Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 30, 2019

For example, a smart contract to support charity donations might enable the automatic and instantaneous release of funds to a charity once the donor receives proof of a promised action by the charity. Additional Blockchain and Crypto-philanthropy Resources: Crypto-philanthropy: How Bitcoin and Blockchain Are Disrupting the World of Giving.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 23, 2022

At Nonprofit Summit 2022, Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation , sat down with Dr. Una Osili , Associate Dean for Research and International Programs at Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, to discuss innovative solutions to the challenges nonprofits face. – Darren Walker, President, Ford Foundation.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 22, 2021

We’ve seen this with face-recognition authorized payment through Apple Pay and one-click purchases on Amazon. These are important shifts, as The State of Modern Philanthropy 2021 shows that the average monthly recurring gift made through ACH on Classy is 55% larger than recurring gifts made with credit cards.

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Candid

JANUARY 2, 2025

This review highlights some of the most popular resources published in the past yearon topics ranging from data and AI in philanthropy to building a brighter future for children and youth. Futures Philanthropy: Anticipation for the Common Good by Philanthropy Europe Association (Philea) and Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Recently, I presented a high level overview of crowdsourcing , including examples from the lens of funding and doing. What comes to mind when you think of the word crowdsourcing either for funding or doing? Here’s an overview of the different types and some examples for each in philanthropy and doing. (1)

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Nonprofit AF

APRIL 4, 2023

Hi everyone, for those who missed the Unicorns Unite’s 5-year virtual reunion event on Valentine’s Day, the other co-authors and.

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Candid

JUNE 11, 2021

Many nonprofit leaders say that increased financial support from funders and the government helped their organizations fare better through 2020 than originally anticipated, a report from the Center for Effective Philanthropy finds. Persevering Through Crisis: The State of Nonprofits." Center for Effective Philanthropy report 06/08/2021.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 7, 2017

Is culture of philanthropy embedded in the way that everyone does their work? What is a culture of philanthropy? In the nonprofit sector, there is growing understanding about the importance of creating a culture of philanthropy to power effective fundraising. But, does your entire organization treat it this way?

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Candid

JANUARY 2, 2024

This vast library contains more than 34,000 freely available philanthropic resources authored by organizations in our sector—including reports, case studies, surveys, toolkits, and more. The Philanthropy Transformation Initiative Report , by WINGS  This report reminds us that the original meaning of “philanthropy” is a love of humanity.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Philanthropy loves “new” things. Whether you are working within a funding organization or on the ground in social change, developing an effective knowledge practice will help to advance strategic missions and goals. A History of Knowledge Work in Philanthropy Knowledge building and philanthropy have a long past.

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Tableau

JUNE 8, 2021

Tableau’s Renee MacLeod, Senior Manager, Inclusive Marketing, sat down (virtually) with Jonathan Schwabish and Alice Feng, co-authors of the Do No Harm Guide. Alice Feng, Senior Data Scientist at Natera, formerly at Urban, co-authored the guide with Jonathan. Shena Ashley, Vice President, Nonprofits and Philanthropy, Urban Institute.

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Blue Avocado

DECEMBER 17, 2024

At the same time, we’re recognizing that the authors of these articles have helped thousands of nonprofits by giving their work certified “gold” status, and giving them the chance to update or provide a new introduction to their classic articles.

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Achieve

OCTOBER 18, 2024

A diversified funding model promotes financial stability, since you’ll have alternatives to fall back on if one revenue source falls short of expectations or expenses are higher than you predicted. Your funding model should include some combination of the five major nonprofit revenue streams, which are:   Individual donations.

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The NonProfit Times

APRIL 15, 2024

Philanthropy expenditures in India have grown by an average annual rate of 13% during the past five years, reaching the equivalent of $280 billion. Family philanthropy and retail giving contributed to overall private philanthropy growth of 10%. In total, private philanthropy amounted to $15 billion during fiscal year 2023.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 7, 2008

It slams the use of business thinking and approaches in philanthropy, and makes some drastic policy recommendations to fix elite philanthropy by those dubbed philanthrocapitalists. I couldn't contain myself and wrote a lengthy seven part critique on the Global Philanthropy Forum's Discussion Forum on the topic. they are not.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 10, 2005

Jay was particularly interested in making the search capabilities of Bookshare.org better than our existing simple author or title searches. Funding engineering work is always our biggest challenge, because it is not typical philanthropy.

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Get Fully Funded

JUNE 3, 2010

Successful grant writing depends on finding the right funding opportunity. You need to locate an agency interested in funding your project, but where do you start? There are probably a zillion places to search for information about grant funding opportunities and you could spend countless hours doing so. Step 1: Go to: [link].

