NetWits

MAY 17, 2012

Online Fundraising has become a popular and successful method for nonprofits trying to increase revenue and acquire new donors. While it does not yet amount to the bulk of fundraising for most nonprofits, online giving grew by 13 percent from 2010 to 2011. Looking to help your organization get better at raising money online?

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NetWits

MAY 15, 2012

The largest online gift received in 2011 was $260,000 – more than two-and-a-half times 2010′s largest gift. With that type of growth you’d be silly not to spend time focusing on improving your organizations online fundraising program. Organizations, depending on their size, should consider analyzing their website traffic.

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Online Fundraising Haiti Retention 230

ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Stakeholders should be asking how do we identify effective practices throughout the organization and how do we improve organizational effectiveness to achieve greater impact? What is considered effective should advance the organizations mission and goals to achieve greater impact.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 22, 2023

GoFundMe GoFundMe is one of the world’s largest crowdfunding websites, having helped raise over $15 billion since 2010. Mightycause is perfect for organizations looking to scale up their fundraising efforts and gain greater insights into their donor bases. Pricing Bloomerang Standard is $119 per month.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Organization: Pancreatic Cancer Action Network. Organization Size: Medium. What was the very first social media tool your organization utilized, and when? Which tool has been surprisingly useful in getting out the word about your organization and its programs? Name: Allison Nassour. Title: Social Media Manager.

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NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 19, 2019

If you had bought $100 of Bitcoin in 2010, it would now be worth around $20,000,000. Why would they donate cryptocurrencies instead of traditional methods? Because of this, you are actually giving 20 percent more directly to the organization than if you sold the cryptocurrency for its value and donated in cash.

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Venezuela Nonprofit Movie Government 62

ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 11, 2018

Within the sector itself exist organizations that are run with the precision of any Fortune 500 company. But, charitable organizations in general are thought to be lagging behind their for-profit cousins in some of the more basic areas of organizational operations necessary to grow and maintain healthy enterprises.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 10, 2008

A theory of practice, in my mind, outlines the methods and ideals behind how I get work done with clients. The client is quite knowledgeable about their organization, mission, and goals for a project, but often not knowledgeable about technology. My theory of practice is different than my consulting philosophy.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 2, 2023

From smaller, newer nonprofits to larger charitable organizations, measuring performance is a universally shared need, especially in the realm of fundraising. But for organizations that offer direct services to constituents, such as social services nonprofits, there’s another layer of complexity— impact measurement. Diversity Metrics.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

My friend, Mazarine Treyz , is an accomplished woman: She is passionate about life and supporting nonprofit organizations. In 2010 I completed my book, the book that I wish I had had when i first started. I’m also excited to announce that I’ll be giving away a copy of the book for free to a reader!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 11, 2008

So I’m going to try and lay out the details of what cloud computing is, and how it’s useful for nonprofit organizations. As the bandwidth available increases (via FiOS , and other methods) cloud computing will get even more attractive to organizations and people. at 5:17 am TechSoup Blog 09.16.09

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Tech Soup

MAY 22, 2012

Online fundraising has become a popular method for increasing revenue and acquire new donors. While it does not yet amount to the bulk of fundraising for most nonprofits, online giving grew by 13 percent from 2010 to 2011. The only vertical experiencing a decline from 2010 to 2011 was International Affairs organizations.

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Results Online Donor Fundraising 44

Gyrus

MAY 12, 2016

Almost two-thirds of Americans are predicted to own a smartphone by 2017, more than a threefold increase since 2010. A report by the Rapid Learning institute emphasized that the majority of learners prefer short- e-learning courses, something that their organization is still trying to focus. According to a survey by eMarketer, 59.3

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Online Learning Trend Learning Online 56

ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 10, 2017

Qualitative yet empirically-based impact evaluation bridges the gap left by other evaluative methods providing the context of mission fulfillment for a nonprofit organization. Impact evaluation in the arts, and its broader use for leaders of any nonprofit, can drive results. The ogre under the bridge isn’t as scary as you might think.

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Evaluation Arts Story Impact 56

ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Providing formal training to staff and volunteers has obvious benefits for an organization, individual staff members and volunteers. For the organization, it is a means of ensuring staff and volunteers are knowledgeable, making them exceptional ambassadors for the organization in and outside of work.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 10, 2008

In the last few months, I was involved in helping three organizations choose vendors for varied technology projects, and in the course of that time, I talked with almost a dozen technology vendors of one type or another. This got me thinking that all people, not just scientists and students could use this method.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 13, 2021

Carlyn Schulzke and Matt Hayes will discuss how current data on donor demographics impacts major-gift donations with specific emphasis on simple, safe and secure methods of attracting and engaging with cryptocurrency donors. New giving methods for your nonprofit. Full Transcript: Steven: Okay. Matt, Carlyn, I’ve got 3:00 p.m.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 12, 2011

I like to use a combined method. The above shows the methods. It made we wonder about how one can create a small scale, manageable method for a small organization to collect stories and use them as a feedback loop – AND part of your communications/content strategy. Here's that described more broadly.). What do you think?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

You see, HRDAG is anything but a typical organization. In October 2010, two former police officers were sentenced to 40 years in prison for this disappearance and the expert testimony of HRDAG statistician Daniel Guzmán was a key factor in the judges’ decision. It’s funny, my parents asked the same question.)

