Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2008

What about making a donation to a charity in honor the special someone in your life. Give a Virtual Gift on Facebook and Support Breast Cancer (or another charity) : Thinking about sending a virtual gift, maybe a teddy bear, flowers, hearts, or whatever? Do you have a special techie in your life who works for a nonprofit?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

I have two favorites: The Sharing Foundation which supports children in Cambodia and Creative Commons. Shaping Youth recommends supporting Age of Conversation to Benefit Variety, The Children's Charity. The GRO Foundation: Global Relief Outreach. Foundation's Gifts of Hope have been created to initiate a revolution in giving ???

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

The mGive Foundation is collecting donations from U.S. curated a list of charities providing aid to people in the Philippines. You can easily donate to one or multiple charities via an online form. After Hurricane Sandy, we compiled a list of general IT safety tips to help you recover hardware and IT equipment after a disaster.

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Tech Soup

MAY 30, 2014

Microsoft's HelpBridge is a free app available on all the major mobile platforms that connects you with friends and family during a disaster such as an earthquake or a hurricane. Mobile Giving Foundation for text-to-give donations to disaster relief charities. Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief Resources.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

’s new CEO took the helm at the charity that uses entertainment to combat poverty. Henson’s foundation dedicated to marginalized communities’ mental health, youth homelessness nonprofit Covenant House and The Boys & Girls Club are helping the nonprofit determine the areas of greatest need.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

For each (free) download of Peter Buffett's Christmas album, Star of Wonder , Amie Street and The Robin Hood Foundation will donate enough money to feed 15 people through The Food Bank of New York. Satchmo.com has a list of 35 Hurricane Katrina Benefit CDs. Putamayo World Music donates to a range of nonprofits.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Hurricane Dorian caused catastrophic damage in the Bahamas and parts of the eastern United States. Foundations and public charities funded $352 million for disasters and humanitarian crises. . Fifty-one percent of funding by foundations and public charities was for response and relief efforts. . 18 at 2 p.m.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Imagine a hurricane bearing down on an isolated village. A new report called Technology for Good: Innovative Use of Technology by Charities identifies ten technologies that are already having this kind of impact in the world. Before the hurricane hit, residents could receive location-targeted SMS messages directing them to evacuate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Before the pandemic, Rhodri Davies, head of policy at Charities Aid Foundation (CAF), authored the 2019 white paper, “ Machine Made Goods: Charities, Philanthropy, and Artificial Intelligence ,” describing the opportunities. “If

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Classy

APRIL 29, 2021

Our Leadership Council incorporates a diverse array of expertise and cause affiliations with representation from nonprofit organizations, corporations, foundations, academic institutions, and many more. Previously served as CEO of The Seany Foundation, a pediatric cancer foundation. Lewis Foundation. Charity Navigator.

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 5, 2022

billion ( National Retail Foundation 2017 Survey ) Father’s Day: $15.5 Let’s take a second to play a quick association game: Think about a natural disaster, such as a hurricane or an earthquake. Crazy amounts of wasted food also resulted in donations to Second Harvest and as well as work with local charities to organize soup kitchens.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 7, 2012

We're all familiar with it, a message saying "Help the recovery from Hurricane Sandy. " New at TechSoup: Your 501(c)(3) nonprofit, library, or foundation can now collect donations by text message — and develop your own mobile site — with discounted and donated services from Connect2Give. More About Mobile.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Starting today and through the weekend, Twestival will rock on, with over 200 local Twestivals happening supporting tweetups to raise money for a designated local charity. September is Preparedness Month: We know that September is usually a bad month for hurricanes and other natural disasters. It's open to 501c3's serving U.S.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 18, 2021

In short, we were caught in a hurricane of uncertainty. Often charities forget about the rich, lush space the middle donors occupy, putting too much emphasis on the OTG and Big Gift Givers. You need to slowly build one layer at a time to ensure the most secure foundation to build your fundraising machine. It’s also iterative.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Corporations, independent and family foundations, and public charities may identify different areas of partnership, but it is apparent from past and current disaster giving that it is essential to work with others to distribute the immediate help that is needed as well as providing long-term relief.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2008

Certainly, giving from individuals won't be enough to fix the economy and provide the resources that charities need to deliver important services in hard economic times. 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.

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BoardAssist

JUNE 27, 2017

This is particularly relevant when you consider that 72 per cent of all charitable donations come from individuals, while only 15 per cent come from foundations. The most popular charitable group with Baby Boomers is religious charities, while Gen X and Millennials prefer children and youth development.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 28, 2014

David is Senior Director at NetSuite.org , Netsuite’s corporate foundation. David got really involved in nonprofit database work just after Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005. After the hurricane displaced hundreds of thousands of people, online survivor registries began appearing on multiple websites.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 1, 2024

” America’s Charities’ workplace giving statistics estimate that $5 billion is donated through workplace giving every year. Employees can then donate this money to support the charity of their choice. When [provided] multiple ways to get involved, employees have the freedom to choose how they want to give.”

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

” America’s Charities’ workplace giving statistics estimate that $5 billion is donated through workplace giving every year. Employees can then donate this money to support the charity of their choice. When [provided] multiple ways to get involved, employees have the freedom to choose how they want to give.”

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 26, 2020

Preparation and Resiliency: The talents and expertise are an enormous untapped resource in preparing our communities for natural and man-made disasters of all kinds, whether it’s hurricanes, earthquakes, school shootings, or global pandemics like COVID – 19. hours of community service. There’s an app for that! SeenIt Build?the?most?powerful?and?trustworthy?on

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Charity Fundraising Agent (Android, iPhone) helps you keep track of your fundraising campaigns by monitoring both online and offline donations. You can read through stories from various charities and nonprofits to learn where your donation will go. iOS) is a microdonation app that aims to make donating to charities a social activity.

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