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22 Statistics About #GivingTuesday Donors Worldwide

Nonprofit Tech for Good

5) The causes that donors give to on GivingTuesday: Hunger and homelessness – 13%. Latin America and the Caribbean – 9%. 3) 74% of GivingTuesday donors are female, 25% male, and 1% non-binary. 4) 45% are Baby Boomers, 24% are Gen Xers, 19% are Millennials, 11% are Matures, and 1% are Gen Zers. Animals and wildlife – 11%.

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Increase in homelessness support sector workers employed across Canada

Charity Village

A recent report from Statistics Canada noted that homelessness support is a growing sector of the labour force across Canada. Women continue to outnumber men in the homelessness support sector, with 73.8% of workers identifying as women.

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It Takes a Village: Using Peer-to-Peer to End Homelessness

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People often ask, “What’s the best way to end homelessness?” If you’re reading this article, you probably don’t need to be convinced that fighting poverty and homelessness is worthwhile. Altogether, the 2021 Walk to End Homelessness raised over $96,000 for their cause! 3 Successful Peer-to-Peer Events.

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The Value of Volunteers

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Fun fact, each year about 62 million Americans volunteer at their local schools, with NGOs, with disaster preparedness and response groups, and community centers and homeless shelters. It's National Volunteer Week! The most active volunteers are those between the ages of 35 to 44, with women volunteering at a higher rate (29.4

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Does your nonprofit mission statement drive donations?

Candid

that serve the homeless population. Candid made it easy for us to search for nonprofits that serve the homeless and have tax statements on file. The Moderating Effect of Mission Statement Polarity on Performance , we used a package in the statistical software R Studio to measure the emotional polarity of the 200 mission statements.

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Facebook Ad Strategy for Non-Profits & Charities: 9 Things to Understand and Test

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Here’s how it works: Facebook finds the first 50 people who convert, and builds a statistical model based on them. For example: in a lead campaign for a homeless charity, a photo of two empty beds performed much, much better than an emotive photograph of a man living in homelessness. . It needs time to do this.

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How to Collect Compelling Stories to Use in Your Fundraising Work

The Fundraising Authority

If you are a homeless shelter, you collect stories from those you have helped in from the cold. This type of story – the emotional, heartfelt kind – is far more compelling than simple facts and statistics Ask open ended questions to let people tell their stories, and then use follow-up questions to get to the heart of the matter.

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