Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2015

One foundation that has been a committed supporter of our work is the Lavelle Fund for the Blind. The Lavelle Fund exemplifies the tremendous social return that bold philanthropy can create. Embracing measured risk, The Fund has been willing to make early bets on Benetech, and has repeatedly chosen to invest in our prototype projects. It funds primarily organizations that serve the New York City metropolitan area or New York State.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 15, 2016

Donor-advised funds are a hot topic. According to a study released this fall by the National Philanthropic Trust , the assets held in these charitable funds increased almost 24% last year to a whopping $70.7 Further, contributions coming out of these same funds grew by 27%. ” She was joined by a well-curated group of experts representing the different constituencies involved, including a community foundation, an academic researcher and a fund-holder.

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AFP Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

Fishing for Funds : This year we ventured into crowdfunding, another nontraditional model that enables people to share their causes and raise small amounts of money from a large number of people. Select projects receive matching funds of up $5,000, thus ensuring that potential donors know that we put our faith and money in our members’ initiatives

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Wild Apricot

APRIL 15, 2020

We've compiled a list of all the US and Canadian government funding available to nonprofits to help mitigate the impact of COVID-19 crisis

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 1, 2020

Just a few months ago, in November 2019, I sat on my front porch and made my donor-advised fund (DAF) grant recommendations via a donor portal within an app on my iPhone while simultaneously sipping a nice glass of wine. In the past, we would receive quarterly fund statements and an occasional letter or email about an event. Foundations community foundations digital transformation Donor Advised Funds

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Donor-advised funds (DAFs) have become one of the hottest tools in philanthropy over the last few years. While the funds have been around for decades, the 1990s ushered in an increasing interest in DAFs as financial planning and planned giving tools. What makes a donor-advised fund so attractive? The Donor: Establish a DAF with a public charity, like a community foundation, or a charitable fund (Fidelity Charitable or the National Philanthropic Trust, for example).

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 10, 2017

World Wildlife Fund (WWF) used segmentation to identify the right supporters to join them in urging the U.S. During COP21, WWF used social media to help elevate the issue with Congress and the President to support two key initiatives discussed during COP21—the Green Climate Fund to help developing countries reduce carbon emissions as they improve infrastructure, and more specific and immediate actions in the outcome of COP21 before 2020.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 20, 2019

For all the attention paid to how nonprofits raise funds, there is very little public understanding about the practice of fundraising and the various income streams nonprofits rely on. There is no question that without charitable dollars, nonprofit organizations could not fund their missions and work. But the fact is that investments in fundraising should be made not despite our need to fund our missions and work, but because of it. [1]

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AFP Blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Milestone Crowdfunding Acquisition: NonProfitEasy Buys Fundly - Forbes : "n what could be a sign of the maturing of the crowdfunding industry, NonProfitEasy has acquired Fundly, the crowdfunding site widely used by nonprofits, and simultaneously rebranded the entire business Fundly." 'via

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 25, 2020

We've compiled a list of all the US and Canadian government funding available to nonprofits to help mitigate the impact of COVID-19 crisis

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

For all the attention paid to how nonprofits raise funds, there is very little public understanding about the practice of fundraising and the various income streams nonprofits rely on. There is no question that without charitable dollars, nonprofit organizations could not fund their missions and work. . But the fact is that investments in fundraising should be made not despite our need to fund our missions and work, but because of it.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 20, 2020

The post How Nonprofits Can Use Livestreaming to Raise Funds Through Sponsorship appeared first on Nonprofit Tech for Good. By Dana Bakich , founder and CEO of Positive Equation – a digital consultancy focused on equipping nonprofits with the tools and resources to build impactful digital strategies. She’s worked with Movember, Dress for Success, USTA, American Idol, The Gary Sinise Foundation, Hashtag Lunchbag, and many more. .

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Byte Technology

OCTOBER 21, 2015

Indeed, if done correctly, such a campaign can see full funding for a particular effort or event. No crowdfunding effort has ever been fully funded using a ‘set it and forget it’ strategy,” writes Garecht. After all, the online world moves so fast and has so many elements vying for attention that it’s easy to develop apathy for a particular cause unless donors are reminded again and again how close—or how far—a campaign is to becoming fully funded.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 19, 2019

Here are five proven ways you can get your donors to increase funding for your nonprofit. Donors and board members are your partners, and, in most cases, your organization needs long-term relationships with consistent funding over the years. Workshops in funding teach that including overhead costs in your funding proposal increases its chances of success. Make donors aware of all costs pertaining to the campaign’s objectives before asking for funding.

