULY 2, 2012

They are an actively teleworking team with members in many locales. An example is the nonprofit Hoshyar Foundation ’s beautiful presentation about educating girls in Pakistan that went viral and got 2,000 to 5,000 hits per day. This team brings you our discussion forums.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

A few years ago, a nonprofit executive was bragging to me about a fundraising breakthrough he had when he had gotten a new $5,000 donation from a local foundation and how much effort he, his board, his development director, and others spent wooing and making their case for the contribution. Protecting Arizona's Family Coalition.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Live Music Battles Live music battles make for great events because you can find a lot of excellent musical talent who want to get their names out there. They may be able to work with local stores or boutiques that act as sponsors and also get to show off their collections.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

As a kid, I was saturated by symphony performances and choral music. I’m looking for a place to donate in honor of my mother’s 90 th birthday, and a gift made to the local symphony orchestra in Myrtle Beach seemed like the right thing to do. My dad was a conductor and composer, my mom his accompanist.

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Care2

MARCH 11, 2014

This translates into thousands of organizations with similar names and missions competing for advocacy, donor, and foundation support. This happy hour is an opportunity for 501 Tech Club organizers—you know who you are—to get together and swap ideas, stories about your local meetups, and jokes. million organizations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

Creative Commons Licensed Music from CCmixter. Free Geek looks at two problems: e-waste and access to technology and throws them at each other in a way that saves the earth and gets computers into the hands of people who would not otherwise have them I had a field day with my camera and made the above music video on the plane home.

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Achieve

JUNE 21, 2015

Told through the eyes of a local woman, this film explores the philosophy of Time magazine’s persons of the year: The Ebola workers of West Africa. frontman Marc Roberge will close out MCON with an inspiring presentation on music as a tool for social impact. Another film, Body Team 12. What else inspires participation?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 19, 2010

In those days, I was " circuit rider " where I traveled around New York State to work with very small local arts councils in rural areas. I was Jill of all trades, assisting with a wide range of technology needs, from training to installing local area networks. (Yes, I've been working in nonprofit technology since 1992.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 20, 2020

As a general trend over the past several years, public schools have seen repeated budget cuts at the federal, state and local levels. Regardless of which campaign you choose, it is vital to create a strong foundation to build on. For example, you may choose to host a family fun day full of games, snacks, music, etc. Shoe drive.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 9, 2005

Yesterday I went to the San Francisco session of the second annual Craigslist Foundation Nonprofit Boot Camp. The next session I went to was Building the Local Green Economy presented by Kevin Danaher, co-founder of Global Exchange. City governments are increasingly passing laws to strengthen the local, green economy.

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Top Nonprofits

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Your online donation form is the foundation of your digital fundraising strategy. Online Concert: Chances are your donors are missing live music right about now. Recruit a local band or performer to donate a live-streamed performance your donors can enjoy from the comfort of their couches. Online Donation Page.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 29, 2010

In addition to being the co-founder of the Global Center for Cultural Entrepreneurship, he is the Executive Director of the Museum of New Mexico Foundation. He went around the world collecting traditional contemporary folk music, assembled those into themes on CDs, and began national distribution. For example, our music, our movies.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 10, 2007

Maybe it was to look for a job, or buy a futon, or find a "missed connection", but did you know that there is a Craigslist Foundation ? The first is Saturday, August 18th at UC Berkeley , and the second is on Saturday, September 15th at the Brookyn Academy of Music. The Foundation also puts on smaller educational events.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2009

It takes time, but does show results as the comments on the original Mashable post seem to indicate: Two years ago The Children's Wish Foundation of Canada established a presence on Facebook and incorporated guidelines for our Chapters to establish their local groups. I used a cli.gs link [link] so I could track traffic to the link.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 16, 2005

The ten percent goes to a local organization, The Community School for Music & Arts in Ithaca, NY and an international organization, The International Child Art Foundation. I also like that they encourage schools that are doing fundraisers to use them so that they have a double do•good impact.

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