Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2017

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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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

As explained in Double the Donation’s workplace giving guide , “workplace giving is an umbrella term, which means it can refer to multiple types of programs. What’s more, 39% of surveyed companies indicated plans to expand their workplace giving programs in the next two years. It’s not hard to see why, either!

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Fund the Climate Response. The funding landscape is changing: Climate action will likely become a dominant funding category in the coming years, and nonprofits should be mindful of this when designing new programs or applying for repeat funding. And in the U.K.,

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 13, 2020

Some programs focus marketing efforts on the event experience or awareness building. While these goals are absolutely important, building a fundraising culture around your program can help your participants understand the important role of fundraising on your ability to accomplish your mission.

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APRIL 16, 2021

Harold Grinspoon Foundation is a collection of programs with the mission of making Jewish life and the Jewish community more connected. We’re located in the northeast, so we have blizzards, hurricanes…our office was actually taken out by a tornado at one point.” Harold Grinspoon Foundation’s Crisis Challenges + Shifts.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

At Blackbaud, we take a unique approach to our employee matching gift program, one that is popular amongst other corporate giving programs. With our matching program, Blackbaud empowers employee philanthropy through individual choice. Second, how “open” will your program be? First, what kind of match do you want to offer?

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Donate funds. Unsurprisingly, to successfully respond to crisis situations wherever and whenever they strike, these nonprofits need the funds to stay fully stocked and ready to deploy at a moment’s notice. If you can’t donate your own funds, consider fundraising on behalf of disaster relief nonprofits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2020

In our report, Unlocking Generosity with Artificial Intelligence: The Future of Giving ( ai4giving ), Allison Fine and I identified examples of where the algorithms and data are used to provide recommendations for philanthropic investment – whether everyday donors, program officers, or major donors.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 5, 2024

RSVP here to join us for a fun day out in support of our local after-school program. Campaign update: Thank you again for your donation to our hurricane relief campaign! The post 5 Text Best Practices to Boost Your Fundraising Success appeared first on Get Fully Funded. We couldn’t make a difference without you!

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 26, 2017

In the aftermath of Hurricanes Rita and Katrina , about 22% of total funding went to the American Red Cross (ARC). 82% of that funding came from corporations, where 18% was sourced from independent, community and public foundations. About 50% of funding at this point for Hurricane Harvey has gone to ARC.

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BoardAssist

JULY 8, 2014

The expense budget is developed in collaboration with the program managers who will be expending the funds, and the revenue budget is developed in collaboration with the fundraisers who will be generating the funds. When this happens, the budget should be revised to include the new programs.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 7, 2020

All over the world, we see natural catastrophes come unpredictably, from flooding and hurricanes to ice storms and wildfires. Should disaster strike, c ommunities and employees expect support, non-profit organizations and charities need funding, and people ultimately want to know how they can help. .

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APRIL 29, 2021

Leads the innovative efforts at National University for military, veteran, and military family educational degree programs . Bush Presidential Center Stand-To Veterans Leadership Program Scholar . Chief Equity and Programs Officer. World Food Program USA. Nonprofit Leaders. Abby Maxman. President and CEO. Oxfam America.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Note From Beth: I remember back when Hurricane Katrina struck, I saw a post to the Museum ListServ that said “ Chuck Patch Is Not Dead.” Instead, create a specific fund or give donors a tangible item or event to donate towards. Flickr Photo by Rob Howells. Be specific. Partner up.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 19, 2022

This nonprofit becomes what’s known as a “fiscal sponsor” for the new organization, project, or program, lending their tax-exempt status in the process. . Fiscal sponsors generally take on the responsibility of oversight, managing and distributing funds, and other back-office tasks for the organization they sponsor.

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JUNE 14, 2021

In fact, funding for digital initiatives increased more than anything else—more than increases in costs, numbers of people in technology roles, and numbers of customers. . How many times do we go to online giving sites and give up?” — Daniel Mansoor (see Science, technology, and design: A new framework in fundraising ).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 30, 2010

And, had a great chat with Achim Steiner, the ED of the UN Environmental Program. With a few minutes to spare, I grabbed some lunch while discussing the best way to help one of the YGLs get expansion funding for her cool product that could fight cervical cancer nonsurgically.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2008

s Super Bowl launch of a United Way fund-raising campaign using mobile phone text messaging. The Mobile Active post provides some additional context about how the campaign was funded and mentions other Text-to-Give campaigns in America. Last Friday, Mobile Active reported on the Sunday???s

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Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

In the aftermath of a disaster, whether it be a devastating hurricane that has left your community flooded or a wildfire that has forced your community to leave their homes behind, you’ll need to mobilize quickly to provide support. Micro-donation programs. Jersey and t-shirt sales are a great way to generate funds for your team.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 19, 2013

Its mission is to advance philanthropy through advocacy, research, education and certification programs. He says that his inspiration for doing this work came to him in wake of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 when AFP needed to find additional ways to stay in touch with members. It has more than 30,000 members throughout the world.

