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How You Can Help Hurricane Ida Relief Efforts

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Late at night on Sunday August 29th, Hurricane Ida made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane near Port Fourchon, Louisiana. The good news is that no matter how far you are from the areas hit by Hurricane Ida, you can still help those impacted by the storm. You can make a gift to Team Rubicon’s Ready Reserve Fund here.

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Is climate change action the new face of natural disaster relief?

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Whether it’s global heatwaves, flooding in Pakistan, Canadian wildfires that block out the sun, decade-long droughts in Africa, or ever more powerful hurricanes, natural disasters have our attention. For example, Hurricane Katrina, in August of 2005, presented as a once-in-a-generation disaster. That is no longer the case.

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Protecting the right to give according to our values

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Those concerns were borne out just a few months later in the form of a lawsuit brought by the American Alliance for Equal Rights (AAER)—led by the same conservative activist who’d brought the higher education case—against the Fearless Fund and its Fearless Foundation.

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What happened in 2020 disaster philanthropy beyond COVID-19?  

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federal agencies, donor-advised funds, and giving platforms. In the annual disaster philanthropy report, we tracked nearly $37 million in wildfire funding to date in 2020 by institutional philanthropy. million in funding was identified for this crisis in 2020 by foundations and public charities. Syrian refugee crisis.

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The Surprising Truth About Donor Fatigue And What Nonprofits Can Do To Avoid It

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Photo by Fuel Relief Fund on GlobalGiving. Note from Beth: With the hurricanes, gun violence, and fires, I gave generously, including donations to Global Giving funds. Donors have given about equal amounts to Hurricane Harvey ($4.0M as they have to the recent hurricanes in Puerto Rico + the Caribbean ($4.6M

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How Technology Helped Zero to Three + Harold Grinspoon Foundation Through A Crisis

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We’re located in the northeast, so we have blizzards, hurricanes…our office was actually taken out by a tornado at one point.” Zero to Three’s Annual Conference even drew its largest crowd in the organization’s history in part by its virtual nature. “The

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5 Text Best Practices to Boost Your Fundraising Success

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Common ways to segment supporters include grouping them by: Giving level and frequency Engagement history Volunteer status Personal and charitable interests Demographics like age, career, and location To make segmentation easier, consider investing in a text marketing application that integrates tightly with your CRM.