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Father’s Day Fundraising: 9 Ideas That Will Get People Donating

Whole Whale

Also, Father’s day actually owes its history to nonprofits for its creation, so supporting charity is in the day’s DNA. For example, if you’re raising money for cancer research, tell stories about how cancer has affected fathers in your community. More on that after the tips to get people to donate. Use social media.

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34 Clever Summer Fundraising Ideas

Whole Whale

National Nail Polish Day (June 1). Set a fundraising goal to sponsor a nail color on National Nail Polish Day (June 1) in the spirit of Movember. National Repeat Day (June 3). National Repeat Day (June 3). National Oceans Month (June, US) World Oceans Day (June 8). National Selfie Day (June 21). Enroll Now.

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Nonprofits: Have we had enough of "vote for me" fundraising yet?

Judi Sohn

" In reality, the challenge illustrated exactly why these "vote for me" contests in the nonprofit world have got to go away. Each Facebook user, after authorizing the Chase application, got 20 votes to distribute among their favorite charities. Chase disqualified some charities without being transparent as to why.

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Target Facebook Challenge: Ten Large Charities Compete for Votes To Divide the $3 Million Pot

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

While I was offline today enjoying Mother's Day and the beautiful weather (as much as I could with seasonal allergies), Target launched its version of an online contest. There have been many remixes of online contests since the Giving Challenge, so many that I can't quite remember all of them.

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Nonprofits: Have we had enough of "vote for me" fundraising yet?

Judi Sohn

" In reality, the challenge illustrated exactly why these "vote for me" contests in the nonprofit world have got to go away. Each Facebook user, after authorizing the Chase application, got 20 votes to distribute among their favorite charities. Chase disqualified some charities without being transparent as to why.

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An Interview with Jessica Rauch about The Generation Project: Passionate about Teaching Young People

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Tell me about your project, The Generation Project The Generation Project is a new charity that seeks to revolutionize educational philanthropy by giving donors creative control over their gifts to kids in low-income communities. It is for the good of the individual and the nation that we must solve the achievement gap.

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10 Email Marketing Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

For example, here is a recent email fundraising appeal from the National Wildlife Federation about the urgent need to save pollinators: The header image contains a “Donate” button and an “Act Now” link and both take the reader directly to NWF’s primarily donation page. Create a welcome email.

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