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Alumni giving’s growing relationship with high-profile, big money donors 

Candid

Boone Pickens—who died in 2019—gave $120 million as a legacy gift to his alma mater, Oklahoma State University (OSU). It was even more remarkable, because it was a lump-sum donation with no limits on how the money could be used. In June 2023, for example, famed investor, T. Griffin, gave Harvard University a $300 million gift.

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These 3 Types Of Nonprofits Spend The Most On Advertising According To This 2021 Study

Kindful

Whole Whale works with nonprofits and published this data to help organization leaders have a better idea of how to set their fundraising and advertising budgets. Nonprofits that spend more money on advertising. Oklahoma Youth Exposition. Does every nonprofit need to spend money on advertising? 501(c)(3) organizations.

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5 Places to Find Grants for Your Nonprofit for FREE!

Get Fully Funded

For one, it’s usually a lot of money. Also, getting a grant means a funder values your nonprofit and trusts you’ll put their money to good use. Like it’s free money just waiting to be plucked from a tree. Keep brainstorming until you can’t think of anything else you might need money for. A Grant is What We Need (or is it?)

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Top Lessons from GivingTuesday 2023

Neon CRM

GivingTuesday is an opportunity for people to give back to their communities by donating money, volunteering their time, or advocating for causes that they believe in. A common misconception about GivingTuesday is that it’s a day focused only on extracting money out of people. Who Is Giving? Resist that temptation!

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How to Incorporate March Madness in Your Nonprofit Fundraising

NonProfit Hub

Anyone can become a quick basketball expert by predicting that North Dakota State would beat Oklahoma or that Mercer can play superior basketball to Duke. Since most people are willing to put up a little money to participate in a pool, it should be an easy sell to get them to participate in your nonprofit’s pool.

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[VIDEO] The Board’s Role in Fundraising & Resource Development

Bloomerang

If you are ready to turn your board around and increase their comfort level with fundraising, Sabrina Walker Hernandez will show you how! We are here to talk about the board’s role in fundraising and resource development, one of my favorite topics, and we got one of my favorite people also here to talk about it. You are worth it.

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Why Are Charity Mobile Phone Donation Programs Going Extinct?

Tech Soup

EcoPhones Recycling Fundraiser. This puts them lower on what I call “the value chain” - the lower you are the less “value” or money is available. The Oklahoma City based cell phone recycling company, Pace Butler has experimented with multiple phone donation for charity programs over the years.

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