Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 24, 2019

“You don’t necessarily need to ask for money when you’ve put a compelling argument together to support a cause,” said Ellen from the Pat Tillman Foundation — one of the best orgs out there when it comes to success with peer-to-peer. Make it as easy as possible for your supporters.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 14, 2022

Set a fundraising goal to sponsor a nail color on National Nail Polish Day (June 1) in the spirit of Movember. Think a walk-a-thon meets those highway sponsorship programs: Get supporters to sponsor teams at a rate of $X per pound of trash collected. Allow people to pay to sponsor a duck and put their name or number on it.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

However, any new nonprofit needs a strong foundation to thrive. Consider whether your community has a wide range of potential giving sources willing to help out, including individual donors , corporate sponsors, foundations, and government agencies. There are over 1.8 Where will we turn to for financial support? Hold interviews.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 12, 2016

Community foundations across the country have been promoting local giving days to motivate people to support nearby charities, encourage nonprofits to embrace technology, and bolster their reputations. based software company, created Give Local America so community foundations could host annual one-day fundraising events.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 1, 2012

In the report “ How Giving Contests Can Strengthen Nonprofits and Communities ,” sponsored by the Case Foundation and released today, Geoff Livingston analyzes the impact of Give to the Max Day: Greater Washington and the repercussions for other regions and nonprofit communities.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 7, 2017

That year, the United Nations declared International Women's Year , and began sponsoring International Women's Day every March 8. As in so many fields, nonprofits, religious organizations, libraries, and foundations are important change agents toward a world of gender equality. Amy Sample Ward and Holly Ross from NTEN.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 10, 2010

Leng Sopharath , the young woman our family has sponsored for college in Cambodia through the Sharing Foundation , could have ended up in a very different place, but instead was able to go to college. Let's send Cambodian kids to school: [link] The Sharing Foundation has raised over $24,000 on Facebook. Happy birthday #beth53!

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 20, 2012

Contest Sponsor Cisco , will be awarding $3,500 in prizes and up to $3,500 in products to the winner of each category, and the Case Foundation is awarding one $2,500 grants to the four organizations with the most fearless videos submitted to this year’s contest.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Between donations, sponsors, and bids so far in the auction, we're just about $2000 shy of our $10k goal. Photos are samples of just samples of previous work. Thank you to everyone who who has bid so far in our online auction to benefit the 11NTC SCholarship campaign. We're almost there! >

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Foundation Review (Vol 5:3) Makes the case that most foundation strategies are unfolding in complex and dynamic environments, and foundations need a more committed approach to learning and strategic adaptation. Nonprofits and some foundations are using ambient social media data for brand reputation monitoring.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The Testicular Cancer Foundation’s Beard Patrol campaign has got No-Shave November down. In a nutshell, the dollars that participants would otherwise be spent on shaving products are donated to the Testicular Cancer Foundation. To help mitigate costs, ask local businesses if they’d be willing to sponsor your event.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 10, 2023

The event also featured two keynotes, one from Afua Bruce and Amy Sample Ward, co-authors of “The Tech That Comes Next: How Changemakers, Philanthropists, and Technologists Can Build an Equitable World”; and a second by Lisa Mae Brunson, CEO of Wonder Woman Tech. The agenda for AFP ICON 2024 is still TBD.

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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.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

See [link] for a sample implementation questionnaire that you can use for this purpose. It will also provide you with a sample chart of accounts of my design and one called the "Unified Chart of Accounts," which was created by a number of major nonprofit support organizations. See [link] for a similar definition.)

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 16, 2010

Grassroots, hyper-local, nonprofit, and educational communities cannot be expected to operate in the same way as commercial or sponsored communities, online or off. allows funders (whether they are foundations, organizations, VCs, companies, etc.) Not All Communities Can Be Treated Equally. identify tools to fund.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 27, 2007

I can't do this alone and that's why I'm asking my blogger friends to join me and in helping to raise money to help the many children who are touched by the Sharing Foundation's programs. Amy Sample Ward. That's why we've been advocates and supporters for the Sharing Foundation for the past eight years. Want to join the fun?

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Tip: If a good number of physicians were recognized with gifts, load their pictures on the posts and the hospital/foundation website as a thank you to all who honored them. Sample Ideas for a Doctors’ Day Program: Simple website for Doctors Day: a place to make donations and send notes. Don’t forget all approvals!

