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How to Upgrade Nonprofit Donors Using Suggested Donations

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For example, you might explain that a $100 gift can purchase five new coding workbooks for your after-school program, and a $500 gift can buy a new laptop for a student. One study by Jen Shang and Rachel Croson informed callers to a public broadcasting pledge drive that a previous donor had given $75, $180, or $300.

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Intel, Portugal agree to deal for 500,000 laptops

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Intel, Portugal agree to deal for 500,000 laptops: "Intel Corp.

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A Matching Gift Brings in Big Bucks

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Here’s how it works: Let’s say you urgently need to replace six laptop computers for students in your program. You mention to one of your best donors about the laptops and that replacing them isn’t in the budget but it really needs to be done so the students can continue learning. Of course, they say “Yes!”.

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Road Trip! Fundraising, Advocacy, Community Building, Storytelling and Recruitment on the Road.

Care2

org, and five Unity College students embarked on a bio-diesel powered road trip to encourage President Obama to restore solar paneling to the White House roof. In the fall of 2010 the community rallied around a pledge to find common ground and unity in the Charter for Common Ground. In September 2010 Bill McKibben, the founder of 350.org,

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[VIDEO] 4-Step Plan to More Donations and Greater Fundraising Results

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I was flying into DFW and I had my laptop out and I was preparing a presentation and I was wondering, you know, “Do I know what I’m getting into?” That was my first day officially working at a nonprofit. And this was, I think, over 10 years ago or about 10 years ago and I was flying across to the country.

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