Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2006

I'm thinking about the use of video or vlog posts coupled with fundraising widgets as well as some other possible ways (ad revenue from web videos?) I wanted to capture a few thoughts and pointers about using video for fundraising pitches on the web or grassroots participatory video coupled with grassroots participatory fund raising.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Identifying potent ial funding sources that align with your nonprofit's or library's mission is a constant challenge. Through data, analysis, and training, the Foundation Center helps organizations and individuals research, identify, and connect with potential funding sources. About the Foundation Center.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Last year, NTEN created a scholarship fund program to help support many more people attend the Nonprofit Technology Conference. Share the widget or this post on your blog, website, facebook or elsewhere. Here’s the widget! There are lots of ways to get involved: Donate now!

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Network for Good

MAY 17, 2021

But while many nonprofit organizations are attracted to promises of free licenses and a seemingly endless library of widgets, even more find themselves hopelessly tangled in fields of data and needlessly complex reporting mechanisms. Let’s dive in to what Salesforce can do and whether or not it could help you in your fundraising efforts.

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Qgiv

JUNE 29, 2022

For example, let’s say you had an auction event and a peer-to-peer event that were raising funds for the same new facility fund. FundHubs are great for showcasing a combined total of donations that were raised from different events.

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 27, 2007

You can see and share these astounding figures with MAPLight's Presidential Fundraising Widget , which can be placed on your blog or web site. The widget is funded by the $25,000 first prize NetSquared Innovation Award that MAPLight.org received at the NetSquared Conference (N2Y2) , and by the Sunlight Foundation.

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DECEMBER 7, 2021

Whether you’re running your own programs or funding grants to different nonprofits in your area, everything you do hinges upon fundraising. Try embedding a matching gifts widget on your donation form or confirmation page to encourage donors to make their gifts go twice as far. You do important work in your community.

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OCTOBER 6, 2021

Not only did they use this platform to create a heartfelt and moving appeal that used still images and video to explain why they were raising funds, they encouraged their supporters to create their own campaigns to raise funds for their cause. Those are some serious Giving Tuesday funds! Smile Train. What they did.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 3, 2014

Here are some of our favorite online donation tools, with an emphasis on widgets and donate buttons. Razoo & Razoo Donation Widget. Use Razoo to set up fundraising pages, or make use of Razoo’s donation widget to easily process donations on your own website. Google Checkout & Google Grants. Razoo has a competitive 4.9%

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Network for Good

MAY 17, 2021

But while many nonprofit organizations are attracted to promises of free licenses and a seemingly endless library of widgets, even more find themselves hopelessly tangled in fields of data and needlessly complex reporting mechanisms. Let’s dive in to what Salesforce can do and whether or not it could help you in your fundraising efforts.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 27, 2017

You can u se Razoo to set up fundraising pages, or make use of Razoo’s donation widget to easily process donations on your own website or blog. Plus, the widget accepts both recurring and one-time payments, and it’s super easy to set up. Network For Good’s DonateNow. Paypal Donations. FirstGiving. Standout Features. Price Point.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

Use our “Take Action&# and Fundraising Widgets. After you create an e-mail petition, you can grab a “Take Action&# widget that you can posted on Blogs, MySpace, etc. Fundraising widgets are located in your Admin Dashboard. To see an example, of the widgets live, please visit the Nonprofit Organizations MySpace.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 11, 2024

Do you feel like you’ve been hearing about donor-advised funds (DAFs) a lot lately? The total amount of donor contributions to DAFs also grew by 9%, meaning that the rising popularity of donor-advised funds is not slowing down. The primary purpose of opening a donor-advised fund is to create an avenue for continuous, life-long giving.

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AUGUST 6, 2021

You can do so by adding a widget to your website that provides donors with easy access to your donation form. Recurring giving is a key donation strategy for nonprofits to ensure they have a reliable funding source through challenging times. Embed a Donation Form Directly Onto Your Website.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

We can't do it without your help so join us: Give to the Scholarship Fund. Just click on the "Fund a Scholarship" button in the widget above, or go to [link]. See the nifty little widget at the top of this post? Thanks to Convio , we're going to be able to waive the registration fees for up to 57 attendees.

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AFP Blog

APRIL 9, 2013

Donor-advised funds allow people to establish a charitable account, get an immediate tax deduction, and help decide later which charities receive grants. Until now, donors have had to go through the fund to make a gift, and none of the funds have allowed charities to communicate directly with their account holders.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

widgets and apps have yet to raise large amounts in online dollars for most nonprofits, but that doesn’t mean that social media is not resulting in large amounts of dollars raised online. Build the community first, and raise funds second. Use either text and social media icons or Facebook and Twitter widgets, but not both.

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Global Giving

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Q: So, an API is similar in some ways to a website widget or plug-in? 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. API By Theme. API For Employee Giving. LEARN MORE.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

I mentioned before that Convio, the main sponsor of 09NTC ( the Nonprofit Technology Conference from NTEN ), is matching funds in NTEN’s scholarship appeal.

