AFP Blog

APRIL 23, 2012

The Seattle Foundation helps King Co. The Seattle Foundation helps King Co. New to GiveBIG 2012 is the opportunity to make donations via smart phone on The Seattle Foundation's mobile web site.

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Sacramento Seattle Foundation Help 24

Forum One

MARCH 16, 2023

In this session, we will share how the Gates Foundation’s Discovery Center embarked on a virtual exhibit journey to change the narrative about COVID-19 from one of trauma to one of resilience and how lessons from the virtual exhibit process and its outcomes informed their eventual launch of the in-person exhibit experience in Seattle, Washington.

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Arlington Charlotte Museum Seattle 73

Tech Soup

JUNE 21, 2012

case you haven’t heard, 501(c)(3) private foundations are now eligible to receive donated video conferencing, online collaboration, and remote desktop solutions from the Citrix Online Donation Program. In addition to the Citrix program, there are many other donation programs on TechSoup that are open to private foundations.

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AFP Blog

JUNE 23, 2011

Editorials | Seattle's Internet philanthropy campaign: Log in and give big | Seattle Times Newspaper : "SEATTLE'S deep roots in philanthropy and technology are nicely twinned in a bold, one-day fundraising campaign benefiting local nonprofits.

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Seattle Philanthropy Internet Campaign 24

Candid

MAY 28, 2021

The Marguerite Casey Foundation has announced a new initiative aimed at strengthening philanthropy's commitment to ending police violence and mass incarceration in the United States. Marguerite Casey Foundation announces 5% increase in funding to cause dedicated to ending police violence." . Philanthropy can and should do more.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

At the 2014 Independent Sector Conference in Seattle, I attended the session, “Navigating the New Media Landscape,” which brought together expert panelists: Andrew Sherry, VP of Communications for the John S. New venture journalism has been incubated thanks to nonprofit and foundation support.” and James L. million in 2009 to $687.6

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Media Seattle Journal Bangladesh 100

Forum One

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The Pacific Science Center (PacSci) is an independent, non-profit museum in Seattle with a mission to ignite curiosity and fuel passion for discovery, experimentation, and science for people of all ages and backgrounds. Truman Scholarship Foundation. Pacific Science Center. GOLD – Science Website. Gold – Government Website.

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Award Washington National Drupal 77

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. I know that I have been tremendously influenced by what I have learned in Pittsburgh, San Francisco, Atlanta, and now Seattle. What would it look like if we mapped this web?

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Los Angeles San Francisco Seattle Atlanta 89

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2012

A huge thanks to the small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who attended the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle and published blog posts to share their reflections and thoughts. Albert Ruesga, President and CEO, Greater New Orleans Foundation. Barbara Kibbe, COO, Salesforce.com Foundation.

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Blogger Conference Effective Seattle 91

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 12, 2012

This week before I leave for the Middle East, I will have the honor of presenting at the Grantmakers For Effective Organization’s Conference in Seattle. I am doing a session called “ Learning in Public ” with Kathy Reich, Packard Foundation and Jared Raynor, TCC Group. Casey Foundation. Kimberly St.

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Results Seattle Evaluation Michigan 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 18, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. So I hope funders will follow the lead of peers like the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and the Tustin Community Foundation and participate in this initiative.

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Seattle Chart Conference National 97

Forum One

AUGUST 31, 2023

Pacific Science Center Science Standard of Excellence The Pacific Science Center is an independent, non-profit museum in Seattle with a mission to ignite curiosity and fuel passion for discovery, experimentation, and science for people of all ages and backgrounds.

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Museum Kansas City North America Wisconsin 83

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 25, 2012

Note from Beth: I hosted a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who attended the GeoFunders National Conference that took place recently in Seattle. And we released a report recently that shows foundation funding for advocacy, community organizing and civic engagement has a return on investment of an astonishing $115 to $1.

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Advocacy Fund Service Seattle 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

And if understanding nonprofit performance matters so much to foundations, just how much help are they offering to nonprofits to assess performance? The event is sold out, but they are live-streaming it ) They are crowdsourcing questions for the conversation here.

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Data Measure Sample Seattle 111

NTEN

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Case Foundation describes their collaborative initiative to track data on #GivingTuesday campaign efforts, tracking impact beyond the amount of donations made. Speaking of winning, congratulations to 501 Commons , voted Nonprofit of the Year by Seattle Business magazine! What does the post-2014 election landscape mean for foundations?

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Tips Seattle NTEN News 71

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2018

It is funded by Open Society Foundations. On December 8, 2018, Seattle Pacific University, AI and Faith, and TheoTech hosted an unconference to explore the relationship between AI and faith. AI and Faith: Can a computer become God?

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Social Beginner Seattle Hunger 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. During the facilitated discussion session at GEO’s National Conference in Seattle it was my great privilege to convene a group of brave pioneers.

