Tech Soup

MAY 20, 2016

It's a multi-tiered approach in which donors are asked to raise money in addition to donating. Raising general awareness for your cause. Celebration Events — Celebration events are a quick and easy way for your donors to spread the word about your cause while raising money. Walk for Hunger.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2015

For example, we haven’t been raising money with the Internet for very long,” I said. ” From its humble beginnings, DonorsChoose.org has cumulatively raised $335 million and funded nearly 600,000 classroom projects. Look no further than the Ice Bucket Challenge , which raised over $200 million worldwide last summer.

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Care2

JUNE 21, 2013

Her team raises funds to help secure and distribute more than 200M meals annually for families struggling with hunger. In 2008, Liz joined Feeding America at the onset of the sweeping organizational brand transformation; and helped guide direct response fundraising efforts through a successful brand transition.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

All you had to do was click and play a word game, and that leveraged a food donation to fight hunger. In 2008, we started to see click action philanthropy on Facebook with Lil Green Patch raising over $100,000 for the Nature Conservancy. Here's an example of a campaign to raise money on TwitCause for honeybee research. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2009

It's called Bullseye Gives, a special Facebook page inviting folks to decide how they should allocate $3 million among ten large institutional charities, including: Parent Teacher Association Feeding America The Salvation Army American Red Cross National Parks Foundation Breast Cancer Research Foundation St.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Last December, I watched Twitter turn into a sea of frozen green peas to support Susan Reynolds in her fight against breast cancer and to raise money for research in her honor. And then, on December 6, 2007, everything changed when my friend Susan Reynolds was diagnosed with breast cancer. Connie Reece. tools and technology.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 16, 2015

And there is Jack Andraka , a high school student who got obsessed with finding a cure for cancer and created a test that can detect pancreatic cancer. According to a recent research survey of UK/US teenagers , 26 percent have raised money for a cause and 32 percent have donated their own money (or allowances).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2008

But donating money to a charity, even a small amount (or in-kind items ) can certainly help with part of the need and raise awareness in others. Dr. Mani holds an annual Heart Kids Blogathon on Valentine's Day to raise money for heart surgeries for poor kids from rural India. April: We celebrate Earth Day this month.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 2, 2009

The panelists or poets include Danielle Brigida (NWF), Wendy Harman (Red Cross), David Neff (American Cancer Society) and Carie Lewis , Humane Society of the US. I've gathered up some of best of the best folks in the nonprofit tech field to share their social media measurement lessons learned.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Events like GivingTuesday are helping condition people to give online and raise awareness about the importance of giving. But they aren’t going to cure cancer, reduce hunger, or improve pre-K education. Social Good Shark Tank Speaker: Peter Panepento, Principal, Panepento Strategies.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 19, 2008

Honorable Mention: Sierra Club and American Cancer Society. They promoted the campaign through social media sites and raised $300k online within two months. Honorable Mention: CauseForce and Project Bread - The Walk for Hunger. Honorable Mention: ASPCA - raised $7 million online from about 700,000 subscribers.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 4, 2013

Back then, Dan was the chair of the Harvard Hunger Action Committee that led a 4,200 mile cross-country bike ride to fight hunger. Dan Pallotta would go on to invent the multi-day charitable event industry with the AIDS Rides and Breast Cancer 3-Days.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Constituent Empowerment Honorable Mention: Sierra Club and American Cancer Society Winner: Children International Used TeamRaiser to recruit new sponsors and recuited 5,000 sponsors since 2005 and sponsored over 560 children. They promoted the campaign through social media sites and raised $300k online within two months.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 7, 2010

The two of us went to a local hospital during a cancer expo, and we basically, for lack of a better word, we hijacked the place. All had little ribbons, or whatever on them, and we just left stuff all over this cancer expo. It was something that I believed in, and I really like hungered for.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 1, 2014

This lines up with the time frame when the most money was raised during December. Help cancer survivors like me. Risk of severe hunger – please read. Email by Hour. 50% of all emails were received between 9am ET and 1pm ET during the month of December. 31% of emails were received after 1pm ET. Apollo set the standard.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2009

The top 100 included a mix of nonprofits with an operating budget of under $10 million with programs in designated Chase corporate responsibility areas: education, healthcare, housing, the environment, combating hunger, arts and culture, human services and animal welfare. Or only allow a pre-selected group of organizations to participate?

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

It’s preached that in order to successfully raise funds you must truly know your supporters- your people. If you’re a fan of the trilogy, you’ll understand: 5 Important Marketing Lessons Nonprofits Can Learn From The Hunger Games. Some People Make Excuses; Others Raise Money – Fundraising Coach, Marc A.

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