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5 Ways to Use Crowdfunding to Rally Your #GivingTuesday Supporters

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Last year on Giving Tuesday, Chicago Coalition for the Homeless used DonorPerfect Crowdfunding for a fun and easy way to energize their supporters to give and share about their $10,000 fundraising goal. The key to successfully drawing donors is to create the perfect blend of excitement with easy ways to give.

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It Takes a Village: Using Peer-to-Peer to End Homelessness

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People often ask, “What’s the best way to end homelessness?” If you’re reading this article, you probably don’t need to be convinced that fighting poverty and homelessness is worthwhile. Altogether, the 2021 Walk to End Homelessness raised over $96,000 for their cause! 3 Successful Peer-to-Peer Events.

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#GivingTuesday: Why I Am Participating in the National Day of Giving on November 27, 2012

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

For example, Mark Horvath has put together a cookbook , filled with recipes from social media leaders, that is being sold on iTunes and is generating funding to help provide programs to homeless. Giving Tuesday takes a lot of these ideas and blends them together.

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Using Social Bridging to Be "For Everyone" in a New Way

Museum 2.0

We''ve seen surprising and powerful results--visitors from different backgrounds getting to know each other, homeless people and museum volunteers working together, artists from different worlds building new collaborative projects. There are some groups who we work with terrifically in their own space but who we rarely engage in ours.

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What Does it Really Mean to Serve "Underserved" Audiences?

Museum 2.0

Louis homeless shelters to introduce them to the local museums. The proposal was funded, and YES teens partnered up with individual homeless families on monthly outings to museums in Forest Park. So the teens worked with the YES staff to put together a grant proposal in which they would partner with families at St.

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Building Community Bridges: A "So What" Behind Social Participation

Museum 2.0

We tailor the programming blend to diverse ages, making sure no activity is just for kids or adults, no matter how much glue or fire is involved. In exhibitions, we showcase local, first-person stories and objects--from students, roller derby girls, retirees, and homeless families--alongside the art and historic objects.

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Museum 2.0 Rerun: What Does it Really Mean to Serve "Underserved" Audiences?

Museum 2.0

Louis homeless shelters to introduce them to the local museums. The proposal was funded, and YES teens partnered up with individual homeless families on monthly outings to museums in Forest Park. So the teens worked with the YES staff to put together a grant proposal in which they would partner with families at St.