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Learning Seattle Knowledge Management Evaluation 92

Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Jolkona partnered with the Seattle International Foundation (SIF), which pledged to match every donation, dollar for dollar, up to $25,000. Starting July 26th, Groupon Seattle’s G-Team allowed subscribers to join Jolkona and SIF in making an investment in women’s leadership by pledging support in increments of $10.

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Web Seattle Pledge Bookmarking 114

Forum One

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The Pacific Science Center (PacSci) is an independent, non-profit museum in Seattle with a mission to ignite curiosity and fuel passion for discovery, experimentation, and science for people of all ages and backgrounds. Support Children’s Colorado Foundation. Pacific Science Center. Silver – Science Website.

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Award Colorado Washington Children 46

Forum One

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The Pacific Science Center (PacSci) is an independent, non-profit museum in Seattle with a mission to ignite curiosity and fuel passion for discovery, experimentation, and science for people of all ages and backgrounds. Support Children’s Colorado Foundation. Pacific Science Center. Silver – Science Website.

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Award Colorado Washington Children 46

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. Imagine how a well-meaning member of the nonprofit or foundation world might have rewritten Shelley’s tale. Photo By Kalexanderson.

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Seattle Conference National Culture 92

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Last week, I facilitated an interactive keynote in Seattle at 2011 Tech for Good Leadership Summit sponsored by Microsoft Community Affairs , in partnership with NPower Seattle. By all accounts , the event held the space for peer learning. I was presenting a strategic technology workshop at one of their conferences.

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Knowledge Seattle Social Media Measure 97

AFP Blog

JULY 27, 2009

Business & Technology | Mobile giving is catching on | Seattle Times Newspaper: "Giving should be easy, it should be fun and it should be rewarding,' said Jim Manis, chief executive of the Mobile Giving Foundation, a Bellevue-based nonprofit that provides technology for charitable organizations to run mobile campaigns."

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Seattle Mobile Business Technology 20

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. Colby, Vice President, Research and Evaluation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Photo by Sea Turtle. Well…can you have your cake and eat it too? When does it work?

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California Policy Seattle Texas 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. At the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, we had a paradigm shift. Colby, Vice President, Research and Evaluation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

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Seattle Exercise Philanthropy Grant 102

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. One of the takeaways from the breakout session was the need for foundations to have a growth and learning culture internally before they tackle learning in public.

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Culture Public Learning Reflection 91

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 20, 2011

A book party for book editor and former Craigslist Foundation executive director Darian Rodriguez Heyman, “ Nonprofit Management 101 ,” will follow the conference at 5:30-8:30 pm. (I was lucky enough to one of 50 chapter contributors.).

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Los Angeles Social Media San Francisco Conference 107

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. Yesterday, I participated on a session called “ Learning in Public ” with Kathy Reich, Packard Foundation and Jared Raynor, TCC Group. What have you learned?

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Conference Learning Effective Organization 92

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. For example, I sat in on the excellent breakout on Beneficiary Feedback with CEP’s Youth Truth and the Hogg Foundation (Hook ‘em Horns, my MBA alma mater). Thanks, GEO.

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Network Seattle Conference Org 93

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. While I lead Evaluation and Learning at The MasterCard Foundation, part of my job is to help us be transparent about what we are learning.

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Public Learning Evaluation Seattle 94

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. “Stand up if you use all the data your foundation collects,” said Jarod Raynor of the TCC Group at a GEO2012 session on “Learning in Public.”

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Reflection Public Learning Build 92

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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Impact Help Foundation Atlanta 28

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. At the Durfee Foundation, we bring together nonprofit leaders from different fields to work on intractable problems in the Los Angeles region. Flickr Photo by Helokee.

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Los Angeles Phone Seattle Problem 94

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 18, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. Myth Busting around Scale - Guest Post by Adene Sacks of the Jim Joseph Foundation. Adene Sacks is a Senior Program Officer at the Jim Joseph Foundation.

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San Francisco Seattle Conference Knowledge 93

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. Here are a few areas discussed I was challenged by: Challenge #1: At The Lumpkin Family Foundation , we developed our first comprehensive evaluation plan last year.

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Public Action Challenge Learning 93

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. Victoria Vrana is a Senior Program Officer on the Charitable Sector Support team of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Flickr Photo By Mastery of Maps.

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Evaluation Measure Seattle Lesson 95

Pamela Grow

JANUARY 13, 2021

Strong donor retention is the foundation of your loyal giving, your monthly giving, your mid-level giving, and your major gift program. It was originally created by the Domain Group in Seattle (formerly owned by Richard Perry of Veritus), then adapted by Tom Ahern, and then tweaked by yours truly.

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Newsletter Donor Retention Nashville 52