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AFP Blog

AUGUST 16, 2012

How to Raise Funds Through Crowd Funding Platforms | Social Media Today. NPCrowdfunding

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 7, 2012

But not just any money -- we talk about the most difficult money to raise: the unrestricted funding that is the lifeblood for a social entrepreneur. This kind of funding is essential for innovation, for responding to time-critical opportunities, prototyping new ideas and getting them to the point where they are a saleable product to customers and/or issue-focused donors. And there were plenty of other examples of how modest innovation funding had led to new programs of major impact.

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AFP Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

Museum launches social media fund-raising campaign - : The Edwardsville Children’s Museum is trying to raise $100,000 by the end of the year through a social media campaign, #SaveOurMuseum

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TechImpact

OCTOBER 9, 2013

Crowd-funding websites allow individuals and organizations to create a page on their website and promote donations for a cause, product, or service. Crowd-funding websites are not for your seasonal fundraisers or annual appeals. There are crowd-funding sites based around a product or service, such as KickStarter , and then there are sites devoted soley to nonprofits, such as CrowdVox.

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EveryAction

JUNE 6, 2019

They have helped organizations like Common Cause, Plan International USA, and The Children’s Defense Fund raise more money with greater efficiency, including through leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning. Fund X, closed in 2018. Our mission is to find, fund and work successfully with visionary executives, providing them with practical, hands-on growth expertise to foster long-term success.

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AFP Blog

AUGUST 20, 2014

Who Makes Better Funding Choices: Crowds or Experts? Crowdfunded projects perform as well as expert-funded ones, study finds, but the ''art'' of raising money from crowds may be slightly different

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 8, 2016

In the nonprofit world, the beneficiaries of nonprofit services usually provide little, if any, of the revenue to fund the services they receive. 5 Best Practices for Nonprofit Funding: 1. Your mission needs funding to be sustainable and successful. Negotiate While Nurture Your Funding Relationships. Therefore, it’s important to talk about your passion for the work that their funding makes possible. What if the funding isn’t federal?

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

In fact, the promoters of program sustainability read like many best practices for operating a non-profit: diversified funding, program champions, evaluation and performance measurement, and collaborative partners. More than ever, program sustainability is a concern for nonprofits and the grantmaking organizations that fund them. It’s been estimated that up to 40% of all new social programs do not last long beyond their initial funding. [1]

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Wild Apricot

MARCH 12, 2018

In this article, I will provide an up-to-date overview of the 5 main ways you can leverage Facebook’s suite of free fundraising tools to drive donations to your nonprofit. Facebook

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 13, 2019

It’s no secret that nonprofits struggle to find funding more than businesses and corporations do. You want to make sure you have enough emergency funding on deck to keep your organization running and your employees happy. Here are some places you can find emergency funding if all else fails. For example, since 2012, the Open Road Alliance (ORA) has provided over $13 million in emergency funding to organizations that might have otherwise gone under.

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TechImpact

MAY 25, 2013

A lot of times, though, organizations can get stuff in an old way of thinking and consider technology funding as a costly expense, not as a promising investment. As recently … Continued The post Changing The Way We Look At Tech, Nonprofits And Foundations Come Together To Solve Funding Gap appeared first on Tech Impact. Blog Fundraising Leadership Tech budgeting funding funding gap technology

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AFP Blog

MARCH 20, 2014

Soliciting Funds From the Crowd? Individual artists have been soliciting donations from the public for years, using Internet fund-raising platforms like Kickstarter, Indiegogo and Razoo to defray the costs of producing their work. Museums, long reliant on corporate sponsorships, gifts and bequests, have been more hesitant to raise funds digitally because the substantial commitment of staff time required for such campaigns does not always produce a big financial win

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AFP Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

Why Fund Tech for Nonprofits - Final with links (External).pdf pdf - Box : 'via Blog this

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EveryAction

MAY 8, 2019

Fund X, closed in 2018. ActionKit is used by progressive organizations around the world to make a difference, raise more funds, and engage more users. Our mission is to find, fund and work successfully with visionary executives, providing them with practical, hands-on growth expertise to foster long-term success. Innovative Talent and Digital Product Add to EveryAction’s Rapid Growth. Washington, D.C.,

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EveryAction

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

NALEO Educational Fund is the nation’s leading non-profit, non-partisan organization that facilitates full Latino participation in the American political process, from citizenship to public service. Founded in 1981, NALEO Educational Fund achieves its mission through integrated strategies that include increasing the effectiveness of Latino policymakers, mobilizing the Latino community to engage in civic life and promoting policies that advance Latino political engagement.

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AFP Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

10 Best Practices for Planning Successful Crowd Funding or Giving Day Campaigns | Beth’s Blog : "Giving Day Campaigns and Crowd Funding Campaigns Are Than Dollars Raised When nonprofits marry tried-and-true fundraising techniques with social media and online networks, they are able to tap into the power of crowd funding." ''via Blog this''.

