Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 19, 2022

Many charitable organizations get their start by helping with time-sensitive causes. A great example of this type of time-sensitive fundraising comes in the aftermath of a natural disaster like a wildfire or hurricane. This usually leads to nonprofits taking on more work than they can handle, distracting them from their primary cause.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 11, 2012

What about Hurricane Sandy? There is a lot of speculation about what has been causing the challenges that fundraising is facing in the United States. Are people going to give less because they donated to Hurricane Sandy relief? Giving to disasters does not take away from other nonprofit causes. Is it the economy?

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Blue Fox

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Hurricane Helene is Just the Latest. Whether it's wildfires in the Pacific Northwest and California, tornadoes or blizzards in the Midwest, or hurricanes and flooding in the South and on the East Coast, it can sometimes feel like there's a disaster somewhere every day. Significant natural disasters are more and more common these days.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

If you haven’t donated to Hurricane Sandy Relief, please consider making a contribution. Your organization participate or you can fundraise for a cause. My hometown got hit pretty hard, but we’re counting our blessings that my family’s house is still standing and able to enjoy this Thanksgiving with family.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Below are some recent examples I found of proceeds from songs, or CDs benefiting a cause or nonprofit. Satchmo.com has a list of 35 Hurricane Katrina Benefit CDs. The single was quickly followed by the American version, "We Are The World," in the spring of 1985. It also raised money for famine relief in Africa.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

The Cause : The Community Foundation of SWLA The Donation : $100 (yearly) What inspired you to make a donation to the Community Foundation of SWLA? It was after Hurricane Laura, and I wanted to give to an organization that directly supports our community. I began donating to the Community Foundation of SWLA in May of 2021.

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Candid

AUGUST 2, 2023

Whether it’s global heatwaves, flooding in Pakistan, Canadian wildfires that block out the sun, decade-long droughts in Africa, or ever more powerful hurricanes, natural disasters have our attention. For example, Hurricane Katrina, in August of 2005, presented as a once-in-a-generation disaster. That is no longer the case.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Note from Beth: With the hurricanes, gun violence, and fires, I gave generously, including donations to Global Giving funds. Donors have given about equal amounts to Hurricane Harvey ($4.0M as they have to the recent hurricanes in Puerto Rico + the Caribbean ($4.6M Photo by Fuel Relief Fund on GlobalGiving. since Aug.)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2007

Bernard that is providing hurricane survivors with the recovery resources they need in a safe and all-inclusive setting. She contacted me via Facebook after she my post on shopping for cause and my query for tips for how nonprofits can make the best of cause-related shopping sites.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

What is at stake is the ability to express our values through philanthropy—by giving to the causes, organizations, and movements aligned with those values. If AAER’s lawsuit were to succeed, however, it could restrict the causes that grantmakers and individuals can donate to. But it wouldn’t stop there.

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Candid

MAY 26, 2021

—Kurt Lewin We’re two decades into the internet era; why is it still easier to buy a book about hurricanes than help a storm’s victims? Imagine managing your philanthropic investments like you manage financial investments: your portfolio of all the causes you care about, addresses, and transaction information stored in one place.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 21, 2023

Not only that, but you also have the ability to keep up with things like industry news (via a keyword like ‘nonprofit’) or events that might impact the work your nonprofit is doing (via a keyword like ‘hurricane’). Keywords related to the cause you support: Think of things like pet care, health services, women’s leadership, etc.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2020

All those areas still are ripe for innovation, yet, how do we go deeper and start to address the root causes of anguish and despair? Rising tides, massive hurricanes, power outages, wildfires, droughts and more are going to become part of our daily news vernacular. Take work, for instance.

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Allegiance Group

JANUARY 28, 2025

With both donor acquisition and retention becoming more challenging, your organization must aspire to forge relationships with donors that go beyond a single transaction in order to deepen your donors affinity for your cause. The donor has deep-rooted care and concern for your cause and wants to stay engaged with your work.

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NTEN

JANUARY 2, 2013

There is a lot of speculation about what has been causing the challenges that fundraising is facing in the United States. What about Hurricane Sandy? There are opinions and then there is data. Over the past few months I've been asked a lot of questions about giving trends: What explains the flat trend in overall fundraising?

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Candid

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The blasts caused destruction for several miles, killing nearly 220 people and injuring more than 6,000 others. CDP’s Cari Cullen describes a derecho as a “storm with hurricane-force winds in a place where the infrastructure isn’t built for hurricane-force winds.” Beirut explosion. million in aid.

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Media Cause

APRIL 19, 2021

Although COVID halted travel and slowed down our manufacturing, climate change continued to fuel raging wildfires and an endless hurricane season. The post Earth Day 2021: Climate Impacts Everything appeared first on Media Cause. According to NIFC , in just California alone, 52,113 wildfires burned 8,889,297 acres in 2020.

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DipJar

JANUARY 5, 2022

Worse yet, one with a similar cause and therefore, more than likely, and overlapping donor base. And don’t forget about hurricane season! Late summer and early fall bring hurricanes to certain parts of the country. You don’t want to end up competing with another local event on the same exact evening.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2008

Previous mobile fundraising campaigns have included Text-to-Give campaigns to raise money during Hurricane Katrina and the Southern California fires this past October. According to the ad, one in three children in the United States is overweight or obese. Watch the 10-second commercial here on YouTube.

