Kindful

AUGUST 12, 2021

They support artist-driven film and new media storytelling projects (documentary films) that explore aspects of inequality, as well as the organizations and networks that support these documentary projects. They steward millions of dollars in annual support for essential arts and arts education programs in communities across the state.

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Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2022

Their priorities range from facilitating book donation drives to supporting arts education to funding playground construction and family literacy programs. . They focus on supporting smaller and newer 501(c)(3) organizations so that the foundation’s gift can make a more significant contribution to the work of the recipient organization.

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sgEngage

JUNE 14, 2022

Traci Holinger, data and software administrator at Regis Jesuit High School, will showcase the custom insights she built to help guide the school’s direction on student support, teacher mentoring, student body inclusion (by gender, ethnicity, and religion), student engagement (in clubs, retreats, immersions, and athletics), and tuition projections.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 27, 2022

People provide the real growth capital for any enterprise — and make it possible for them to have an impact,” writes Gerald Chertavian in the Harvard Business Review. If donors only wish to support program spending, a nonprofit cannot survive.

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Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 19, 2012

Start Some Good, a platform for social good groups – whether nonprofit organizations or not – to raise funds and build community, highlighted eight diverse projects working for social impact at an evening event hosted by Center61 at SXSW. Personal and Professional Identity: Social Media Policies for Nonprofits.

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NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 7, 2019

Nonprofit Hub’s INSPIRE Hubcast series shares powerful and impactful stories of organizations persevering to create the change they want to see in the world. Each episode features a new guest with their own unique story.

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NetWits

MARCH 7, 2011

Description: As non-profits turn their sights to the social web for mission delivery, advocacy, fundraising and awareness building, more for-profits organizations are supporting charity work with specialized programs and initiatives. Date/Time : 9:30 AM Monday, March 14. Moderator: Frank Barry – Blackbaud. He loves bacon.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 20, 2009

The awards program is designed to encourage nonprofits to effectively use taglines, a high-impact, low-cost marketing tactic often overlooked or under-emphasized by nonprofits; Nancy says, “A nonprofit’s tagline is hands down the briefest, easiest and most effective way to communicate your organization’s identity.”. Houston Food Bank.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

“How much promise do the following practices hold for increasing foundations’ impact in the coming decades?” The twenty-four potential answers provided covered a broad spectrum of philanthropic practice, from taking more risks, to providing more general operating support, to engaging in impact investing.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 14, 2022

Nonprofits will be more relevant and more impactful in meeting their missions when they utilize strategies to include disabled stakeholders.*. (I Nonprofit organizations regularly utilize storytelling as a method of engaging donors and supporters and often focus on stories that appeal to the heart and emotions of the intended audience.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

NetSquared Local groups hold monthly in-person events for anyone interested in the connection of technology and social impact. They offer an opportunity to convene locally to share ideas, learn from one another, and collaborate on projects for real world impact. Check out our map of events to find your closest group.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 12, 2013

Our organizers hold monthly offline events for anyone interested in the connection of technology and social impact. They offer an opportunity to convene locally to share ideas, learn from one another and collaborate on projects for real world impact. ’s support of the Keystone XL project. Highlights from the Community.

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NTEN

MARCH 20, 2012

Start Some Good, a platform for social good groups - whether nonprofit organizations or not - to raise funds and build community, highlighted eight diverse projects working for social impact at an evening event hosted by Center61 at SXSW. Personal and Professional Identity: Social Media Policies for Nonprofits. One panel, moderated by….

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 21, 2018

We discussed disaster response within a global company, the changing world of work and how it’s changing volunteering in the workplace, and how companies are expanding opportunities for customers and stakeholders to join their social cause support. And like all good conversations, there was so much more to say than we had time for.

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Tech Soup

MAY 24, 2016

Launched in April 2016, Refugee Mobile will conduct an evidence-based pilot study in Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, and Austin to demonstrate the theory of change. Although Refugee Mobile will be distributed between four cities, Dallas will serve the most clients and provide additional front line support for the whole project.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 1, 2021

The Houston Food Bank teamed up with their local ABC affiliate during the Houston power outage and food crisis in February 2021. That connection makes it emotionally more impactful. This summer, they’re running a raffle to raise funds and give fund prizes to their supporters. 1) Text-to-Donate on Facebook.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 12, 2011

We may say that we want to support programming and cultural opportunities for low-income and non-white people, but that's not where the money is going. Reading the report, I kept thinking of Rick Lowe, the artist and community activist behind Project Row Houses in Houston. He got to see the museum process from the inside.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 11, 2017

To put this into perspective, consider this : Two weeks after Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas, hundreds of thousands of houses and 500,000 cars had been destroyed in Houston. Other foundations in the aftermath of Katrina focused on funneling their support through organizations they had worked with in the past.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 16, 2021

I’m here to support you. I’m originally from Houston. So when you’re following up, make sure that you’re prioritizing talking about the impact above even your fundraising goals. Impact is more important than fundraising goals. We’re going to have a great time. Here we go. Can you see that?