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Qgiv

JULY 25, 2022

Once a project has been fully funded, DonorsChoose will purchase any supplies or materials that the teacher has requested and will ship them straight to the classroom. Best Crowdfunding Alternative. With Fundly, you can create customized, mobile-optimized online donation forms to raise money for your organization. DonorsChoose.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The platform is funded by its founders, and nonprofits must submit an application to use the platform. Some capabilities of this platform include: Donation widgets Brandable templates Event and peer-to-peer fundraising Campaign pages This is another good option for small, qualified nonprofits that only need basic fundraising features.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2009

As Jordan Viator explains on the Connection Café blog: It’s no surprise that every other blog post you read these days talks about how to raise money, stretch funds and build supporters in the current economic climate. Give to the Scholarship Fund. Put this great little widget made by NTEN to good use! That’s right.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 24, 2009

After a generous grant from the Center For Digital Storytelling , Morgan has already gotten his ticket over and is looking for further funding (in between working on some other, paying web projects) to support the trip. Blog about the project (you can even grab a widget for your blog post). Want to help Morgan do this?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 24, 2010

Many donors may not feel comfortable donating directly through social media apps and widgets (yet), but they do feel comfortable clicking to your “Donate Now&# page on your website from a link posted on Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, etc. These testimonials are invaluable for print materials, funding appeals, and e-Newsletters.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 16, 2008

After I finished personalizing my Birthday Cause and alerting friends about it, I was able to place a widget on my profile so people could see it when they visited my page. Even putting the widget on my page was done for me, I just clicked where I wanted it to sit! And thanks again to Causes for the great application!

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2014

The Scoop: Perhaps one of the most buzzed about crowdfunding platforms, Kickstarter is a way to fund projects. Kickstarter makes it clear that it isn't for direct charity or cause funding, but about project creation. If a project succeeds, Kickstarter will charge a 5% fee to the funds collected. Kickstarter.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

We can't do it without your help so join us: Give to the Scholarship Fund. Just click on the "Fund a Scholarship" button in the widget above, or go to [link]. See the nifty little widget at the top of this post? Thanks to Convio , we're going to be able to waive the registration fees for up to 57 attendees.

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Global Giving

AUGUST 21, 2018

Q: So, an API is similar in some ways to a website widget or plug-in? 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. API By Theme. API For Employee Giving.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 24, 2009

Will Kill MyBlogLog Next Month – "Five years to the month after it was founded, cross-blog social networking widget MyBlogLog will be closed down by Yahoo! Simply use "HolidayDiscount" when you register for the Nonprofit 2.0 Unconference here: [link]. in January, we're hearing from sources close to the project.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Those funds allowed us to pay for the pre-prep for the wordless book that’s the centerpiece of The Born2Fly Project—illustrations, design work, professional scanning, and a lot more. 4. Widgets work. 8. People need to know what the funds will be used for. Aim for somewhere between “gutter” and “Are you out of your mind?”

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NTEN

JULY 14, 2011

While Facebook has a full set of APIs you can code against, you can also take advantage of their user-friendly widgets and have the additional benefit of being hosted on the Facebook domain. Getting funds to your nonprofit is a process dependent on APIs. Donations and Payments. Twilio is a great example of a highly useful API.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

The Scoop: Perhaps one of the most buzzed about crowdfunding platforms, Kickstarter is a way to fund projects. Kickstarter makes it clear that it isn't for direct charity or cause funding, but about project creation. If a project succeeds, Kickstarter will charge a 5% fee to the funds collected. Kickstarter.

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NTEN

JANUARY 13, 2009

So, inspired by a little tweet from Beth Kanter , we're excited to announce a special fundraising drive to bring more folks to the NTC: we're going to raise $10,000 for an NTC Scholarship fund by February 28. We're going to need your help to do it: Give to the Scholarship Fund. See the nifty little widget at the top of this post?

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NTEN

MAY 5, 2011

] By Katya Andresen, COO, Network for Good When we think about giving online, we tend to focus on the latest new bell, whistle or widget for fundraising. But raising funds online is not about technology, any more than raising funds through the mail is about paper.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

While this type of fundraiser requires time, effort, and some overhead costs to pull off, it is a great way to engage your employees and raise substantial funds for the organizations of your choice. Offer prizes for the most successful teams to incentivize participation and motivate your employees.

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NTEN

JULY 15, 2011

Raise funds. Some of the items above are simple widgets and plug-and-play doodads that allow one to take a little snippet of code and incorporate it onto a web page. The social aspects of the site rest in use of Facebook and Twitter social plugins/widgets for sharing as well as liking the campaign. Create on-site engagement.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 20, 2008

Through Connie Reece's visionary leadership, the community rallied and the " Frozen Pea Fund " was started. The pioneering efforts of the Frozen Pea Fund continue to inspire other women to fight against breast cancer. The next thing now is to add the new AdWords-Style Widget from the Social Actions folks.

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