Achieve

DECEMBER 22, 2020

This means that in most cases (though we’ll walk through a few exceptions) your supporters start individual fundraisers on their own to raise funds on behalf of your organization. How can I successfully raise more funds with a Facebook peer-to-peer fundraiser? Answer questions such as: How do I start a Facebook fundraiser? Nick Black.

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Achieve

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Nick co-founded Stop Soldier Suicide stemming from his experiences leading Paratroopers as a Ranger qualified Army Officer with the 173rd Airborne during 27 months deployed to combat zones in Afghanistan.

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Tech Soup

MAY 6, 2014

I've also donated to personal fundraisers, where my friends are raising money for a pet project or trying to pay off a large medical bill. We've written quite a bit on the benefits of crowdfunding campaigns here on TechSoup, including a platform comparison and a webinar called The Wisdom of the Crowd(funding).

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

To raise funds and create an engaging #GivingTuesday experience for your social supporters, we recommend hosting a Facebook Challenge. . During these, supporters complete a task (such as walking 10k steps per day) for a defined time period (such as a month) while raising funds for your nonprofit using a Facebook fundraiser.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 1, 2009

Oxfam America Unwrapped and fund virtual gifts like a pair of school uniforms for $20 , or planting 50 trees for $30. * One of GlobalGiving's "Mom Knows Best" projects like Education for 900 Rural Girls in Burkina Faso or Fast Tracking Education for Women and Older Girls in Afghanistan. *

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

The project is controversial in that it definitely has digital inclusion aims, but also is in the critical path of Facebook’s business objectives to grow its user base. ” Also have a look at our webinar recording and other resources: The Wisdom of the Crowd(funding). Find the Teespring discount offer on TechSoup.org.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2007

Acumen Fund is a non-profit global venture fund that uses entrepreneurial approaches to solve the problems of global poverty. A growing network of more than a half million volunteers and nearly 50,000 projects a year, with volunteer opportunities that range from building wheelchair ramps in.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

We are also funding very special after school art classes in Afghanistan through our partnership with Trust In Education. The more people who know about Traveling Postcards the better! Please add your voice to the conversation. Tell us what you are doing to make positive change in your community. We have come a long way!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 23, 2007

Successful fund raisers for social causes have known that for a long time. A recent series of studies by psychologists provides the research that proves it -- they have found that fund-raising appeals do best when they are crafted around a single gripping image. It uses images to promote social and humanitarian causes.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

I wouldn’t have signed on to this project if I didn’t think GamesThatGive was something special. The list of partner charities at launch include: US Fund for UNICEF. Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Association. So I think I have a pretty good sense of what works and doesn’t work. The Wilderness Society. Feeding America.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 14, 2006

You can learn more about Jeffrey Sachs' work with the UN Millenium Project here. They created the Small Planet Fund to support the people and organizations that they met on their trip. Since the book's publication, and the Fund's creation, two of their grantees have won the Nobel Peace Prize--Muhammad Yunus and Wangari Maathai.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 19, 2008

Bill Somerville makes the search for innovative funding opportunities sound like an Indiana Jones adventure. One of the projects he is involved with these days is The Elders. Grassroots Philanthropy by Bill Somerville and Fred Setterberg As I wrote in my review, I Want to Be a Grassroots Philanthropist!, tools, it was about how Web 2.0

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 8, 2022

The takeover by the Taliban in Afghanistan earlier this year instantly sent the future of girls and women in that country into chaos. She has been working with Women Win in various capacities since 2011 on a range of projects and programs both in the U.S. Credit: GOLEES. GRLS Initiative Director at Women Win. . and globally.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

So that leaves about 20% of the funding pool to organizations like you. And here’s Anthony, he was in one of my wounded veteran programs that these young men and women who’ve lost their legs and arms in Iraq and Afghanistan. Don just asked a donor, what type of projects they would be interested in. Steven: Love it.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

It Gets Better Project. Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. National Priorities Project. Polaris Project. World Wildlife Fund. Because freedom of religion is a constitutionally guaranteed right under the First Amendment. Facebook || Twitter || YouTube || LinkedIn || Flickr. Student Aid Alliance.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2014

If you're trying launch a project, like a community center or a film festival, KickStarter or Indiegogo might be the way to go. The Scoop: Perhaps one of the most buzzed about crowdfunding platforms, Kickstarter is a way to fund projects. If a project succeeds, Kickstarter will charge a 5% fee to the funds collected.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

It Gets Better Project. Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. National Priorities Project. Polaris Project. World Wildlife Fund. Because freedom of religion is a constitutionally guaranteed right under the First Amendment. Facebook || Twitter || YouTube || LinkedIn || Flickr. Student Aid Alliance.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

If you're trying launch a project, like a community center or a film festival, KickStarter or Indiegogo might be the way to go. The Scoop: Perhaps one of the most buzzed about crowdfunding platforms, Kickstarter is a way to fund projects. If a project succeeds, Kickstarter will charge a 5% fee to the funds collected.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 1, 2013

The Trust for Public Land TransForm Transportation Alternatives United Nations Foundation United Way for Southeastern Michigan United Way of Genesee County Vermont Foodbank Volunteers of America Wade Edwards Foundation and Learning Lab Women Employed World Food Program USA YES!

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 13, 2009

We work in countries like Congo, Rwanda, Sudan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia, Kosovo, among others. What advice do you have for people who have the idea, "I want to start an organization, or project, or social enterprise to make the world a better place"? That's the story of Women for Women. laughs] One is A.)

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 25, 2008

A disproportionate amount of women veterans are women of color, and many of them have just recently returned from Iraq or Afghanistan and are looking to get involved with the peace moment, and with their own political development, but also with their own healing, and what it means to heal after going through the incredible trauma of war.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

Over the past 18 months or so, the antennas have been appearing around Jalalabad , a former Taliban stronghold in Afghanistan. It wasn't created by a government either, but it could become the new symbol of infrastructure rebuilding in Afghanistan and around the world. These may not be the most sophisticated antennas, but they work.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 19, 2007

Sponsors give $27/month to fund a survivor's basic needs, as well as seed money to start income generating projects. T he program works in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Kosovo, Nigeria, Rwanda and Sudan.

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