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

Candid

Over the last year, there’s been an explosion of multi-million-dollar gifts from donors to their alma maters. Boone Pickens—who died in 2019—gave $120 million as a legacy gift to his alma mater, Oklahoma State University (OSU). Griffin, gave Harvard University a $300 million gift. In fact, last year, alumni giving to U.S.

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Top Lessons from GivingTuesday 2023

Neon CRM

According to data from the Fundraising Effectiveness Project , retention rates for new donors and donors who give small gifts are some of the most important trends for nonprofits to prioritize during campaigns both during year-end and in the next year. This correlates with an encouraging 39.5%

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Putting a Face on Wonkiness OR Wonkiness is Cool

Connection Cafe

• A gift of $250 allows a member of the OMBW team to testify before Congress about fiscal responsibility. Check out these great examples: • Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation’s “ Geek…It’s The New Chic ” • Environmental Defense Fund’s “ Adopt a Nerd ”

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Why Are Charity Mobile Phone Donation Programs Going Extinct?

Tech Soup

Walmart Gadgets To Gift Card Program. The Oklahoma City based cell phone recycling company, Pace Butler has experimented with multiple phone donation for charity programs over the years. They simply cater to people with relatively new phones they want to swap out for yet newer phones. T-Mobile Cell Phone Trade-In Program.

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8 Ideas for Social Media Rewards

Connection Cafe

Last month during my kid's spring break we took a little trip to a favorite destination of mine as a child, the Science Museum of Oklahoma. Do you know local restaurants, cupcake shops, hardware stores or grocers that would be willing to provide gift certificates for a prize drawing? Author: Kent Gilliam.

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

Bloomerang

So when I’m talking about giving generously, board members need to make their own personal gift. On a private plane, I didn’t know banks own private planes, but they flew me on a private plane to talk to the Mabee Foundation in Oklahoma and we got $250,000 gift from there. I may drop off a gift.

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Face-to-Face Communications with Zoom Help NGOs Around the Planet

Tech Soup

TechSoup's staff also uses it to facilitate philanthropic support to tens of thousands of nonprofits, from the Girl Scouts of Eastern Oklahoma to the Tax Busters in Serbia. TechSoup uses Zoom to help staff members coordinate to deliver resources and education. We Shopped Around, and Zoom Is a Great Solution. " This Just In!