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Minnesota Attorney General Sues Nonprofit for Misusing Funds

NonProfit PRO

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison has filed a lawsuit against Minnesota nonprofit ThinkTechAct Foundation, as well as its founder/president, a board member and executive director, alleging they ran a sham nonprofit and misused nonprofit funds.

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Minnesota Annual Conference

Bloomerang

————. The post Minnesota Annual Conference appeared first on Bloomerang.

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How to Start a Nonprofit Organization in Minnesota | 12-Step Guide

Donorbox

Minnesota gives a small-town feel to a big state. By starting a nonprofit in Minnesota, you can help address the poverty issue, ensure the environment remains beautiful for future generations, or help connect people within your community. The people are friendly, and the scenery is beautiful. Still, there are high rates of poverty.

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Combatting Homelessness and Improving Lives in Minnesota: Partners for Affordable Housing

Charity Navigator

Homelessness is significant everywhere, though in Minnesota, it’s often a hidden phenomenon. Sometimes it looks like people sleeping in cars, ice houses, storage units, or other places unfit or unsafe for human habitation.

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Customer Story: The Autism Society of Minnesota Raises Over $25k For Their Virtual Event With CauseVox

CauseVox

My coworkers at the Autism Society of Minnesota and I decided to kick off 2021 with a creative new peer-to-peer fundraiser on CauseVox. About The Autism Society of Minnesota (AuSM). Founded in 1971, the Autism Society of Minnesota enhances the lives of individuals and families affected by Autism Spectrum Disorder.

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The Intersection of Marketing and Fundraising: Tips from the Autism Society of Minnesota, a CauseVox Nonprofit

CauseVox

So when their day job employer, the Autism Society of Minnesota (AuSM), decided to start using CauseVox for their peer-to-peer fundraising, Zephyr was all in. Zephyr James is not your average CauseVox user: they have a bit of an unfair advantage, because they wrote CauseVox education materials for years.

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24 hours, millions of dollars, thousands of nonprofits—What gives in Minnesota?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The campaign was modeled after the grand daddy of match days that happens throughout the entire state of Minnesota. Good luck and Go Minnesota! Our goal in this 3 rd year is to raise millions of dollars for thousands of Minnesota nonprofits in one day. So what gives in Minnesota? Jeff Achen gives us the inside view.

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Thank You To the Max: Minnesota Give to Max Day Raised $13.4 Million in 24 Hours

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: The 3rd annual Minnesota Give to Max Day took place last month. And every year, the good folks in Minnesota share their results and lessons learned. Minnesota’s ‘Networked Nonprofits’ raised $13.4M million was raised to benefit Minnesota nonprofit organizations. in one day by Jeff Achen, GiveMN.org.

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Minnesota Open Idea: Crowdsourcing Contest For Social Change Done Right

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Minnesota Open Idea is an example of an online social good contest that works. In this interview, Jennifer Ford Reedy , VP for Strategy and Knowledge Management, at the Minnesota Community Foundation shares the how they designed this online social good contest for success. What was your judging process?

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[Client Experience] AuSM’s Success with CauseVox

CauseVox

“The language we use is vital to our success,” says Zephyr James, Community Engagement at Autism Society of Minnesota. Z ephyr James, Community Engagement at Autism Society of Minnesota. As a fundraiser and a marketer, your work tends to overlap. About your Speakers. Rob Wu, CEO + Co-Founder @ CauseVox.

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How the University of Minnesota Leveraged Social Ambassadors for Giving Day

Connection Cafe

One of those organizations is the University of Minnesota. Their ambassadors then helped to celebrate the public launch of Driven: The University of Minnesota’s Campaign in September 2017, aiming to raise $4 billion. In 2016, they added an online ambassador program to their giving day and saw great results. Where to next?

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Minnesota Nonprofits: Message-Medium-Mission Conference

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'm coming to Minnesota at the end of the month to give a keynote at Message+Medium+Mission Conference , nonprofit tech conference co-sponsored by the good folks at the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits and MAP for Nonprofits. If you are planning on attending, I look forward to meeting you.

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Minnesota's Give to the Max Day gets new technology partner | Star Tribune

AFP Blog

Minnesota''s Give to the Max Day gets new technology partner | Star Tribune : Minnesota charities stung by a peak-time website crash during “Give to the Max Day” last year will have a new technology firm handling its annual day of mega-giving in 2014.'

