Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 29, 2014

That was the logic Lauren Bush Lauren articulated in a 2013 interview about FEED, a for-profit entity she founded that creates simple, eco-friendly tote bags whose price covers the cost of donating school meals to children in Rwanda via the UN World Food Program” What Solutions Are Hiding In Our PDFS? .”

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Here are three easy ways you can be part of the giving season kick-off: Donate to the 2013 NTEN Challenge We are so excited to celebrate the strength of this community, now 50,000 people stong! We have over 30 community champions help us celebrate - check out their fundraising pages and donate today! Want to participate?

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 8, 2013

The latest Chronicle of Philanthropy survey of American corporate giving essentially finds that companies are still giving out cash grants, but are putting more energy into product or in-kind philanthropy. The Chronicle of Philanthropy has been surveying large American companies on their philanthropy annually since 2005.

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Top Nonprofits

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Attendees will gain valuable information about: How to create a donation funnel. How to make your “Donate” button stand out on your website. She officially started her full time business in 2013, and has designed hundreds of digital and real products. Lead generation. New fundraising ideas. She has loved every minute of it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

brendankinney (@brendankinney) September 18, 2013. To celebrating its 5th year, North Texas Giving Day hopes to exceed last year’s fundraising results of 37,800 donations totaling $14.4 fundchat — Josh Gold, MNM (@NonprofitGold) September 18, 2013. … Read More Fundraising Philanthropy'

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

First we identified the titles we wanted to add—all requested by Bookshare non-student members, including some of the best science books of 2013 as reported by NPR’s Science Friday show. a11y accessibility Bookshare ebook giving philanthropy print disabilities Reading science SEChallenge Skoll Social Entrepreneurs Challenge technology'

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 18, 2013

Giving USA: The Annual Report on Philanthropy is the longest running, annual report on U.S. Giving USA is researched and written by the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. The total donated to charitable causes in 2012 was estimated to be estimated $316.23 Giving USA is published by the Giving USA Foundation.

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Pamela Grow

JULY 10, 2024

Individual donations dropped by 2.4%, with their share of total giving slightly decreasing from 67.4% in 2023, down from 73% in 2013. In contrast, the Giving USA Foundation’s annual report highlights that donations rose to $557.16 Donation Sources: Individuals: Donated $374.4 Corporations: Donated $36.55

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 21, 2013

Last week Blackbaud along with partners HJC, Sea Change Strategies, and Edge Research released findings from the 2013 Next Generation of Canadian Giving study. The majority of Canadians donate money to charity. Nearly half of those who give engage with causes in ways other than making donations. Eight Key Findings: 1.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2014

billion in 2013 and nonprofit fundraisers using crowdfunding platforms and techniques continues to explode (according to this infographic from Craig Newmark). But giving, isn’t just about making a donation or volunteering your time. What they all have in common is kids who are combining their passion with philanthropy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

These are some of the questions that Alexa Cortes Culwell and I set out to answer in our new report, The Giving Code: Silicon Valley Nonprofits and Philanthropy. The Giving Code examines the health of our region’s nonprofit and philanthropy sectors—their size and shape, how they operate, and where they do or do not intersect.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 5, 2017

Published by the Lily Family School of Philanthropy. 2015 Text Donation Study :: Download. 2013 Social Charity Index :: Download. Published by Philanthropy Age. Published by Nonprofit Marketing Guide. 2016 Charitable Giving Report :: Download. Published by Blackbaud. 2016 Women Give :: Download. Published by Abila.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2013

” Instead, I got asked questions about measuring the longer-term impact of social media – how do we know that our use of social media has influenced a conversion to an action or behavior change or donation? How do we measure and track engagement to results? Books Conferences'

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 23, 2023

One important study shows that a positive image of a child leads to a higher average gift donation than a negative one. A 2013 article from The Guardian suggests that using negative emotions such as guilt doesn’t lead to long-term giving, but reward emotions such as pride or belonging do, as they enable people to enjoy giving.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 25, 2015

Yesterday, after a planning call with colleagues for a session I’m moderating at IFC called “ Viral Fundraising Campaigns One Year On ,” I noticed a promoted post in my stream for the ALS Icebucket Challenge with a donate button. Wow, two juicy news events in one post! Facebook will no doubt iterate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2012

” This brave group beta tested not only the content in the book, but also the workshop curriculum that I will be teaching during 2013. Below are the nine updates (under three topics) that we posted this summer as part of the experiment, and how they fared in terms of reach (views), engagement (clicks), and donations (dollars).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2014

LCF inspires philanthropy from the Latino community and invests in community driven solution lead by Latino-based organizations. Also, just because people like all your Facebook posts and know about the campaign- that won’t necessarily turn into donations. What was the goal of your campaign in 2013? That was a big win for us!