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Tech Soup

MAY 9, 2016

Houston, Texas: What's Your Story? Los Angeles, California: Startups for Social Impact: The Pains and Rewards. Houston, Texas: Monthly Meetup with Awesome and Never Before Heard of Topics/Speakers to BE! Busia, Kenya: NetSquared Kenya Supporting Encryption and Journalism. Tips and Tools for Powerful Storytelling.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 4, 2012

A blog carnival is a series of blog posts related to one theme, in this case, the promotion of USDA-proposed nutritional standards for snacks in schools, which coincided with a Kids’ Safe and Healthful Foods Project poll showing that most Americans support the guidelines.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

Seattle, Washington: How to Pick a WordPress Plugin / WordPress Work and Support Lab. Chicago, Illinois: Social Media for Social Impact: Building Your Brand and Engaging the Community. Houston, Texas: Monthly Meetup. Cleveland, Ohio: Tech4Good Cleveland — Social Media Workshop. Saturday, February 21, 2015. Austin, Texas.

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Neon CRM

MAY 30, 2023

These nonprofit CRMs support all your membership management needs and make it easy for you to track member data, create personalized communications, and build relationships that encourage members to stay involved long term. The best membership management software platforms for nonprofits deliver all these features and more.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 12, 2013

My first gig as a peer-to-peer fundraiser was working on the MS Walks and MS 150 Bike Tour in the Houston office of the National MS Society. When they are leveraged year round to cultivate and expand the relationships with your top fundraisers, you will see a positive impact on your bottom line without significant increase in cost.

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Candid

APRIL 9, 2024

That distinction previously belonged to the Greater Houston Community Foundation, after Hurricane Harvey.) Is the increase in disaster philanthropy due merely to the outsized impact these disasters had and the amount of media attention each received? And that’s only for one disaster last year.

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

Nonprofit Leadership Alliance / Houston, TX / $250. Learn about new and proposed accounting and auditing standards and how they will impact not-for-profit entities and their auditors. Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) / San Diego, CA / Not available. 2016 IMPACT Conference. 2016 IMPACT Conference.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 8, 2008

This panel will explore and discuss the impact of tools like Twitter, Qik, Utterz, Ustream, and more on current and future elections. How can you leverage your existing online supporters? Plus Ed Schipul has a list of panels from folks in Houston. How should nonprofits plan for staffing and growth? Not on this list?

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Everyaction

JULY 23, 2018

Last year disaster relief once again became the main focus of our organization as we activated and served over 4 million meals in Peru, Houston, Puerto Rico, and California. For the past 5 or 6 years we've had a small but steady group of supporters who are primarily invested in our empowerment projects.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 22, 2008

I gave my first gift that morning, which was just a supportive phone call to another friend who has MS. People have organized group gives in Atlanta, Houston, a couple times in Los Angeles, and it will happen tomorrow in San Francisco, that as a group we get together and give away roses to strangers. They were free for anyone to take.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2009

Organization(s) : Macmillan Cancer Support. Through the Alicia Keys mobile campaign, over $40,000 was raised to support Keep a Child Alive. Objective : Increase donations for the soup kitchens, while also communicating an individual’s impact on the cause. Cool Factor : Shows Impact on the Spot. Talk about realtime impact!

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Bloomerang

JULY 2, 2021

But don’t do that right now, don’t mosey over onto our website because we are going to have a great presentation from my good buddy, Kristal Frazier, joining us from beautiful Houston. Super, you know, active in the nonprofit community, down in Houston. Ask for financial support or extend an invitation to your next event.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Limiting matching gifts to specific areas or pillars the company might support forces individuals to take it or leave it. When we communicated with our people about how the company was supporting disaster relief, we always reminded them about their matching gift benefit. And you know what?

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