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Digital Natives Speak from Minnesota Conference, I Twitter, Twitterverse Responds

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I had the honor of delivering the keynote this morning at the Message + Medium + Mission Conference in Minnesota. A few minutes before speaking I remembered a Minnesota story about my early years as a executive director for a small organization and using social networking to get Garrison Keillor as our celebrity for a fundraiser.

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[Webinar] The Virtual Fundraising Roundtable Discussion

CauseVox

During this special 90 minute conversation, we’re going to be diving into the details so you can learn virtual fundraising best practices for 2021.

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Bloomerang Appoints Ann Fellman as Chief Marketing Officer

Bloomerang

.” She previously served as Senior Vice President of Marketing at Code42, Product Manager at Rimage Corporation, Principal Product Director at Oracle and Manager of Member Services at the Minnesota High Tech Association.

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When is Equal Pay Day for social sector leaders in your state?

Candid

. $95,451.00. 102,084.00. Washington. 107,052.00. 110,470.00. New Mexico. 112,900.00. 105,000.00.

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The momentum is building for Nonprofits in Motion next week!

NTEN

The momentum continues to build for this year''s Minnesota Council of Nonprofits'' (MCN) annual conference, Nonprofits in Motion: Momentum for a New Minnesota (NPIM14), Nov. 6-7 in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Community conference minnesota minnesota council of nonprofits nonprofits in motion npim14 nptech nten speaking Program'

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How to use social media to inspire 40,000 people to give on one day

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Go Minnesota! This incredible online fund raising event raised more than $14 million last year, and we’re hoping to raise the bar higher this year by engaging more than 40,000 donors to donate to any of Minnesota’s more than 26,000 nonprofits using GiveMN.org. We invited you to be part of the Great Minnesota Give Together.

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Are Your Members Creating Value – or Just Consuming Value?

Joy of Membership

This week’s podcast guest – Denise Beusen from the Needlework Guild of Minnesota – gave us a great example of an organization that was suddenly pushed forward into the adoption of new tech and, in retrospect, has benefited from doing so.

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Developing a Participatory, Provocative History Project at a Small Museum in Minnesota: Interview with Mary Warner

Museum 2.0

Earlier this year, I was fascinated to read the account of a participatory project at the Morrison County Historical Society in Minnesota, in which community members were invited to write essays about “what’s it like” to have various life experiences in the County.

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Wilder Launches Statewide Data Hub « Minnesota Council on Foundations Blog – Philanthropy Potluck

AFP Blog

Minnesota Compass.

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How to Show Visual Impact on Your Online Donation Forms

Qgiv

Let’s look at some examples: Minnesota Ovarian Cancer Alliance. Minnesota Ovarian Cancer Alliance added images to their giving plans to show visual impact of a recurring gift. The associated image should be of a happy, recovering animal. Kuda Vana added images of the kids that each recurring donation will benefit.

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Using smart tech to reimagine nonprofit work

Candid

T he Minnesota Council of Nonprofits found that 50% of about 300 nonprofits surveyed said they've struggled to hire new employees, while 40% are dealing with significant staff turnover. As a result, nonprofit employees have quit their jobs at record levels since the start of the pandemic.

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How Minnesota’s ‘Networked Nonprofits’ Raised over $10M in 1 Day!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Here at GiveMN , we’ve harnessed the power of our networks to raise record amounts of money online for nonprofits in Minnesota and engage record numbers of people in an annual, one-day giving event— Give to the Max Day. All told, Minnesota nonprofits collectively raised $10,041,021 in one incredible day.

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How can nonprofits partner with underserved minorities to build better communities?

ASU Lodestar Center

Armin Budimlic of the Intercultural Mutual Assistance Association (IMAA) in Rochester, Minnesota, spoke much truth into this question when he stated that “these efforts cannot just be a blanket statement or goal-that is good, but without having benchmarks, these efforts will not be sustained.”.

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What Nonprofits Need to Know About the New Overtime Ruling

Blue Fox

Check out the The Exemption Test from University of Minnesota’s Office of Human Resources. This is the very first question to answer because if your employees are classified incorrectly (exempt versus non-exempt), your organization is at risk for fines, legal trouble, staff morale issues and consequently some bad PR.

