Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 9, 2022

Chris Johnson , a Real Estate Broker with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago, serves as the President of the chapter’s Associate Board, whose charge is to raise funds for the organization’s work. Funds raised by the Associate Board help underwrite the costs of this program, which is a key part of fulfilling the local chapter’s mission.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 8, 2006

Route 66 Literacy began its first beta at Community Association for Rehabilitation, Inc. We were delighted by the feedback from the users and the C·A·R staff about the results, and we're planning to press ahead to raise money to take this project to the next stage. C·A·R) in January, here in Palo Alto, California.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MARCH 8, 2022

Apart from raising emergency funds, many nonprofits rely on #GivingTuesday and end-of-year giving to generate the bulk of their individual donations. Fundraisers that launch on a holiday can be playful and upbeat and are a great opportunity to raise general funds. There’s a certain yearly cadence to nonprofit fundraising.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 24, 2023

Peer-to-peer activity-tracking events have emerged as a game-changer for nonprofit organizations seeking to raise funds and promote a healthy lifestyle. Mental Health Month Challenge  Raise awareness about mental health through various well-being activities.  App users accounted for a substantial 26% of the total donations raised.

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sgEngage

MARCH 8, 2023

5 Million Reasons to Embrace Library Giving Day Created in 2019 by the Seattle Public Library Foundation, Library Giving Day was designed not only to increase financial support to local public libraries but also to raise awareness for the many programs local libraries provide to their communities. million, with an average gift of $134.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Woodson wanted to find a way to raise awareness of African Americans’ contributions throughout history. Their programs are aimed at increasing digital literacy and helping people gain valuable tech skills to funnel into successful careers. Keep reading to learn more about Black History Month and how you can get involved!

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Hosting an event is one of the greatest ways for nonprofits to celebrate their supporters while raising money for their cause. Junior Achievement USA is an organization with over 100 local Areas that empowers the next generation by providing lessons in financial literacy, work and career readiness, and entrepreneurship.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

In case you haven''t already grabbed a copy of Kivi Leroux Miller ''s new book, A Communications Map for Engaging Your Community, Becoming a Favorite Cause, and Raising More Money , it will guide you through designing and implementing a content marketing strategy that will bring in supporters.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Bake sale Bake sales are always a delightful way to raise funds for your organization. And the best part of hosting a raffle is that you can combine it with another fundraising event or campaign to raise more money for your cause. You can also raise funds simultaneously by offering tickets to different activities and concessions.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 31, 2020

If fundraising via events, instead find creative ways to continue to raise funds virtually.”. “We We solicited sponsors for our biggest event and were able to raise almost as much as we netted in the past.”. “We How can you get an ROI in the digital literacy skills we are all developing?”. “Changing your narrative.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

For them, Bookshare —Benetech’s Global Literacy initiative and the world’s largest accessible digital library for people with print disabilities—opens up a lifeline to reading. For veterans with visual impairments, traumatic brain injuries or other disabilities, reading standard print is difficult, if not impossible.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2012

But, everyone can raise their data literacy, especially visualization. So, as I curate resources on this topic, I was excited to discover Rahul Bhargava – a data nerd who writes the Data Therapy Blog for the MIT Center for Civic Media.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 28, 2009

They have an image of Louis Braille (this is his bicentennial year) and actual raised dots (for the letters BRL which is the code for Braille) on the back of the coin. Mint strike and sell these Louis Braille Silver Dollars , and some of the money goes to supporting Braille literacy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2009

My birthday is officially on Sunday and if we can raise $5,200 - we can leverage some matching money - $520. We have an opportunity to receive a couple of OLPCs for our literacy program at our farming project (we school the kids of farmers who we train to farm the land, sell vegetables, proceeds go into micro loan fund.).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Highlights of this Update: Global Literacy Human Rights Benetech Labs Communications Global Literacy Bookshare celebrated a double milestone this summer, reaching over 200,000 available titles in our collection and serving over 250,000 members with disabilities! We already have many exciting ideas flow into the Labs.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 4, 2022

Named after its creator, Louis Braille, this tactile way for visually impaired people to read and write uses a series of raised dots to spell out words. Braille literacy — and the ability to spell and write that comes with it — is important for everything from employability to not having to rely on technology.

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Qgiv

MAY 23, 2022

And yet, everyone wins when we segment donor communications – donors feel more engaged and deepen their understanding of your work, impact, and needs – and organizations are better able to raise funds for the important work they are doing. Why is donor segmentation important in donor communications?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

More and more of my time is spent around both raising money and raising awareness of how much more could be done with technology to increase social impact. We competed against other participating organizations, racing against the clock to raise funds and secure matching funding from the Skoll Foundation. Martus Desktop 4.5

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 10, 2021

There are so many things you could try to raise money. And with limited time and money to spend on raising money, you need something you can manage easily and that will bring in the kind of money you need. Don’t most nonprofits have fancy galas that raise tons of money? Which one should you choose? How about a gala?

