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Crowdfunding Controversies and How They Impact Nonprofits and Charities

Tech Soup

I've also donated to personal fundraisers, where my friends are raising money for a pet project or trying to pay off a large medical bill. Unfortunately, some recent controversies show there is a dark side to this potentially powerful fundraising tool: crowdfunding scams. Show a Clear Connection. Report Back. Report Back.

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Empowering Young Children through Philanthropy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The world’s largest association in advancing philanthropy is probably the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) in the US. Each year AFP organizes an international fundraising conference, attracting more than 4000 professionals from 60 different countries to attend over 100 different sessions over 3 days.

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Global Philanthropy

Tech Soup

The legacy of this situation "poisoned the whole notion of volunteering in Russia for many years.". Therefore (they assert), all the money collected goes directly to those in need. They tend to focus on curing symptoms (giving money to those in need) rather than solving social problems.

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Creating the Business of My Dreams

Get Fully Funded

Or maybe you became an entrepreneur so you could have a bigger impact on the world by helping many nonprofit organizations learn how to become stronger and raise more money. Passive and leveraged income streams give you a way to make more money doing what you love by working 1-to-many instead of 1-to-1 like traditional consulting models.

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400 More Email Subject Lines from End of Year Fundraising

Connection Cafe

The 2014 edition of my annual review of year-end fundraising email subject lines. 44% of all fundraising emails were received between 9am ET and 1pm ET during the month of December 2014. Nonprofits sent a median of 6 fundraising emails during the month of December 2014. Beaten for Being Gay in Russia – Andrey’s Story.

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