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Kids and Philanthropy: Teaching Your Children To Be Charitable

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Growing up, my kids have posed for photos in t-shirts , emptied their piggy banks , helped me make fundraising videos , contributed clothing or other items to drives at school, and have attended lots of fund raising events. Here’s some resources from VolunteerMatch if you want to volunteer your time to help out hunger organizations.

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6 Fundraising Platforms That Have Disrupted Charitable Giving Forever

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” From its humble beginnings, DonorsChoose.org has cumulatively raised $335 million and funded nearly 600,000 classroom projects. Today, DonorsChoose.org is the go-to site for alternative sources of funding for the classroom. I was frustrated, but I also knew it was a frustration felt by teachers all over the city.”

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Simplifying nonprofit strategic planning for beginners 

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If through the strategic planning process, it’s decided that you’ll provide 10 servings of fresh produce in each food box, you can then figure out the strategy for working with local gardeners, farmers, or grocery stores to get produce donated. Eradicating hunger in your community is not a goal. Fundraising.

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Kids and Kickstarter: The Rise of PhilanthroKids and Kid Crowdfunding!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Charlotte, A Young Teen, Helping To Save Horse Farm Through A Kick Starter Campaign. ” These are teens (and pre-teens) with a passion for social change and who grew up not knowing what it was like to not to have a cell phone or be connected to Facebook. .” Crowdfunding in general has raised more than 5.1

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Stellar year-end fundraising strategies for busy nonprofit leaders

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For half of nonprofit organizations, the bulk of their annual operating funds come in during October, November, and December. Funding needed. Here are some sample end-of-year fundraising campaign themes : Let’s Make Hunger History. Give Every Teen the Chance to Chase Their Dream. Pitch a story to your local news.

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