AFP Blog

AUGUST 31, 2009

Fund-Raising Challenge Raises Money for Arts Groups -- and Ire - Philanthropy.com: "Fund-Raising Challenge Raises Money for Arts Groups -- and IreAn online matching-grant challenge brought in $3.75-million

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Neon CRM

DECEMBER 8, 2023

For example, take a nonprofit like Friendship Circle of Michigan that raises money to provide adaptive bikes for families with special needs children. Identifying companies that have something in common with your work will make it much easier to build a reciprocal relationship and form a corporate sponsorship.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 30, 2009

I did a session on technology that does social good but doesn't make money, and got a dynamic group to show up. My understanding is that this was very important to the University of Michigan, one of the key libraries at the center of the Google Book project. But, to engage in a realtime conversation with them is completely different.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 30, 2009

Last week I was in Michigan to do a training for Chapter Leaders of EPIP. So, EPIP provided a self-organizing platforn (a flip chart with a time line sign up.) This let everyone organize into small groups and get to the airport without having to spend a lot of money.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

What are ways of helping farmers get more money from their work? He has an MBA in Supply Chain and Finance from Michigan State University and a Bachelor’s degree in Agribusiness from the National University of Rwanda. What are ways of translating early warning dashboards captured at the global level into local action?

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

With a youth-oriented fundraiser, you can raise money for educational trips, sports equipment, classroom supplies, art supplies, musical instruments, or any other cause. With a shoe drive fundraiser, you can help your gently used, never worn shoes find new, loving homes while raising money for your cause. Straw Draw. Candygrams.

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Qgiv

JUNE 1, 2021

These simple fundraising ideas for churches are a great way to raise money and grow your congregation. Rescue Ministries of Mid-Michigan’s Giving Tuesday giving day donation page. Instead of spending more money to acquire new supporters to help raise funds, it is more cost-effective to retain your donors. The best part?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

Check out this video from NetSquared Northern Michigan’s recent meeting. They’re answering the question “how do I collect money online?” Get answers to your tech challenges at a NetSquared meetup (see list below). Want a taste of a social media surgery before you commit to attending?

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 21, 2020

How could we best marry the assets offered to us by our favorite football team partners to the MVP program while still achieving the philanthropic priority of raising money and attracting new donors? . Game On Cancer raises money to support Henry Ford cancer patients and funds important research to find a cure.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 20, 2017

Though slacktivism may inspire, according to a study done by researchers at Michigan State University, it normally only reaches to other low-cost, low-risk solutions like signing an online petition but not contributing any money. If someone donates, they’re more likely to stay engaged or even increase engagement.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 1, 2017

L3Cs were designed to make it easier for socially responsible businesses to attract money from foundations and private investors. There are several marketing opportunities that come from this too—people will buy from or give to a mission-driven organization because it makes them feel good about where their money is going. North Dakota.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 6, 2016

When I was growing up in Chicago, my dad used a variation on the parental cliché: “Just because everybody else is jumping into Lake Michigan doesn’t mean you should, too.” I did want to jump in Lake Michigan, so to speak. A fundraiser’s job is to raise money. Donors should know they are more than just a source of revenue.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 8, 2016

Give us your time, money or energy.” Here’s a good example of how United Way of Southeastern Michigan is using a pop-up effectively by appealing to their local constituents and letting them know what they are signing up for: 2.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 20, 2017

Just think of all the different organizations raising money to end cancer… you see my point. University of Michigan is a great example of how a giving day at a university can help drive incredible support for a school. There are 1.8M Project Based Fundraising.

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Qgiv

JUNE 1, 2021

These simple fundraising ideas for churches are a great way to raise money and grow your congregation. Rescue Ministries of Mid-Michigan’s Giving Tuesday giving day donation page. Instead of spending more money to acquire new supporters to help raise funds, it is more cost-effective to retain your donors. The best part?

