sgEngage

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Colleen spends about 25% of her time supporting the senior programs, 50% supporting the afterschool programs, and then 25% working on fundraising efforts to support the community center. Many nonprofit professionals wear different hats, so allocating an employee’s time helps create program budgets and calculate indirect costs.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 5, 2019

Pew Internet reported that over half of YouTube users say that the platform is at least “somewhat important for helping them understand things that are happening in the world.”. Hear this inspiring story of Bobbie, a homeless woman who was helped by the Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund to become more empowered and more hopeful.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 1, 2018

My mom was generous and supportive of everyone in her life and those less fortunate than her. My mother was born before the days of the Internet, social media, computers, and mobile phones and found technology a huge challenge – both frustrating and a little intimidating due to a lack of training and skills development.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

These donors are most likely to support the causes of children and youth (15%) , health and wellness (11%) , and animals and wildlife (11%). 9) Religious donors are more likely to give to charitable organizations that provide basic needs and support the causes of children and youth, health and wellness, and hunger and homelessness.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Mark is a free agent championing the cause of homelessness. His new project is a social media literacy website to help homeless people learn how to use the Internet to tell their stories, build community and connect with support services. Mark is a free agent championing the cause of homelessness.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 21, 2022

Be clear about your goal for the meeting, whether that’s to learn the top 3 charities they support or what they think about your new program or something else. Some are Internet ghosts. Many donors are happy to talk at length about their reasons for supporting their favorite causes and organizations.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Some focus only on program and project support, while others may offer general operating support (these are not as common, though). Perhaps it’s a program grant to cover costs of running your homelessness program. Or maybe you’re looking for general operating support so you have money to help pay monthly bills.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 27, 2017

Founded in 1999, Corazon Ministries is a faith-based charity that operates in the heart of downtown San Antonio, serving its homeless and marginalized neighbors. Many describe homelessness as being voiceless and invisible. We have all seen huge programs with complicated processes to end homelessness.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 10, 2010

Mark Horvarth (who made a brief appearance in my video from yesterday ) has caught a lot of attention with his alluringly simple idea: record homeless people telling their stories and publish them on the internet. won a Pepsi Refresh grant and has also been supported by the likes of Hanes and Ford.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 31, 2022

And current donors and supporters may visit your website for the convenience of making their donation online. The internet is the main source of information for a lot of people. When the donor clicks through to the donation page, a call to action should be prominent like “Your gift helps us feed the homeless!”

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Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

And if you’re searching for fun and engaging ways to raise money, auctions and simple online events will get your donors excited to support your organization. Social media is a fast and effective way to reach a wide variety of supporters and potential donors. Looking for more ideas to take your fundraising efforts online?

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Qgiv

MARCH 31, 2021

Planning Your Faith-based Peer-to-Peer Event Building A Compelling Campaign Website Encouraging Your Entire Organization To Get Involved Following Up With Your Supporters Post-Peer-to-Peer Event Faith-based Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Examples: Qgiv Clients. Master peer-to-peer fundraising by connecting with your incredible supporters.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

According to a November 2012 Pew Internet and American Life Project report , a higher percentage of African American and Latino cell phone users have downloaded at least one app in comparison to Whites. Applications for Good features a catalog of currently available apps, and those in need of developer support. Bridging the App Gap.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Walden House was founded in the Haight-Ashbury district, just two years later, in 1969 and focused on helping runaway youth and the homeless with substance abuse problems. The Situation: HealthRIGHT 360 had multiple providers for phone and Internet services across all their locations, which created complex bill management.

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Qgiv

JUNE 4, 2021

Your online donation tool is one of the quickest and easiest ways for supporters to give to your cause. As of 2020, 95% of North Americans are internet users. If you want to optimize your modern fundraising strategy, you have to meet your supporters where they already are— on the internet. Leverages common tools.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Regional and local leaders were supported and given the opportunity to shine. And over 10,000 youth later, they have the start of a movement in the next generation, inspiring them and supporting them in staying on course for the future they want. Just like the larger principle supporting movement building, we need to focus on action.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Job training for at-risk youth, veterans re-entering the workforce, or even homeless or transitional populations. Since they're cloud-based, you can finish your courses anywhere and anytime, as long as you have Internet access. Browse articles about Training Support and Consultants. Learn more.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2015

LocalFreeWeb is an SMS service that helps people find free Internet access in San Francisco. The user will receive a text with the three closest locations that have free Internet access. He envisions libraries using LocalFreeWeb to recommend to patrons free Internet access locations that might be open during library closure hours.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 27, 2015

There are also many homeless and disabled veterans in the area. She told me, "With our homeless vet situation, and so many disabled vets coming back, I just asked myself: How can I make a dent in this situation?" The Wi-Fi Internet connection and all the devices are, of course, powered by solar energy.

