Tech Soup

OCTOBER 8, 2012

These apps have the power to help nonprofits and charities reach a whole new audience and raise awareness about their mission. As part of the App It Up 2: Transforming Communities project, we had the opportunity to explore how charities and nonprofits are using gamification. Gamify Your Organization.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 29, 2022

Host a watching party for major games at a bar where the tips and certain drinks go to the charity. You can use your health apps to track miles, or partner with an app like Charity Miles. Have a float race, water balloon toss, or watermelon-seed–spitting contest to raise additional funds for a cause. Track Relay Race.

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Get Fully Funded

JANUARY 17, 2022

The contestants on The Great British Baking Show manage to get it right with impressive frequency. For example, a new project provides grocery store gift cards to college students coping with food insecurity. Can you do it? But… that either requires a good memory or a lot of guesswork. Do you really want to make fundraising so hard?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

Since I was a first year college student at UC Berkeley, I have been working with students and schools in low-income communities and have grown increasingly aware of how educational disparities keep children from reaching their potential. That lead me to Jennifer Rauch, the co-founder of The Generation Project.

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Tableau

OCTOBER 11, 2021

We are just weeks away from Tableau Conference and the ultimate visualization showdown —Iron Viz 2021—where three fierce contestants will take the virtual stage for an intense lightning round of live viz-tastic storytelling. . As a finalist, you will receive money to donate to your favorite charity. Ateken Abla. October 21, 2021.

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Tableau

OCTOBER 11, 2021

We are just weeks away from Tableau Conference and the ultimate visualization showdown —Iron Viz 2021—where three fierce contestants will take the virtual stage for an intense lightning round of live viz-tastic storytelling. . As a finalist, you will receive money to donate to your favorite charity. Ateken Abla. October 21, 2021.

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Qgiv

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Check out this “Givers & Gamers” event that Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Bluegrass organized. Encouraging kids to read isn’t always easy, but with an added element of competition, you might just turn students into avid bibliophiles! Haunted porch contest. Virtual talent show. Virtual “Around the World” festival.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Keep a list of students or your group members on hand to make sure everyone gets a candygram, and add a sign to your table giving people an option to order extra candygrams to cover the cost. For a fun addition, ask students to bring sleeping bags and blankets to school with them. Costume contest. Cookie-decorating contest.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 12, 2016

When I wrote my article two years ago, I had a hard time finding nonprofits and charities that were successfully using Snapchat. For a list of nonprofits to follow, check out JustGiving's round-up 7 Charities Who Totally Get Snapchat. Share Exclusive Content, Challenges, and Contests.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2009

The Chase Community Giving contest on Facebook is one of the biggest online contests thus far, open to more than 500,000 charities. As of this writing, 1,027,398 people joined Chase’s fan page to cast votes for their favorite charities. These were removed in the final days of the contest.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 23, 2010

Less than two hours ago, Chase Community Giving made the much anticipated announcement of the lucky winner of $1 million dollars and five finalists each receiving $100,000 on its contest Fan Page. It's left some nonprofit professionals wondering whether these types of contests are a good idea. and Sdfj Dfsjlfkddjf. Change.org reported.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Swag or merch: handmade item by someone helped by your charity. Swag or merch: pick and design swag that directly relates to your charity. If you represent an educational or social justice charity, maybe giveaway specialty decks of cards featuring important people from history. These exist already!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 20, 2009

Rather than donating the money to nonprofits through a traditional corporate responsibility grant program, Pepsi will jump on the online contest bandwagon. Pepsi will have contests every month for 10 months beginning Jan. As of this writing, 1,027,398 people joined Chase’s fan page to cast votes for their favorite charities.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Sometimes, this even included an army of college students going door-to-door, ICU nurses convincing hospital staff to join, businessmen calling meetings to let their employees know about the contest, and other offline work. How many people were involved with LWB on the contest? That went to several thousand supporters.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

Sometimes, this even included an army of college students going door-to-door, ICU nurses convincing hospital staff to join, businessmen calling meetings to let their employees know about the contest, and other offline work. How many people were involved with LWB on the contest? That went to several thousand supporters.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2015

This includes some of the most basic student essentials. With $300 million in annual revenues, CustomInk is eager to extend its reach into the charity apparel space. It’s like having a donation box on your desk that benefits your favorite charity – and you just don’t have to give money. Co-Disruptor: Benevity.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

A charity golf tournament won’t just raise money and build excitement for your cause, it can also be a pillar of your major donor recruitment plan. Charity Races like marathons, 5Ks, fun runs, or walkathons invite participants to register with your nonprofit and collect donations from their community, making every step count for your cause.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 30, 2008

There was link to the Charity for more information, but it made wonder how they are selecting these recommendations. In addition to sending a birthday card, the Sharing Foundation has just launched its campaign for college student sponsorships over at Global Giving. Flickr Photo Birthday Card Remix Contest.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 5, 2016

Best Looking Emails: This is a tie between the Museum of Modern Art and charity: water for showing that you can still design beautiful emails despite all the constraints. Students Need Your Help to Help Others. Deadline for InterAction’s14th Annual Photo Contest is January 15. 5 moments that inspired us in 2015.

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The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

The year started with atypically high inflation rates and featured several significant weather-related disasters, ongoing crises in the Middle East and Ukraine and an acrimoniously contested, highly polarizing and wildly expensive election season. After elections, folks invest in their local communities and want to give locally,” Bisbee said.

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