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What A Pandemic Teaches Us About Innovation and Corporate Giving

Givinga

For instance, we worked with Golf Now/NBC Golf to provide our disaster relief platform to country clubs during COVID-19, as many clubs were forced to completely close down or scale down operations. As an example, Del Paso Country Club in Sacramento, California, saw nearly $85,000 in donations for employees in two weeks.

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When Fundraising Disaster Strikes, What Should You Do?

Tech Soup

On May 3, 2016, right in the middle of Give Local America day, the online fundraising company Kimbia's donation processing platform stopped working. " His nonprofit has an annual budget of under $35,000, almost all of it raised on the Give Local America Big Day of Giving in Sacramento. Give Local America day is a big deal.

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Everything You Need To Know About the Google Ad Grant

The Fundraising Authority

Ad Grants is a program sponsored by Google that gives nonprofits free advertising credits on its Google Ads platform (text ads on search pages). For example, if 90% of donations come from people in California and 80% come from Sacramento, it wouldn't be worth putting Phoenix as part of your location targeting.

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Two Ways To Use Crowdsourcing for Face-to-Face Conferences

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Next week on March 1-2, the First 5 California and the Water Cooler Joint Conference will take place in Sacramento. The platform allows viewers to vote on ideas and add their own. Here’s a few examples I’ve seen lately. Crowdsourcing A Keynote Discussion/Q&A.

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Top Lessons from GivingTuesday 2023

Neon CRM

The Redeem Fellowship Center utilized Neon Fundraise, our peer-to-peer platform, to empower supporters to solicit in-kind donations for their One Warm Coat drive. But don’t discount the importance of your nonprofit’s homepage in helping donors understand what you do. They hit their goal of collecting 150 coats.

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Nonprofits and App Developers Combine Forces for Community Change

Tech Soup

The Community Resilience Platform also pulls together important information for citizens, but specifically in times of disaster. The platform can be used for preparedness, response, and recovery. The app is currently used in West Sacramento, California, which is a food desert, according to the app creators.

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Social Media Lab: How To Become A Networked Nonprofit

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

LAUP has a group of parent ambassadors who serve as their key advocates in Sacramento or on land. They established a fan page for this group so they can be their advocates on Facebook as well.