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Tech Soup

MAY 11, 2015

Because more and more homeless and low-income people are accessing the Internet from mobile devices, the developers behind Link-SF identified a need for a mobile-optimized website for finding social services and local resources in San Francisco. The data was compiled using service information from San Francisco homeless organizations.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 29, 2021

SEO (search engine optimization) refers to the process that makes it easier to help users find your website with a quick internet search. Instead of only using the term “homeless,” you should also use “unhoused” and any other synonym a searcher might use when referring to homelessness. 3) Leverage Your Networks.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 9, 2011

As part of her Monster Ball tour, she partnered with Virgin Mobile and Volunteermatch to give free premium concert tickets to volunteers who gave eight hours or more lending a hand to organizations serving homeless youth. Her call to action inspired over 30,000 hours of community service and a new wave of attention on homeless youth.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2011

Holly warmed up the crowd with a humorous slide show about the Internet connectivy. Help support local connections with other nonprofit techies. He showed a series of photos from the Common Ground campaign for homeless to get homes – before and after photos. This year 2008 people are in attendance, the most ever.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

My curiosity drove me to investigate: ? Can we listen to the tides of Internet conversation on an issue, and learn to predict and ‘surf’ them? ? Can we use the momentum of focused attention to raise an issue above the noise? Are people more compassionate to animals, more generous towards the homeless?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 19, 2011

Holly warmed up the crowd with a humorous slide show about the Internet connectivy. Help support local connections with other nonprofit techies. He showed a series of photos from the Common Ground campaign for homeless to get homes – before and after photos. This year 2008 people are in attendance, the most ever.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

Charity and government support remain crucial but are insufficient to address the magnitude of the task at hand. Social enterprise efforts can range from selling merchandise to support the charitable functions of the nonprofit to creating a new entity that merges the for- and nonprofit operations into a hybrid form.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 1, 2023

For new nonprofits, it helps you see if you can actually gather the support that you hope you can. The Executive Summary is the first thing that any potential partner or supporter will read, and it introduces the mission and purpose of your nonprofit. Do you have volunteer tutors who can help students who are homeless with their work?

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The Fundraising Authority

DECEMBER 5, 2020

Assume this e-mail is being sent by the following organization: A homeless shelter in a major US city that serves 1,000s of people per year. Every day, your support makes stories like Amanda’s possible. . Your support will make a real, lasting impact in the lives of those who are still in need. With gratitude, Fred Mertz.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2011

Holly warmed up the crowd with a humorous slide show about the Internet connectivy. Help support local connections with other nonprofit techies. He showed a series of photos from the Common Ground campaign for homeless to get homes - before and after photos. This year 2008 people are in attendance, the most ever.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2012

They had no internet access and – most distressingly for me – no phone service at all. The homeless population in the city doubled to 80,000. Their resilience is a result of both their supportive network and their own agency. The couple left their home on a barrier island off Long Island and evacuated inland.

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2014

Want to know more about how one Philadelphia-based NGO was able to use their TechSoup donation to help homeless teens develop valuable life skills? The stories on the LIM are highly engaging and optimized for social media sharing. Poke around the map and see for yourself. Click here to read the full story pictured above. Ready to enter?

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2010

American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) in booth 39. Want to know how non-profit organizations are using geographic analysis and the power of maps to support their missions, report to stakeholders and funders, apply for grants more effectively, or conduct fundraising and marketing gap analyzes? Aqubanc in booth 58. in booth 64.

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2010

American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) in booth 39. Want to know how non-profit organizations are using geographic analysis and the power of maps to support their missions, report to stakeholders and funders, apply for grants more effectively, or conduct fundraising and marketing gap analyzes? Aqubanc in booth 58. in booth 64.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

I don’t think we want homeless shelters, food pantries, mental health organizations, etc., Secondly, I certainly saw that over the five years I was the IT Director at the Coalition for the Homeless that our clients were increasingly interested in initiating and maintaining electronic communications with our case workers.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 8, 2022

Sadly, this portrayal of poverty, homelessness, and frustration while seeking help is an honest one. At Bonterra —a company that brings together tools and technology built to support the social good sector, where I serve as CEO—we’ve seen and experienced the benefits that can be accomplished through a comprehensive community care approach.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 16, 2018

Donors and communities are announcing big hairy audacious goals – end modern slavery, get to zero chronic and veteran homelessness, increase job opportunities for certain communities by a factor of two – or ten! Collectively, we are getting ambitious about social change. Tech alone will not be enough. Are you with me?!!

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VisionLink

MAY 17, 2013

Software providers can almost always support both large and small operations. The key question is whether you are looking to support a singularly focused or a multi-focused operation. Are their server systems fully redundant from the incoming Internet connections all the way through to their back up generators?

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