ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 12, 2011

Even today, in the midst of what many are calling "the Great Recession," giving hovers at the same rate as a percentage of income. For individuals who care about helping to alleviate a community problem (homelessness, for example), there are three options: Do nothing (which will also do nothing to alleviate their need to help!).

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

A charity combating homelessness should feature stories of providing shelter, not just cute mascots. Use statistics to vividly demonstrate the scale of the problem being addressed. Study email subject lines and opening sentences that motivate instant open rates. ” Rather than gimmicks, spotlight your mission.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 14, 2015

Forney continually helped other youth that were facing similar difficult circumstances, and he became a public advocate for improving safety for homeless youth until his life was tragically cut short. Young people are hearing the positive message that it's OK to be gay and are coming out younger and at higher rates.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 30, 2023

For example, an animal advocacy organization with the goal of homing more pets than they did the previous year might have a mission statement like, “We work to reduce the number of homeless pets in the community by offering free rescue services and housing animals with volunteer foster homes.”

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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. “Ali showed us how to use the web interface and we can solve problems and train others ourselves. Glenn & JP have been great.” No upsells.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 6, 2010

No problem. Follow these five tips and you will be on your way to increasing open and click-through rates and more importantly - raising more money for your nonprofit. Example of Bad Subject Line: Renew Your Commitment to End Dog Homelessness. Short, Catchy Subject Lines. What’s Wrong with it?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

In addition to 5 percent off all regular rates, for a limited time, TechSoup members will also receive a donated LG smartphone (while supplies last) and a guarantee that you will not pay more than you're paying on your current plan, based on similar usage. No problem. Don't want the LG phone? Try Sparrow and Give Back Today!

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Tech Soup

MAY 11, 2015

It seems like every day there's a new overhyped idea that claims to fix a problem you never thought you had, like a delivery service for laundry quarters. So it's refreshing to come to an event where techies and nonprofits convene to solve deep, real problems that plague our community. Referral Services. LocalFreeWeb.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 24, 2015

The Generators focus on problems or difficulties that nonprofits face in their daily operations. In a moderated discussion, the guests list problems that arise in the day-to-day operations of their organizations and brainstorm ways technology might solve them.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

charities are devoted to the work of human services like providing food to the hungry, shelter to the homeless, care to the sick, and legal aid to the dispossessed. This hearkens back to the classic problem of either spending your time delivering services to the needy or reporting on your work. How well do they accomplish their work?

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 29, 2017

Soup kitchen volunteer opportunity” means “I want to help local homeless in my community, what is a reputable organization I can help with?”. You will need to identify the problems you seek to repair if you want to attract interested donors or volunteers. Whenever someone types something into Google, they are asking a question.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

Solving basic social problems requires a level of sustainable investment that donors and government cannot provide alone. Shrinking government budgets and greater competition for ever-fewer dollars are reducing the scale and effectiveness of nonprofits in meeting the nation’s growing challenges and intractable problems.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 13, 2016

But from the looks of the data and the declining retention rates for walks and 5Ks, we all need a refresher on what matters when it comes to people coming back year after year. This year’s Blackbaud Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Study shows retention rates declining for Walks and 5Ks. Are you eliminating homelessness in your area?

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NTEN

MAY 28, 2009

Technology moves at a fantastic rate, and as applications on the Internet become more interconnected, it becomes harder to rely on or wait for proprietary solutions to provide access to, for example, the latest changes in Facebook's API, Flickr, or YouTube. That obscure problem you're trying to solve? all over the world.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 3, 2018

For example, the poverty rate in the United States increased from 12.4 percent in 2015; and was even higher in Arizona where the 2015 poverty rate was 18.2 While poverty was rising, so were national high school graduation rates. graduation rate was 79 percent and the rate in 2015 was 83.2 percent in 2000 to 15.5

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Qgiv

JULY 21, 2022

The KPI goals (Key Performance Indicators) that gauge your success will vary for these campaigns and would include: Click-through-rate Conversion rate Impressions Website traffic Attribution & direct donation revenue. Pro tip: don’t ignore your website conversion rate. Remember, it’s not always about the ROI.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 7, 2022

Remember, Giving Tuesday is a day of online giving, and if your donation form(s) isn’t working, or the post-donation process isn’t quite up-to-snuff, you could have a big problem. Can you fill out the donation form and complete the process with no problems? Email open and click-through rates. You may look at metrics such as: .

