Tech Soup

OCTOBER 24, 2014

The Basic Registry of Identified Global Entities (BRIDGE) is a new collaborative project that aims to revolutionize information sharing, in order to better understand the flows of philanthropic dollars and enhance transparency and effectiveness in the global social sector. A New Phase of the Project. Special Thanks. spanhidden.

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Classy

JULY 9, 2021

If your nonprofit is looking to make a big investment in a particular project, you may have wondered if launching a capital campaign is the right path for you. They typically have four phases of implementation: Planning: includes setting a budget, gathering volunteers, setting your goals, and researching prospective donors.

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Achieve

MARCH 29, 2023

A corporate matching gift program is a form of corporate philanthropy in which employers agree to financially match their employees’ charitable contributions at a certain ratio (usually 1:1 or 2:1). They can check their eligibility using a matching gift database, or you can check it for them during the prospect research phase.

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The most effective nonprofit consulting projects will address immediate problems and provide long-term strategic value that helps you grow. There are a few general steps that you should follow when looking to hire a nonprofit consulting firm for any type of project: Review your needs. Discuss the project with your board.

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sgEngage

APRIL 19, 2023

One often-overlooked opportunity, however, is workplace giving⁠—a form of corporate philanthropy where companies give to and encourage their employees to support organizations like yours. As a nonprofit or educational institution, you know firsthand the importance of fundraising to support your mission programming.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 28, 2018

Taking that first step to build a simple, manageable program that will return needed philanthropy is huge, but doesn’t have to be difficult. There are many ways to start or build a robust philanthropy program. Here are seven tips to start the simple, initial phase: Start with special appeals. And your CEO will love you for it!

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Top Nonprofits

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The people who are recruited to serve on the Lead Gift Committee should be people who know the community well, people who are truly committed to the project, and people who aren’t afraid of fundraising. Lead Gift Committees often meet at least every month during the Quiet Phase of the campaign , and sometimes more often.

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Qgiv

MARCH 8, 2022

It was my first big project. Qgiv provided an environment where I felt comfortable sharing my challenges with the leadership team, and I always felt like I had the support I needed to navigate this new phase in my life. Sandra: One of the things I’m most proud of is helping develop Qgiv’s original peer-to-peer fundraising system.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Community Fellows posed the question: “How might we leverage the full power of the Salesforce ecosystem – employees, philanthropy, product, suppliers, and policy influence – to address food insecurity?” In the next phase, we will continue to work with the community to build out these ideas. These ideas are just the beginning.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 19, 2013

Co-authored by the Institute’s Executive Director John Esterle, Malka Kopell and Palma Strand, the article discusses a new project named “The Civity Networks Project,” a collaborative effort between the institute and the Silicon Valley Community. The Civity Networks Project—Taking Relationships Seriously.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 19, 2010

Those of us who have planned, executed and evaluated these types of contests for good on behalf of major brands have done so with the best intentions and not to “cause wash” — i.e., buy good brand karma under the guise of philanthropy. In addition, we know: These programs are difficult and resource intensive.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 22, 2021

For this week’s National Volunteer Week, we’re launching the next phase of our partnership with Salesforce.org. This new phase brings thousands of new volunteer opportunities to Philanthropy Cloud , with more being added in real-time as they are created by nonprofits. Connect with her on LinkedIn , Medium , and Twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

This was among the key findings of the  “Community Philanthropy 2.0,” conducted by  Geoff Livingston (he is a Society for New Communications Research Fellow),  Qui Diaz  and myself.    However, Minnesota has set the bar pretty high!   The key will be the staff hired to make GIVEMN engaging to donors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

The project is a hyperlocal source of information about living green–powered by network of environmental activists, nonprofits, and grassroots organizations. Cara talked about the network formation phase of the project. It celebrates the natural beauty of the area while educating the community about a green life style.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 31, 2011

I recently came across the My Colorado Project when Jason Manke connected with me, asking for feedback and ideas about community building and online community engagement tools. Jason is the Media Director and My Colorado Project Manger for Community Shares of Colorado. How did My Colorado Project come about, how did it get started?

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Achieve

JANUARY 3, 2018

Specifically, Phase 1 of the. As Achieve’s Director of Research, Amy is responsible for identifying and devising appropriate methodologies and data-collection strategies for projects like the Millennial Impact Report and the Millennial Running Study. Presidential Election and even earlier this year. 2017 Millennial Impact Report.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

She enjoys camping, reading, adventure travel, and clean socks… and I should mention is starting a nonprofit called Pando Projects. Pando Projects is a nonprofit that empowers people—in particular Millennials—to step up as leaders and develop new, local solutions to the problems in their communities.