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Is There a Community of #Tech4Good Activists Waiting for You?

Tech Soup Blog

Saint Paul, Minnesota: Skill Extension: Maps (on the Green Line) | Sponsors: Maptime MSP Meetup, CARTO. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Communications Networking Lunch. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Nonprofit Communications and Technology Conference (MCN). Saint Paul, Minnesota: Communications Networking Lunch. Wednesday, March 8, 2017.

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A shared WordPress framework cuts costs for MENTOR and affiliates

The Nerdy NonProfit

The ArcStone team originally sat down with MENTOR MN (formerly the Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota – MPMN) at the beginning of 2016. We reached out because we had just designed and launched the local Big Brothers Big Sisters website and thought there may be a fit.

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GiveMN 2012 Giving Day by the Numbers

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Nevertheless, we believe that our efforts to help Minnesota nonprofits and schools become “Networked Nonprofits,” to nurture social media usage and provide tools for integrating social media, have been key to driving the amazing results we saw again this year. Incentivize video creation and video sharing.

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Ahead of Give Local America, 7 trends in Giving Days

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Source: GiveMN A school principal rides a zipline as a way to bring attention to Give to the Max Day in Minnesota. New waves of philanthropists are contributing : After Give to the Max Day in Minnesota, 5 percent of donors surveyed said the day was their first time donating to a cause.

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How To Write A Great Donation Receipt For Your Nonprofit

CauseVox

Example #3: Autism Society of Minnesota’s ‘Brunch @ Home’ Virtual Event Donation Receipt. Here you will learn more about AuSM’s programs, services, and upcoming events for the Minnesota autism community and everyone who loves and cares for someone on the spectrum. Our tax ID number is xx-xxxxxxx.

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Weekly update from PND

Candid

Each institution will be required to match the grant 1:1 over the next five years to provide permanent endowment funds for expanded financial aid for students who are eligible for Pell Grants, low income, and undocumented or have DACA status.

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The Intersection of Systems and Network Leadership

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Janne Flisrand, a network weaver based in Minnesota who I met last month at a gathering of network designers and weavers here in San Francisco , recently shared a reflection from a similar meeting of network weavers in Minnesota — all from different networks with different purposes and scale.

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Highlights and Resources from Nonprofits in Motion Conference

NTEN

NTEN Member, Steve Heye, sporting an NTEN geek t-shirt Last week, Joleen and I spoke at Minnesota Council of Nonprofits'' (MCN) annual conference, Nonprofits in Motion: Momentum for a New Minnesota (NPIM14), and we have a lot to share! No sooner had we walked into the Saint Paul RiverCentre, than we had a celebrity sighting.

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PhilanthroTech: How Nonprofits Are Using Crowdfunding

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In November 2012, the giving day platform Razoo partnered with GiveMN, an organization that aims to grow online giving in Minnesota, to break a world record by raising $16.3 million for Minnesota charities in just 24 hours.

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Minnesota Nonprofits and Technology Conference Keynote: Slides

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Conference blog keeps you in the loop « Minnesota Council on Foundations Blog - Philanthropy Potluck

AFP Blog

Conference blog keeps you in the loop « Minnesota Council on Foundations Blog - Philanthropy Potluck: "The national Council on Foundations’ (COF) annual conference began this morning in Atlanta. COF’s president Steve Gunderson writes, “There is energy and urgency in the air. It’s a critical time for the country and the world.

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Internet Chats, Pizza and Philanthropy « Minnesota Council on Foundations Blog - Philanthropy Potluck

AFP Blog

From Philanthropy PotluckInternet Chats, Pizza and Philanthropy « Minnesota Council on Foundations Blog - Philanthropy Potluck: "Philanthropists young and old — no matter how you like to communicate — take heart! an 8/22 TPT.

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7 Donation Page Examples To Help You Raise More Online

CauseVox

Example #6: The Autism Society of Minnesota Focuses on the Donor. The Autism Society of Minnesota makes that the focus of their donation page in a few key ways. It allows donors to tailor their budget and plan their giving in a more personalized way, and it’s a great option if you’re highlighting different ways to give.