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Candid

AUGUST 2, 2023

When a disaster strikes, individuals, communities, philanthropy, and entire nations often rise to the occasion, providing relief and humanitarian aid. Two decades later, disaster recovery remains an essential part of wildfire funding. Climate change funding is increasing dramatically. That is no longer the case.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

The authors identify seven leadership best practices of high performance based on their extensive experience in the nonprofit and philanthropy sector. These principles once applied can help organizations sustain their work because they will be able to attract and leverage funding. Source: Engine of Impact. Not in this book.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2014

The Resource Gap in Rural Funding. If your charity or library happens to be located in rural America, it's not your imagination that it is harder to get grant funding in rural locations. The nonprofit Bridgespan Group did a special post-recession report on overcoming the resource gap in rural funding.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 4, 2010

As a capacity-building organization for the global nonprofit and social benefit sector, we at TechSoup are very conscious of the need to understand and work within different cultural contexts for philanthropy. Direct help or assistance funds are mushrooming. It is easy to forget that the U.S.

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Top Nonprofits

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Each year, the nonprofit sector receives extensive data describing philanthropy in the United States. Register here to save your spot for the live event on 11/16 at Noon ET, or to access the onDemand playback: About Author. Laura McDonald. Vice-Chair, Giving USA Foundation. President & Founder, Benefactor Group.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 28, 2021

There are three pillars of transformation required of philanthropically-funded nonprofits that want to thrive in the post-disruption, post-COVID economy. For years now, there’s been a powerful evolving discussion in the social benefit sector around “ culture of philanthropy ” and why it’s so critically important to fundraising success.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

For decades, LLS has harnessed people power to raise funds for cancer research and treatment through Light the Night , Team in Training , Visionaries of the Year , and other unique in-person events—historically raising 67% of all individual contributions made to LLS. About the Author. Coker Powell.

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The NonProfit Times

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

While everyday givers describe generosity as boundless, they perceive giving and volunteering to be resource dependent, according to the report’s authors. The report’s editor was Benjamin Soskis, senior research associate at the Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy at the Aspen Institute.

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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. Funded by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, it reflects a year of research and analysis, including conversations with 300+ community stakeholders. billion to $4.8

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The NonProfit Times

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

based Philanthropy Roundtable, aims to help funders direct their support toward think tanks that offer maximum impact on the funders’ areas of concern. When think tank research is used in influencing policy, the positions presented should be represented as those of the research’s author, and not the think tank itself. “As

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Allison Fine and I have been looking at artificial intelligence, nonprofits, and philanthropy. Douglas Rushkoff, author of Team Human , has been serializing chapters from his book on Medium. What if it was used to determine who is taking up large amounts of resources and where funding could be slashed? ( link ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Most nonprofits do not have the resources to hire one of these in-demand professionals nor do you see many funding opportunities to build this type of commitment to measurement and learning from data into a nonprofit’s DNA. What are the types of funding and capacity building that philanthropy should support to make this happen?

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Achieve

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Having dedicated ESG initiatives is crucial for many companies to grow and retain investment funding—in fact, the ESG Finance Market stands at over $7 trillion and is expected to continue rising through 2029. Takeaways for Nonprofits Mention ESG efforts in grant applications and funding requests.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 15, 2024

In a 2024 report from the Center for Effective Philanthropy , 95% of leaders expressed some level of concern over employee burnout and 69% of respondents ranked it as “very much a concern”.** AI tools can also enforce data access policies, ensuring that only authorized personnel can access sensitive information.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

One of my big projects during my first year at Packard was to co-author the Networked Nonprofit with Alison Fine. In addition, Stephanie managed the Organizational Effectiveness , Philanthropy and President’s grantmaking funds. She is always cheerful, enthusiastic, curious, and well – so much fun to work with!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

I’m thrilled to announce the publication of my second book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit : Using Data to Change the World ,” with co-author and measurement goddess KD Paine. The book is about how nonprofits can measure and improve results from leveraging their networks.

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DNL OmniMedia

AUGUST 12, 2022

There’s a lot of support out there to fund your programming, support capacity-building initiatives like tech investments, and in some cases, help cover operating expenses. This guide will review common funding sources and the types of grants that they typically offer. Grant Funding Sources. Corporate Philanthropy.

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Global Giving

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

These days, it seems like everyone is talking about how blockchain is the coolest new thing—capable of changing everything, including aid and philanthropy. For example, when you put money in a bank account, you’re relying on the bank (a central actor) to keep track of your funds correctly. Want more tips like this?

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DipJar

APRIL 19, 2021

This year more than ever, nonprofits will struggle to secure funding, and for many, even clients. Unless the right people know about, learn about, or feel good about your work, you won’t have the people to work with or the funding to serve them. The same goes for identifying foundations, companies, or government entities to fund you.

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2013

Data Digest is a weekly round-up of the latest news on data-related projects in the nonprofit sector, compiled and authored by Keisha Taylor of GuideStar International and TechSoup Global. Data philanthropy efforts are reviewed and advice for writing about data is offered. Data and Philanthropy. The New Science of Giving.

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