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

. “Because we raised this $20,000 and have this gallery and classroom space, 200 children from our local special-needs programs are able to do art therapy on site for free or reduced rates.” ” Using statistics, Charity Water is able to say, “This is the problem and we have a solution.” Ask “So what?”

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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. For example, locating a bed for one night is a win, but it doesn’t address the mental health, income, and educational needs of the individual experiencing homelessness. times as likely to report having multiple unmet social needs.” .

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 5, 2019

If your fundraising appeal mentioned collecting funds to help 4,000 homeless people, the donor expects to know how their contribution helped. For newer donors, try to keep your survey brief: Ask them about their donation experience (Let them give you a rating on a scale). For example, Netflix has a whopping retention rate of 91%.

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CauseVox

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

You can see here that Miriam’s House uses the donor based brandscript to center the supporter as the hero by saying “you can help end the cycle of homelessness.” Fall In Love With Understanding Your Donors Problems It is from that point that you will be able to craft and articulate compelling narratives that convert.

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VisionLink

MAY 17, 2013

Alternately, if you can foresee circumstances where you would want to support crisis calls, homeless intake, elderly services, disaster relief, and other family service programs (through your own offices or through partner agencies), then you are looking for a software solution that is designed to support multi-purpose, multi-partner use.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2011

An island-wide educational campaign in Puerto Rico to educate people on the importance of spaying and neutering and vaccinating their dogs and cats, in hopes of alleviating the drastic conditions for the 100,000+ “satos” (street dogs) that are homeless and roaming the beaches and streets of PR. SafeAmerica Foundation , Bill Soule. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2010

And that’s good thing for solving complex social problems with innovative ideas. We also asked the community to vote and rate the examples. Invisible People , an nonprofit that uses video storytelling to help de-stigmatize homeless people. Then, we asked the panelists to pick a few to share during the panel.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Is “win rate” the right term to use there, Rachel? Rachel: Yeah, you can say win rate. Steven: I’ll say win rate. I will say that it is not a problem whatsoever to find funding opportunities through multiple channels, organically through hearing about something, somebody emailing you an opportunity, etc.

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NonProfit Hub

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Understand the tenants of website conversion rate optimization and user-experience as it pertains to online donation pages and forms; 2. Social sector organizations address our nation’s most challenging issues—poverty, homelessness, social justice, education and the environment. What You’ll Learn: 1.

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

So they provide emergency and longer-term, permanent supportive housing to individuals who are experiencing homelessness. Rachel: It’s a good problem to have. Steven: And the conversion rate, yeah. Okay, so I’m just going to talk about some examples here. So one of my clients, they provide basic needs support.

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DNL OmniMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2020

ICA remedies that problem by placing a real-time campaign progress bar on their Create Amazing website. The Ontario SPCA and Humane Society works to improve the lives of homeless and in-need animals across the Ontario region. Its rating platform allows suppliers to anonymously rate the purchasing practices of retailers.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 22, 2008

Why do homeless people smell bad?” cancer, stroke, heart attacks) Animal testing Hate crimes Pedophilia Other countries, not ours, are to blame for this problem. Failure of NIH drug testing design An exhibit only in a language other than English Santa Claus – Real or Not? A scientific investigation for all ages.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 30, 2007

You don't want to write about everything, because then people won't find you in the same way as when they search on Google about "homelessness issues", or "the environment." The homicide rate, as people are probably aware of, has just really increased in the last few years in Oakland, where I live. We have four initiatives.

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