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OCTOBER 29, 2007

In reaction to this desire, the main organs of Jewish philanthropy set up funds to help. New Orleans had problems long before the hurricane and the destruction only has exacerbated a long list of problems. AVODAH puts young Jews to work in a year-long program of service. But here we are, two years later.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2015

The session included an update of Celgene’s work in patient advocacy and an announcement of their Innovation Impact Awards Program , focused on incorporating the patient voice into pharmaceutical and biotech research and development. The number of applications for ALS research has tripled.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 7, 2012

We're all familiar with it, a message saying "Help the recovery from Hurricane Sandy. Mobile giving is a low-cost way to raise funds on an ongoing- or campaign-based basis. and for faith-based organizations that may want to designate donations between a variety of programs they're operating.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

As the east coast continues cleaning up from Hurricane Sandy, those of us who have been in the industry a while can't help but reflect on what this means for the fundraising sector and think back to the lessons of Katrina. Nicole McGougan is a public relations associate at Blackbaud. Original posting by Miriam Kagan.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2008

(RED) was created by Bono and Bobby Shriver, Chairman of DATA to raise awareness and money for The Global Fund by teaming up with the world's most iconic brands to produce (PRODUCT)RED branded products. A percentage of each (PRODUCT)RED product sold is given to The Global Fund. Habitat for Humanity's Operation Home Delivery.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

The wizard behind the Frozen Pea Fund (and many others since) is Connie Reece, who specializes in developing marketing and communications programs that use Web 2.0 You were key architect of the Frozen Pea Fund campaign, can you give me a summary of strategy and what you think made it work? tools and technology. I'm a wordaholic.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 14, 2008

Today, the Los Angeles nanny funds a school in her native Malawi -- where half a million children have been orphaned by the disease." Today, she's running with them, and others, as part of her ' Back On My Feet ' program in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania." Liz McCartney "Dedicated to helping Hurricane Katrina survivors in St.

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NetWits

MAY 23, 2008

How do you transition the ways you fund your mission without cracking the foundation? But it has also been driven by major events like 9/11 , the Asian Tsunami , and Hurricane Katrina. Some changes happen quickly and others seem to take an eternity. But how do you live between the tides? One day at a time. One tide change at a time.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2005

The YMCA of San Antonio is matching all employee contributions to its Katrina fund. And numerous YMCAs all over the country have announced that all of their facilities are free to people displaced by the hurricane. The YMCA of Grand Rapids has made a branch available to the Red Cross to house evacuees.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 24, 2022

To fully fund your nonprofit, you need a diversified fundraising stream. Diversified fundraising revenue creates stability and keeps you from being dependent on one source of funding. Getting your funds from multiple sources is especially important when fundraising for a new nonprofit. No earned income from programs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 26, 2007

When Hurricane Katrina hit, I was the publisher of the Stanford Social Innovation Review , and we wanted to write a story about how nonprofits were helping the victims. The local nonprofit in that case was unknown to the larger world and received little public attention or funding. Or after school program? Or elderly center?

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2005

Since last Christmas, our planet has suffered through the tsunami in the Indian Ocean, this week's devastating earthquake in Asia, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and the recent horrific mudslides in Central America. But just two months after the terrorist attacks, nearly half of charities polled reported a decrease in funding.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

St Bernard Parish was devastated by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and by the largest domestic residential oil spill in US history (Murphy Oil spill in Chalmette). This program has been around for about ten years. Donations can be made here. Community Center of St.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2008

Check out Train for Humanity that weaves together getting fit, social media, and raising funds for charity. It's also one of the worse months for hurricanes and the Red Cross has made it easy to give a donation with your cell phone through its text 2 give program. April: We celebrate Earth Day this month.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 27, 2018

One option is to direct all funding to a large nonprofit organization like the American Red Cross, Feeding America, Salvation Army, or others that have a broad reach. One option is to direct all funding to a large nonprofit organization like the American Red Cross, Feeding America, Salvation Army, or others that have a broad reach.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

As the vice president of Two Ten’s relief program and IT, Tacker brings her technology expertise to Two Ten’s mission of providing emergency assistance and financial support in the form of cash grants to footwear employees and their families who are dealing with financial hardships or have been affected by natural disasters.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 12, 2022

“For example, one issue with access in a rural Mississippi town is that they don’t have high-speed internet access, and the state constantly cuts public school funding. At the same time, communities are facing acute climate issues in the here and now, such as losing their homes to a hurricane. says Jones.

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