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Tech Soup

JULY 17, 2013

Data Digest is a weekly round-up of the latest news on data-related projects in the nonprofit sector, compiled and authored by Keisha Taylor of GuideStar International and TechSoup Global. It originally appeared on NetSquared.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 1, 2016

Here are 10 of the most helpful reports and resources for philanthropy professionals: Giving in an Election Year. 50 Fascinating Philanthropy Stats. The 50 Fascinating Philanthropy Stats is the central hub for need-to-know statistics on charitable giving, online fundraising, donor characteristics, and more. The Point of Impact

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

In 2013, the Council on Financial Assistance Reform (COFAR) announced sweeping changes to the grant management process for US federal grant recipients in both pre-award and post-award phases. Grant recipients focus and report on results from the initial proposal development all the way through performance management phases and reporting.

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CauseVox

JUNE 22, 2021

Why you should attend: You’ll walk away from this workshop knowing exactly what you need to do to launch your individual giving into its next phase…and you’ll discover pre-made tools that will allow you to focus more on outcomes and less on how to get it all done. Do you understand the importance of its role in fundraising?

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

This is one of my absolute favorite topics in philanthropy, this idea of engaging board members as fundraising ambassadors. We’ll start with a few key trends in philanthropy that will ground our conversation. And this is according to a 2020 report The Role of Volunteering In Philanthropy by Fidelity Charitable.

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Cloud 4 Good

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Request for proposals, or RFPs, help define projects, set expectations, and ensure the right clients and/or vendors are selected to help businesses grow effectively and efficiently. JB: We generally recommend that organizations focus on high-level requirements gathering before authoring and issuing the RFP to more fully define the project.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 20, 2017

The proposal should include a detailed description of how the program will be executed, how exactly the pieces fit together to achieve the desired outcome, and of the different phases involved in implementing and running the program. Which leads us to #5….

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2007

Allan Benamer has written a post called Why Project Agape's Cause Is Better Than Second Life. I think the title should have been more aptly "Why Project Agape's Cause Is Better ROI for Fundraising Than Second Life in 2007!" re still in the early phases of virtual worlds, we shouldn't ignore it or label is a passing fad.

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Candid

MARCH 13, 2023

Folks visit Foundation Directory to search for grants data, GuideStar for nonprofit data, Issue Lab for research reports on best practices, Philanthropy News Digest for news, and so on. This project is big, complex, and exciting. What happens next?

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Classy

MARCH 29, 2021

To ensure fair and just treatment of farmers and workers across the world, Dr. Bronner’s continues to offer education initiatives and create fair trade projects to support their mission. Each product is 100% biodegradable, and 33% of all profits go to social and ecological projects. But their ambitions go far beyond the screen.

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CauseVox

DECEMBER 8, 2023

In the dynamic world of philanthropy, technology acts as a bridge, helping you share stories that resonate, celebrate achievements, and express gratitude for every donor’s role in making a positive impact. Building Donor Relationships Building meaningful connections with donors is an art and a science.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 21, 2011

I remember the event well: it was a rare speaking engagement by Bill Gates in 1999 when Gates was starting to shift into philanthropy in a big way. At a crucial turning point in Benetech’s history, I ran into Sheldon and outlined my dreams of doing more. Sheldon’s quick-shot reaction was, “you need to meet my friend, Robert.”

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Connection Cafe

JULY 10, 2017

Jumpstart corporate philanthropy ASAP. Learn more about each phase in the feasibility study process with Double the Donation’s step-by-step guide ! As such, an in-house interviewer can accidentally leave holes in their report or push the project forward even if it’s not in your nonprofit’s best interests.

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Bloomerang

JULY 31, 2021

First, we’re going to have like a little bit of an overview of what’s happening in the world of philanthropy. So what’s happening in philanthropy? And I think that that’s been a very important focus because a lot of my clients are just saying, “We don’t need to build a project.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 6, 2017

For this phase of research (the second in a three-phase study underway), Achieve surveyed 3,000 millennials (born 1980-2000) about their political and cause-related perceptions and behaviors over the past 12 months. Derrick Feldmann, Achieve CEO and founder, Millennial Imact Project. They’re far from typical.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

To be sure, new power funding models are not without their downside: The campaigns, projects, or start-ups that are most rewarded by the crowd may not be the smartest investments or those that benefit the most people. One inventor just set a new record on Kickstarter, raising more than $13 million from 62,000 investors.

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Achieve

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Philanthropy News Digest. The Chronicle of Philanthropy. Indeed, Phase 2 of our. He is the founder of MCON and the lead researcher and creator of The Millennial Impact Project, a multi-year study of how the next generation supports causes. This post originally appeared on. In fact, this year’s edition of. Giving USA.

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Achieve

JANUARY 1, 2018

As Achieve’s Director of Research, Amy is responsible for identifying and devising appropriate methodologies and data-collection strategies for projects like the Millennial Impact Report and the Millennial Running Study. Achieve’s findings are part of its research for. Though Achieve’s sample was relatively small, Asian Americans made up 5.5

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Non Profit Quarterly

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Rob Reich: Big philanthropy is an exercise of power, and wherever there is concentrated power in a democratic society, the civic attitude toward it should be scrutiny, not gratitude. Amy Costello: Welcome to Tiny Spark , a podcast of the Nonprofit Quarterly. I’m Amy Costello. And now, Reich is taking on Big Tech. Reich: Absolutely.

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