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Guatemala International Project Statistics 137

Connection Cafe

JULY 2, 2018

In days long past, the only channels an organization had to concern itself with were in-person and direct mail giving opportunities. However, it is important to consider that the current philanthropic landscape is structured towards these age groups and their preferred giving methods. Now, it is only responsible for 23% of donors.

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Channel Change Fundraising Mail 28

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2011

million was raised to benefit Minnesota nonprofit organizations. In a 24-hour period, nearly 4,000 Minnesota nonprofit organizations benefited through donations, matching grants and prizes. In total, GiveMN has helped raise $46 million for nonprofit organizations across the state of Minnesota since launching in November 2009.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 15, 2020

With merely a click of a mouse or tap on a phone, individuals can quickly learn about and donate to nonprofit organizations. Social media and online giving both increased six percent between 2010 and 2018. The Humane Society of the United States uses this method to raise funds during and after a major animal rescue operation.

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Digital Technology Giving Arizona 52

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 10, 2005

At the same time as the patent office is granting business method patents that everyone knows have tons of prior art, they are busy rejecting trademarks, based on who knows what, exactly. Case in point: the organization " Dykes on Bikes " was denied a trademark of their name because the word "dyke" was vulgar.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 12, 2010

Twitter, for example, has shown remarkable accuracy at forecasting box office success, even more accuracy than the currently used (and comparably complex) Hollywood Stock Exchange method. A study for non-profits | Think Social – "Two weeks ago, Mashable posted a how-to for non-profit organizations trying to use Google Buzz.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Note From Beth: Last year I covered Give to the Max Day and the impressive results. This year before the event Jeff Achen write a post sharing their strategy for 2010. This guest post discusses the results. percent of respondents said their organization benefitted overall from Give to the Max Day. Social media strategy payoff.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

If your organization falls in this range, you may be interested in free, discounted, or affordable software solutions to help carry out your strategies while staying within budget. which will make it harder to organize and sync your data. Accessibility: It may not be easy to share the sheet with others at your organization.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 15, 2007

In any event, Kintera’s API goes a long way to help organizations be freed from yet another data silo, and they are free. Their code on the server-based method examples only include PHP at this point (the client based method code examples are in the expected HTML and Javascript.) They work by REST via POST, or JSON.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Look to attract crossover audiences who don’t only follow other organizations like you. A social media post can affirm that other parts of your organization are working – that people are seeing your advertisements or internalizing your mission. Then share them with your organization’s leadership. Read your social media stories.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2011

7: Transparency and Replicability are Paramount to Sound Measurement: Measurement methods need to be shared as well as how specific metrics are calculated. These are simply a guidelines to help think through what to measure – or what metrics that will help your organization demonstrate progress towards an objective. .

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Tech Soup

MAY 21, 2012

The largest online gift received in 2011 was $260,000 – more than two-and-a-half times 2010′s largest gift. You’d be silly not to spend time focusing on improving your organization's. However, according to our research , many organizations don’t have a well-developed retention strategy in place.

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Online Giving Design Fundraising 57

AFP Blog

JULY 11, 2012

7 secrets to increasing fundraising results - TheNonProfitTimes : Online fundraising has become a popular and successful method for nonprofits trying to increase revenue and acquire new donors. While it does not yet amount to even close to the majority of fundraising for most nonprofits, online giving grew by 13 percent from 2010 to 2011.

Results 29

Results Fundraising Blackbaud Method 29

Tech Soup

JUNE 15, 2010

European Foundation Week Session: Strengthening Europe's role in advancing children's rights – Organized by EFC Children and Youth Interest Group, 1st June 2010. By 2011, they hope to create a common framework, create an open method of coordination, and develop their 2020 strategy.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

moment in January, 2010, when an outpouring of donations followed the devastating Haiti quake. As it turns out, The Red Cross used but one of several common methods to generate revenue from mobile phone owners. This lesser known method avoids the ten dollar maximum donation limit imposed by text message donations (described above).

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Phone Mobile Method Haiti 94

Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 10, 2013

The study, which builds on a similar study conducted in 2010, looked at the philanthropic habits of the following generations of Canadians: Generation Y (or Gen Y, born 1981 – 1995). LinkedIn use rose 24% from our 2010 study to 48% in 2013. Twitter use increased by 20% from our 2010 study to 59%.

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Social Media Generation Media Donor 36

ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 5, 2011

Understanding the determinants of Hispanic volunteering and the types of volunteer work that interest Hispanics can help nonprofit organizations target their recruiting efforts and tailor their programs to the Hispanic population. The literature on minority philanthropy shows that minority groups in the U.S.,

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United States Survey Dominican Republic Volunteer 71

Tech Soup

JANUARY 26, 2015

One of the best ways to gauge whether open source would work for your organization is to look at some actual examples. Managers can create reports using pre-built templates or customize their own to get detailed insight on their organization's data. The first event Art for Impact planned using CiviCRM yielded $2,000 in one night.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

Nonprofit organizations are vital to the nation’s economic well-being and have nearly doubled in the last 30 years (National Center for Charitable Statistics, 2015). It may be time to rethink how these important social organizations are funded. Social enterprise models may well offer an answer.

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