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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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Why Self-Interested Volunteers are the Best for Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Beyond the First Click is a project of Capulet, Change.org and the Mobilisation Lab at Greenpeace. Dr. Dietmar Kress puts his PhD in Sociology to work as Director of Actions and Volunteering at Greenpeace Germany. It’s the most important volunteer role one can have at Greenpeace Germany,” says Dr. Kress.

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Net Tuesdays around the world: 6 new groups!

Amy Sample Ward

Learn about Net Tuesdays and get local! These new Net Tuesday groups have bumped the total number of local NetSquared groups around the world over 30 - that’s a wide network of innovators and social changemakers! If so, connect with the local organizers to find out about the next events, how to help, and spread the word!

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Cheap, Easy, and Underutilized Online Communication for Nonprofits

NetWits

At the presentation of the concept in Germany earlier this year, VW had said the EV would launch on the market in 2013. The projected driving range of 150 km (93 miles) remains the same as earlier announced. In many locales, VW points out, the needs of commuters are already met by the 150 km range. kWh lithium-ion battery pack.

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A Twitter follower is worth $0.24

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He wanted to raise some money to help the local orchestra and test some ideas. I started this campaign in Chicago, having never been to Nashville, and received donations from different countries and states (England, Germany, and several states within the U.S.). Here is what he learned. Guest Post by Marc van Bree.

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Nonprofit Data Could Be The Missing Piece In Your CSR Strategy

Global Giving

Local sources of data are decentralized. In Germany, there is no central registry at all. More than 100 individual courts house the registration data for their local nonprofit organizations. If you’ve ever spent a day in line at your local court, you can imagine what it takes to pull those records.

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Secret Agent L: Covering the Globe with Random Acts of Kindess

Have Fun - Do Good

Laura was anonymous with her project for a year until she held a reveal party and fundraiser in July of 2010. Since then, her project has been featured on CNN, Glamour.com, Fox News, and The Huffington Post. Our conversation began with Laura explaining how the Secret Agent L project works. About how many agents do you have?

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