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Philanthropy’s response to the Turkey and Syria earthquake 

Candid

The United Nations also issued an appeal for an additional $1 billion in aid, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development pledged €1.5 million and an additional 50 pledges worth $51.1 70% of grants and pledges were made with identifiable announcement dates, with 83.5% billion in emergency funds. billion ($1.6

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Reporting Social To Stakeholders

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Reporting Social To Stakeholders: Guest Post by Meg Biallis. These professionals came to talk about standardizing the reporting process – about integrating social media results into the traditional reporting procedure. Do you need to raise $50,000 for a pledge drive? Report regularly and you will be rewarded.

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5 Interesting Facts from the Giving USA 2011 Report

sgEngage

The Giving USA 2011 report is out and the team at The Giving USA Foundation and the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University have given plenty of data and statistics to sift through. The largest pledged gift in 2010 was $250 million worth of art and furniture from George M. Kaufman to the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C.

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New Email Tests Improve Clicks, Slow Exiting

The NonProfit Times

A matching grant pledge prior to the big day encouraged supporters to dig deep, resulting in a 40% revenue increase compared to the previous year’s total by the time the day drew to a close. An aggressive email campaign was the foundation. Research backs this up.

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Big Data on Planned Giving

Connection Cafe

Since 2017, FreeWill has helped over 85,000 people pledge more than $920 million to nonprofits. The pledges have been enabled by our free estate planning tool, which nudges people to think about charitable giving while making a will (or guides them through the process with a lawyer). On average, Washington, D.C.

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#GivingTuesday Lights Up Generosity (and Time Square)!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Online , nearly 3,500 Social Media Ambassadors have pledged to support #GivingTuesday. Multiple articles have been posted on The Huffington Post , The Washington Post , The Wall Street Journal , USA Today , and The Guardian. Over 7,000 #UNselfies were submitted on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Google +. Did it light up generosity?

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Cool App Roundup: Election Edition

Tech Soup

The app encourages users to pledge to vote and to share that pledge across their social network. Philly Votes is an Ushahidi -powered poll monitoring initiative that gathers and maps voting incident reports, such as voter intimidation and long lines. Bonus points are earned by pledging to vote and attending. The VoterHub.

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