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Now that this year is wrapping up and we have the verdict on nonprofit technology trends for 2013 , we queried charity Technorati like Amy Sample Ward, Beth Kanter, Marnie Webb, Peter Campbell, Nicole Wallace, the entire crew at Idealware, Lucy Bernholz, and other luminaries to find out what is in their crystal balls for 2014.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2013

We’ll be talking about NTEN’s great work, #GivingTuesday, and why collective philanthropy is powerful. UN Foundation (@unfoundation) December 3, 2013. Please consider making a donation to NTEN as part of my campaign. Join me for a chat on #GivingTuesday, TODAY December 3 at 9:00 am PST with NTEN CEO, Amy Sample Ward.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2014

Last year, Knight Foundation published the Giving Day Playbook , a soup-to-nuts guide to 24-hour online campaigns that community foundations are increasingly organizing to promote local philanthropy. After processing about 66 donations per minute during their 2013 event, the website crashed at 12:30 p.m.—for for five hours.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 23, 2013

This month the news is about ultramobile devices, NPTech innovation in Eastern Europe, Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Winners, online fundraising trends, a new Pinterest analytics tool, the emergence of digital wallets, and Ginny Mies pick for the environmental mobile app of the month in honor or Earth Day 2013. Social Media.

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Tech Soup

MAY 3, 2013

I encourage you to register, fundraise, donate, and volunteer so that you can have firsthand experience being on the other side. Speaking of learning what your peers are doing, my colleagues at Blackbaud and I will be hosting a variety of opportunities for you to learn and network in 2013. September 29 – October 1, 2013.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 17, 2013

Charitable Giving: Baby Boomers Donate More, Study Shows – Forbes – Online. 5 of a Number of Takeaways from Blackbaud’s 2013 Next Generation Giving Study – NPQ. Older Donors Are More Likely to Give Nonprofits Unrestricted Gifts – The Chronicle of Philanthropy. Growing Up to Give – The Chronicle of Philanthropy.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

As we prepare for our leap into 2014, let’s learn from 2013′s ups and downs – triumphs and flops – and make this next year one for the record books. Here’s Your 2013 Nonprofit Roundup: THIS – thanks to Marc Koenig of Nonprofit Hub: Nonprofits, 2014 is the Year of the Blog.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2013

So when the latest version of Microsoft Office became available for eligible nonprofits, charities, libraries, and foundations through the Microsoft Software Donation Program , we teamed up with our friends at Microsoft Citizenship and Doug Thomas, content producer for Office.com, to host a tweet chat. New Features and Improvements.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

funders, the donations from these 1,000 large foundations account for about 50-60% of the grants dollars Candid collects from U.S. This is because Candid’s data collection efforts have increased a great deal over the years (particularly around 2013-2015). These facets are captured in Candid’s Philanthropy Classification System.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

This year #GivingTuesday is on December 3, 2013. Supporters commit to doing something good like donating money or services to a registered charity. In its inaugural year, the project became one of the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s 5 Nonprofit High Points in 2012. There is no cost of course. How To Get involved.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 21, 2013

The session was framed by some recent research from UnitedHealth Group and the Optum Institute called Doing Good is Good for You: 2013 Health and Volunteering Study. ” So, it important to acknowledge volunteers and show what their donation of their time does. Networks Philanthropy Research Studies' Thank you Adam!

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 18, 2014

million raised, a 63% increase in total donations over 2013 according to the Case Foundation. Are you tapping in to the increased posture of philanthropy on this day? Over 15,000 nonprofits across 68 countries participated this year, with an estimated $45.68

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

charities with economists willing to donate their time. Read Sector Blogs That Cover Data: If you want to stay current on data in the nonprofit and philanthropic sector, the best place to go is Lucy Bernholz’s Philanthropy 2173 Blog. So along with a few friends he started Pro Bono Economics, a nonprofit that matches U.K.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 18, 2012

The big nonprofit tech trends this past year seemed to be in the areas of making websites viewable on mobile phones, using mobile phones more in the workplace, cloud computing, social media fundraising, foundations and Microsoft donations, greater self-sufficiency among NGOs in developing countries, and some cutting edge things like hackathons.

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Tech Soup

MAY 7, 2013

The annual 2013 eNonprofit Benchmark Study by NTEN and M+R Strategic Services is now out. Find a summary of the report by Chronicle of Philanthropy's Nicole Wallace. donation program provides discounted pricing of services and equipment for credit/debit card payment processing. NPTech Online Fundraising Trends. Social Media.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

donations (think Heifer International) and reminders that givers can. increase their charitable giving tax donation right up to the stroke of. your email donation request will be opened on a small screen – make sure it can be read easily and links to a mobile-optimized landing page. With last minute gift.

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AFP Blog

MAY 22, 2014

Online Fundraising Goes Mainstream - Online Fundraising - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas : While online giving continues to gain steam, it still accounts for a very small portion of the money charities rely on. The results track closely with other recent studies of online giving:'

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Connection Cafe

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Join Pam for an informational webinar “Who Gives: How Generations X, Y, Baby Boomers, and Matures Donate” on November 13th. They are truly multi-channel donors, and they want to hear about the impact of their donation. Cultivate them through peer-to-peer fundraising opportunities (like fun runs) and workplace philanthropy.

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AFP Blog

JANUARY 28, 2014

Nonprofits flunk online fundraising test  Philanthropy North Carolina : he inaugural Online Fundraising Scorecard, a study by Dunham Company and Next After, reviewed the websites of 151 organizations over nine months in 2013, signed up to receive emails, and made an initial $20 gift.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Her thoughts on Apple’s ban on donations in iPhone apps recently appeared in The New York Times. Should Apple allow donations to nonprofits in their iPhone applications? Getting Mobile Donations Right Is building an iPhone app the best use of a nonprofit’s resources? Is the strategy to make it up on volume?

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