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Global philanthropy responds to the Ukraine crisis

Candid

The United States, United Kingdom, Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany, and Japan account for 91% of total grant funding for Ukraine to date. The top five donors by dollar amount—The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, IKEA Foundation, BP plc, Lego Foundation, and Google—account for 35% of total funding.

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Philanthropy and Social Media: New Whitepaper from The Institute for Philanthropy

Amy Sample Ward

Earlier this week, I had the terrific opportunity to participate on a panel at the US launch event for “Philanthropy and Social Media”, a whitepaper from The Institute for Philanthropy and The Indigo Trust. Philanthropy has been able to move into the real time web, too. Impacts to Philanthropy.

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Explained In 30 Seconds: What Is An API?

Global Giving

A: We built our API upon Braintree ’s extensive credit card payment solutions so that you can leverage Braintree’s robust hosted payment architecture while still flowing funds to charitable causes in 160 countries. KizunaCranes.com was an engaging site designed to raise funds for the Japan earthquake relief efforts in 2011.

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Research Friday: Generosity Expanded: The Impact!

ASU Lodestar Center

This level of increased global philanthropy is worth a further look. The Hudson Institute’s Center for Global Prosperity recently published its Annual Index of Global Philanthropy and Remittances for 2010 and reported “financial flows to the developing world from the United States increased notably in 2010 to $326.4 PHILANTHROPY (U.S.

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API Explained: This Technology Will Transform Your Company’s Charitable Giving

Global Giving

A: We built our API upon Braintree ’s extensive credit card payment solutions so that you can leverage Braintree’s robust hosted payment architecture while still flowing funds to charitable causes in 160 countries. KizunaCranes.com was an engaging site designed to raise funds for the Japan earthquake relief efforts.

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Consumer Attitudes Toward Mobile Giving

NTEN

Since that time, other disaster relief efforts such as the Gulf oil spill, Japan disaster, and tornado relief in the Southeast U.S. 48 percent were interested in a "tally of funds raised". have further validated the effectiveness of text-to-give fundraising. 52 percent wanted "directions/reminders to obtain a receipt" for a donation.

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Social Media for Social Good Video Roundup from #BBCon

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

She leads social innovation, philanthropy, and causes at Twitter and Blogs at Claire.us.com. Geoff Livingston , co-founder & chief marketing officer at Zoetica. Claire Williams Diaz talks Hope140, T.W.E.E.T. and her Passion to Change the World. Meet Claire.