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Forum One

JUNE 15, 2022

Earthquake or Hurricane High Clear communication of upcoming touchpoints, meetings, and activities needed from key staff ensures critical team members have an understudy. Class: Fires, Quicksand, Hurricanes, Earthquakes. Fire = Something that is currently causing harm and will likely grow if left unchecked. Plan for Hurricanes.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2021

government estimates that floods in recent decades (exclusive of hurricanes and tropical storms) have caused an estimated $160 billion in damage and killed hundreds of people. CEO and co-founder Juliette Murphy has spent a lifetime in the water resources engineering field, and saw firsthand the heavy destruction that water can cause.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 7, 2019

person social media team could not keep up with requests for aid during Hurricane Harvey two years ago. The bot encourages people to become everyday champions for a cause by offering suggestions and tips on how to set up a fundraiser for a cause on a crowdfunding site or a Facebook fundraiser.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 23, 2023

A nonprofit CEO reader writes: “My inbox and mailbox are flooded with fundraising appeals from causes using the words ‘terrifying,’ ‘alarming,’ ‘emergency.’ “Yes, This is especially true for mass marketing messages and broad fundraising appeals for monumental events like hurricanes or earthquakes.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

That was followed by three hurricanes in close succession. Hurricanes, wildfires, and other natural disasters, like the devastating Southern California fires, also have many concerned that climate change could lead to higher property insurance premiums and household energy costs. ” About 8 in 10 U.S.

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 5, 2022

Let’s take a second to play a quick association game: Think about a natural disaster, such as a hurricane or an earthquake. These ideas will be more powerful if they are done with the mindset of peer-to-peer fundraising and connection to your central cause. Be unique in tying the product to the cause. Named Cause Gifts.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 10, 2013

Many times for small organizations, these campaigns fall flat and seem to do nothing to help the cause beyond your most inner circle that engage regularly. Go outside to expand: There’s always a good business partner that can help promote your cause, utilize when it makes sense. Go inside to expand: Staff, board, volunteers.

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DataRobot

MAY 25, 2022

In 2017, Hurricane Harvey struck the U.S. Gulf Coast and caused approximately $125 billion in damage. DataRobot combines these datasets and data types into one training dataset used to build models for predicting whether a building will be damaged in the hurricane. Example of Geospatial Distribution of Damaged Properties.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

For example, when Hurricane Harvey hit, ShelterBox USA was swift to put out a video letting their audience know that they had people on the ground assessing how they would be able to help. They put around $200 to advertise their video to maximize its reach, given Hurricane Harvey’s prevalence on social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2009

Objective : Provide a home site for of CDC’s mobile information about hurricane preparedness and the flu season. Due to the increasing amount of dangerous hurricane like Katrina, Gustav and Ike, the CDC recently created a mobile Web site to further assist during times of emergency. Cool Factor : Government Goes Mobile.

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DipJar

APRIL 20, 2021

Both nesting and hatching sea turtles face many challenges – as soon as a nesting sea turtle makes its way from the sea to the shore sound, light pollution, or beach goers can cause the sea turtle to “false crawl” and return back into the water. Once the eggs have been laid, they incubate for 60-90 days.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

in more than a century decimated the historic town of Lahaina , killing more than 100 people, destroying thousands of properties and causing an estimated $5.5 Josh Green announced that seven defendants accused of causing the tragedy had agreed to pay $4 billion to resolve claims by thousands of people. billion in damage.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

From gaming to storytelling, these apps make supporting a cause entertaining and interactive. You can click on a worthy cause of your choice to learn how to donate via your mobile phone. foursquare) associates foursquare "check-ins" with donating to social causes. Apps that Incorporate Fundraising. Charity Miles.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

September is Preparedness Month: We know that September is usually a bad month for hurricanes and other natural disasters. Stop Complaining About Cause Fatigue! Okay, with all these contests perhaps you're worried about Cause Fatigue. Here's one I shared, an interview with Sarah Koch from Causes.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Hurricane Dorian caused catastrophic damage in the Bahamas and parts of the eastern United States. Cyclone Idai struck Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, causing widespread flood destruction. In 2019, millions of people around the world were affected by disasters and humanitarian crises. 18 at 2 p.m.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Image Credits: Zeitview Since its founding, Zeitview claims it’s deployed drones to snap photos of wind turbines in the Atlantic Ocean, real estate complexes after a Texas hurricane and thermal data from “utility-scale” solar farms. Those thoughts align with Energy Transition Ventures’ Neal Dikeman’s.

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VisionLink

MAY 17, 2013

Hurricane Katrina was such an event for VisionLink, as was the more recent tornado through Joplin Missouri, which caused a 400% increase in system demand. Second, can the firm demonstrate that they can meet unexpected levels of peak demand?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2008

The organization was founded by Richard Proudfit who was on a medical mission to Honduras after a hurricane ravaged the country. Do you know of other examples of charitable giving or cause-related giving by small businesses? Are there bloggers writing about this form of charitable giving or cause-related marketing by small businesses.

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