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AFP Blog

AUGUST 16, 2012

Crowd-funding campaigns gaining popularity with Canadians | News | National Post : TORONTO — A burlesque troupe, a film about female Palestinian race car drivers and a bullied American bus monitor — as diverse as those topics are, they all share a common Canadian thread. All three projects sparked crowd-funding campaigns, an Internet-based trend thrust into the spotlight recently by a Toronto man’s wildly successful fundraising effort for a Rochester, N.Y.,

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Robert Weiner

DECEMBER 18, 2009

Our friends at Idealware (a nonprofit technology resource provider) have created a new fund to support their research. Many of Idealware's reports have been funded by foundations and some have had corporate sponsorship (and some are commissioned by TechSoup.org too). As you probably know, neither foundation nor corporate support is a reliable funding source these days.

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Idealware

AUGUST 17, 2015

Over the years, I’ve talked to a lot of foundations about funding grantee technology. But our recent three-part course How to Get Your Technology Project Funded: Tips from Grantmakers revealed more than a few interesting takeaways. Once that relationship has been established, they’ll be more receptive to technology funding requests. Most funders don’t fund technology, per se. Technology Corporations Aren’t a Likely Source of Technology Funding.

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AFP Blog

MAY 2, 2013

SIB chief reviews Twitter use after Social Action Fund investigation : Jonathan Jenkins, chief executive of the Social Investment Business, has agreed to review his use of social media in order to minimise perceptions that he has social relationships with people from charities that receive statutory funds on his recommendation

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VisionLink

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Douglas Zimmerman and Lois Ann Porter traveled to Charlotte, North Carolina to organize the Performance-Based Funding Institute VisionLink produced for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Here are some photos from the Performance-Based Funding Institute: Suzanne Walsh, Deputy Director of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation addressing the PBF Institute. You can see more photos on the VisionLink Facebook Performance-Based Funding Album. Two weeks ago VisionLink''s W.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 30, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the funding landscape in various ways. Listen in to hear what Lauren has to say about COVID-related funding resources, changes to funding practices and requirements, and how nonprofits should approach conversations with funders. Topics Discussed in This Episode: General trends in the funding landscape. Changes in the funding situation that may continue once the crisis has passed.

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EveryAction

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Whether its bequests, charitable gift annuities, trusts, and pooled income funds, EveryAction allows for tracking and management of legacy gifts within your donor database. #12. Thousands of nonprofits use EveryAction every day to raise money, manage offline fundraising through pledges and grants, send emails, run nonprofit digital advocacy campaigns, and so much more. If you're not already an EveryAction user, here's 50 reasons to make the switch today. #1.

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Idealware

MAY 17, 2016

Even so, they admitted that they struggle with how to make funding decisions and whether technology funding aligns with their foundations’ priorities or will satisfy their trustees. Based on conversations I’ve had with grantmakers, here are the top three reasons why they are reluctant to fund technology. “I One program officer had a bad experience funding a CRM system. Now the foundation is cautious about funding other technology projects.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 10, 2014

And consultants are hotly debating the role of social media in a fund development plan. While the power of social media exponentially sped up the fundraising results from the Ice Bucket Challenge, the campaign succeeded because of the time-tested, fund development best practices taught in “Fund Development 101” around the globe: • If you don’t ask, you don’t get. • People give to people. • Peer pressure affects a person’s willingness to give¹.

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AFP Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Summit County Boy Scouts using technology to raise funds | SummitDaily.com : The new program, Buy Local with the Boy Scouts, is similar to Groupon but with a twist: 70 percent of collected fees go to the Scouts. If successful, its creators hope to benefit not only local troops and packs, but residents and businesses with deals and exposure. Breckenridge Troop 187 assistant scoutmaster Chris John calls the model a “triple win

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 19, 2011

I’m really happy to be part of the 11NTC Scholarship fundraising campaign this year. Well, the Nonprofit Technology Conference is an amazing experience every year: people from all kinds of organizations, all kinds of backgrounds, and with all kinds of passion, joining together to talk about how we can use technology to make even more social impact – it’s just my kind of community!

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VisionLink

DECEMBER 15, 2012

The United Way of Western Connecticut has established a support fund for the families and the community of Newtown. To donate go here. Children: Charlotte Bacon, 6 Daniel Barden, 7 Olivia Engel, 6 Josephine Gay, 7 Ana M. Marquez-Greene, 6 Dylan Hockley, 6 Madeleine F. Hsu, 6 Catherine V.

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TechImpact

JULY 15, 2013

According to a recent post from ThirdSector, about half of the people who attempt to give to a charity or nonprofit on a mobile device never actually get to … Continued The post Make Mobile Donations Easy Or Risk Losing Funds appeared first on Tech Impact. We’ve talked a lot about the importance of optimizing your organization’s website for use on mobile devices, but it’s even more critical than you probably thought.

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