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 1, 2016

Both NCAA basketball and the PGA tour are dedicated to making a difference by using their money, people and clout to make a lasting impact. In a similar fashion, Lacey Holsworth was an 8-year-old cancer patient who became special friends with Michigan State University basketball player Adreian Payne. College Basketball.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Michigan State University's list of service clubs and civic organizations that provide funding. Big Book of Library Grant Money. member gives your organization access to web-based grant research tools as well as a comprehensive list of current sources of grant money. Your local community directory at the Foundation Center.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 10, 2012

ArtPrize , the grandaddy of visitor voting, just completed its fourth year in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This leads me to two conflicting perspectives on voting in exhibitions: Voting on substantive outcomes (money, exhibitions) is good because it provokes engagement with objects, artists, and fellow visitors.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Small Team: This type of event, which includes golf tournaments and bowl-a-thons, is ideally suited for small groups of people who are interested in raising money for a cause. UNICEF’s Trick-or-Treat campaign at Halloween did this successfully and brought in $110,000 through 1,315 gifts.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 5, 2011

the September Volunteering Supplement of the Current Population Survey; the Philanthropic Module of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics; and the Arizona, Indiana, and Michigan Giving and Volunteering Survey — we can examine the social, cultural, and community context factors that affect Hispanics' decision to volunteer. References: Bryant, W.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Last week, I attended a workshop on Creating a Vision of Greatness at ZingTrain , the training arm of Zingerman's Deli, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Write something like "It took awhile to raise the money, but once we did, we had even more than we needed." Something tells me this is not the business visioning workshop I anticipated.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 29, 2012

This perspective was rampant in Michigan. Vote with your money instead." The whole 'we know how to spend your money better than you' attitude is condescending and false." As one Detroit Free Press commenter wrote: "You are not getting it. Your cultural outlet is art galleries and symphonies. Why force everyone else to do it?

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 27, 2006

Want to support local businesses in the Mission and save money? Chicago, Portland, Philadelphia, Salt Lake City, and Washtenaw County, Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti, Michigan are all participating. I wrote the post below for them, but thought I'd post it here too 'cause Shop Local First Week is a national program.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Lots of research shows that donors don’t want the organization to spend money on free merchandise. Sometimes the recognition is transparent and transactional, like when the money is in the form of a sponsorship from a company’s marketing budget. It is seen as wasteful overhead. You get the idea.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 5, 2021

For examples of text-free avatars, see the United Way of Southwest Michigan and Amnesty International : Instagram Bios. Like Facebook Charitable Giving Tools, nonprofits are not raising much money via “Donate” stickers and “Donate” buttons in livestreams on Instagram (according to the Open Data Project ).

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Whole Whale

JUNE 5, 2020

Even without celebrities, virtual poker tournaments can be a great way to get people involved, have some fun, and raise money for your organization. Another example from the Michigan AFL-CIO. 100% of the $1.75M in proceeds they raised went to Feeding America. Thank Frontline Workers. Live Stream Giving.

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

On Wednesday, March 16th, New York Nonprofit Media will host Nonprofit FundCon bringing together fundraising and development executives from nonprofits across New York to discuss how to create a campaign and raise money. Fundraising / #NYNFundCon / @NYN_media. Fundraising. Personal Democracy Forum 2016. Personal Democracy Forum 2016.

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Kindful

MARCH 5, 2021

WomensNet, which founded the Amber Grant Foundation, gives away at least $10,000 every month in Amber Grant money, as well as a year-end grant of $25,000. Areas served: US (primarily Michigan, Mississippi, New Mexico, & New Orleans), Mexico, Haiti. The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation. Areas served: Worldwide.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

WomensNet, which founded the Amber Grant Foundation, gives away at least $10,000 every month in Amber Grant money, as well as a year-end grant of $25,000. Areas served: US (primarily Michigan, Mississippi, New Mexico, & New Orleans), Mexico, Haiti. The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation. Areas served: Worldwide.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 8, 2016

Revenue streams are unpredictable, databases can be hard to work with, and money has to be allocated where it is needed, not necessarily where it provides value. If you lead or help manage a nonprofit organization, you know how hard it can be to provide clarity and transparency to your stakeholders. About the Authors.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Let's Encrypt is a project in cooperation with the University of Michigan, the nonprofit Mozilla, and TechSoup donor partner Cisco. There you can find projects to fund gas money for someone to attend a music event, buy a new set of roller skates, win a bodybuilding contest, and take a much-needed vacation.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 18, 2022

2006 study by Jorge Moll, Jordan Grafman and colleagues at the National Institutes of Health : After MRI brain scanning of volunteers as they were asked to think about a scenario involving either donating a sum of money to charity or keeping it for themselves, researchers found giving won out.

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M+R

JULY 12, 2021

CHALLENGE: How can we mobilize infrequent Black and Latinx voters in Wisconsin and Michigan and defeat Donald Trump? In 2018, we worked with SEIU to flip the governor’s mansions in Michigan and Wisconsin. We worked with SEIU to mobilize infrequent Black and Latinx voters in Wisconsin and Michigan and defeat Donald Trump. .

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