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

One question was raised, and I want to share my response as it is something I’ve been asked by foundations and philanthropists before: what are the biggest mistakes funders can make when supporting tech innovation? I have three key myths to highlight: “Money is Gold&#.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 24, 2022

From your logo and campaign hashtag, to sample posts and scripts, to printable materials and essential language about your campaign, the toolkit distills all the insights you have as a fundraiser into one easy-to-find resource. Working with Sponsors. There are almost endless ways to recognize your sponsors. So what is a toolkit?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 25, 2007

We have dinner table discussions on why it is important to support causes, particularly programs in Cambodia like the Sharing Foundation. My colleagues who support the The Sharing Foundation also make fundraising for their favorite cause a family activity. Amy Sample Ward reminds us that your kids don't have to give cash only.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 31, 2006

I didn't want to jinx it, so I didn't mention it in my book review of Wangari Maathai's memoir, Unbowed , but I finished the book last week because on Friday my husband and I flew to Los Angeles to hear Maathai speak at a fundraiser organized by the African Millennium Foundation. Dining for Women was one of the evening's sponsors.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 24, 2022

In other words, you need to get your money from many different sources, not just one awesome foundation, one government grant, or one generous donor. If you depend on a foundation with whom you have a long-standing relationship, what happens when the grants manager—your primary contact—retires and the Trustees decide to support another cause?

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Bloomerang

MAY 7, 2021

Not chasing those sponsors, not writing another grant. So most of these are going to be for individuals, but I will give a tip each for companies and foundations. You find the decision-maker in the company, you find the decision-maker at the foundation. So I have a sample donation reply card on the Resource page.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 27, 2021

Reach out to potential sponsors. You can use LinkedIn as a starting point for finding corporate sponsors , too. Grants are large donations provided to nonprofits from foundations, corporations, or government agencies. Reach out to potential sponsors. Up your storytelling game. Find more major gifts. Look for grants.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Instead of asking people to help you reach your arbitrary goal of $10,000, tell them that for $77.80, they can sponsor a child in your program for a year and you have 150 kids who need to be sponsored. The donor can be an individual donor, a family, a business, a foundation, or members of the Board. See the difference?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 26, 2015

After publishing this post about Save the Children’s Crowd Funding Campaign – where I mentioned the Dalai Lama Foundation’s successful campaign , I noticed this tweet in my stream from Brian Rusch the former deputy director for the DLF : Woohoo! Brian Rusch (@alohalife) March 25, 2015.

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

There is a big difference between a federal application and then a private corporate foundation application. And here’s just a sample breakdown, $56 billion for individuals and families, $86 billion for health, $211 billion for education and childcare, $40 billion for transportation. This is through the Kellogg Foundation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2014

Later this month, the Case Foundation will give the gift of data , a comprehensive report on GivingTuesday by the numbers. 5) Giving Time: Here in Brasil, I keynoted a conference sponsored by Telefonica on virtual volunteering and they launched a research report or digital volunteering around the world.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 2, 2021

To support your community, you first need a strong financial foundation. Ask your congregants to help sponsor the trip you’re taking by donating pre-determined amounts associated with the number of miles you’ll be traveling. Here are 31 fun, unique fundraising ideas that will support your programs without exhausting your members.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 6, 2022

Major donor strategy should be a foundational piece of your fundraising plan. . There are no hoops to jump through like with grants or corporate sponsors. Let’s start by taking a look at some surprising benefits of working on your major donor fundraising strategy. Why Focus on Major Donors? Here’s why: 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2010

was to raise money for the Sharing Foundation to send 53 Cambodian Youngsters to school by covering the cost of their uniforms ($10 per child or $530). I did this by adding a match - I'd donate $10 for each year if the Sharing Foundation's Cause reached $25,000 - which it did. Setting the Right Dollar Goal. My 53rd birthday wish.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

And because you probably can't eat that much - unless, of course, you're Joey Chestnut - you put many small samples on your plate instead. So, here's a few samplings from my digital buffet. So, here's a few samplings from my digital buffet. Watch for news about the Case Foundation's second America's Giving Challenge. .

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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

And at the end, those who reached their goal, we had an incentive where they got another board member sponsor taking them out to a fancy restaurant where everybody wanted to go and we paid for the dinner and all of that. I’ve worked with those foundations. I know those foundations. That’s how we facilitate it. .

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 31, 2011

We’re fortunate to have been able to present this idea to funders who have given us a great start and we recently struck up a relationship that we’re very proud of with one of Denver’s most innovative nonprofits, the Open Media Foundation. One of the giving circles I like is the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network Denver.

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CauseVox

JULY 18, 2022

Here’s what Andrea Buchanan, Executive Director of Spinal CSF Leak Foundation said about her experience using CauseVox for their Duradash activity challenge , “Thanks to CauseVox, our Duradash event was able to raise $30,000! Sample birthday fundraiser and appeal). I think the last time we did this event, in 2019, we maybe raised $5k?

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CauseVox

JULY 31, 2022

Here’s what Andrea Buchanan, Executive Director of Spinal CSF Leak Foundation said about her experience using CauseVox for their Duradash activity challenge , “Thanks to CauseVox, our Duradash event was able to raise $30,000! Sample birthday fundraiser and appeal). I think the last time we did this event, in 2019, we maybe raised $5k?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 24, 2009

Jane Quigley who I first met via Chris Brogan and my fundraising campaign to send Leng Soparath to college via the Sharing Foundation 's education program. I had never met George face-to-face, but through Twitter he made a donation that helped me sponsor the Cambodia Bloggers Summit and raise some money for the Sharing Foundation.

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