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Whole Whale

MARCH 22, 2023

Press Releases : AI writers can help nonprofits create attention-grabbing press releases that generate media coverage and raise awareness of their cause. Newsletters : AI writers can help nonprofits design and write newsletters that keep donors and supporters up-to-date on their latest activities and achievements.

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Top Nonprofits

OCTOBER 18, 2021

According to GoodUnited , these fundraisers have since raised billions for nonprofit organizations. Will you stay virtual, even though these events may not raise as much as you’d hope? A virtual walk-a-thon , in which supporters pledge to walk a certain distance each day and raise funds using a Facebook fundraiser while doing so.

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NonProfit Hub

MARCH 2, 2021

Her experience includes 8+ years of Marketing, Communication, and Program Management for organizations working on issues such as poverty, financial literacy, voter engagement, health research, and the public arts. Cierra believes effective internal communications are essential to nonprofit success.

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Care2

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Want to raise funds via Twitter this holiday season? Please donate today to raise literacy of deaf children! link] #nonprofit #literacy #deaf. You’re not alone. But in order to be successful your tweets need to stand out from the rest of the noise on Twitter. Being donor-centric brings in the money.

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Forum One

JUNE 8, 2022

Zero to Three advances policy solutions designed to support and strengthen families, raise awareness and promote action on behalf of babies and toddlers. History Assessments, designing and building interactive reports to explore NAEP data at the national, state, and district levels. American Council of Learned Societies.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Within the Family Resource Center parenting workshops, early literacy programs, Giggles, Squiggles and Squirms (G.S.S,) child watch, and community health are offered. An 18-year-old boy named John is raising his two younger siblings who are 15 and 13 after their parents were unexpectedly deported. and assisted with child watch.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 10, 2007

Starting Saturday, July 28th at 6 AM PST, 2007 Blogathon bloggers will post a new post every 30 minutes for 24 hours to raise money for their favorite cause. You can lose weight and bolster literacy at the same time!)" As of July 8th she had already raised $297 in pledges towards her $900 goal. in pledges have been made.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 3, 2011

The Day aims to raise awareness of disability issues with a focus on the rights of persons with disabilities and the benefits derived from their integration in the social, economic, cultural and political life of their communities. Of course, accessibility is right up Benetech’s alley and the focus of our Literacy program.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 16, 2022

Without them, young people on our waitlist continue to face the challenges that low levels of literacy create in their lives. For every four monthly gifts of $25, we are able to enroll one student from that list into our Learning for Literacy program – empowering them with vital knowledge and skills to change their futures!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

A free agent is a person (many times a GenY, but not always ) who is a passionate about a social cause, but is working outside of a nonprofit organization to organize , mobilize , raise money , and engage with others. Mark founded InvisiblePeople.tv , a nationally-recognized nonprofit that fights homelessness using the power of social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 24, 2010

The week we launched TwitCause , TechCrunch called us a “ Causes for Twitter ,” today our platform for supporting nonprofit causes on Twitter has surpassed 500,000 followers , spotlighted dozens of nonprofits , raised tens of thousands of dollars, and won the hearts of celebrities, nonprofits, and caring Twitterers.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 28, 2016

The Money-Raising Nonprofit Brand. First, author Jeff Brooks in The Money-Raising Nonprofit Brand says, “Simply applying the principles of commercial branding to nonprofit fundraising is exactly the wrong thing to do. Brandraising: How Nonprofits Raise Visibility and Money Through Smart Communications.

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Neon CRM

JUNE 16, 2023

An example of this might be a literacy foundation raising $X to help provide tutoring to X number of students. For example, an animal shelter might highlight a story about a dog that was rehabilitated after being rescued or a humanitarian foundation may share the story of a refugee family it helped to resettle.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 14, 2021

As you make new hires and consider ongoing employee development, keep in mind that data literacy skills will be foundational to every role at every level of an organization in 2021 and beyond and will critically shape who survives and thrives as leaders going forward. . Determine what you’ll track moving forward (e.g.,

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Achieve

MAY 21, 2017

uses the technology to raise awareness of research on dementia and memory-related illnesses. From literacy to blood drives, mobile awareness and fundraising initiatives work because they literally put your cause into the hands of potential donors and supporters, eliminating barriers such as time and distance. For example, One.org.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Non-profits like Room to Read are benefiting from the program by promoting International Literacy Day in partnership with Twitter. More specifically we discussed grass roots fundraising and the rapid growth of online platforms that allow people to raise money for the causes they support. Hope140 ’s aim is to do just that. Negatively?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 2, 2007

Under our new CTO, Patrick Ball (see my last President's letter), we are building a tech team to work on our incredibly varied list of projects in literacy, human rights and the environment. Route 66 Literacy Our newest project is Route 66 Literacy, and it includes a demonstration site that anyone can try out.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society : This organization used Box to more effectively raise funds for blood cancer research. When raising funds at events in the field, employees use Box on iPads to share videos, PDFs, and presentations with potential donors. These organizations are using Box to more effectively carry out their missions.

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