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Kids and Kickstarter: The Rise of PhilanthroKids and Kid Crowdfunding!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Charlotte, A Young Teen, Helping To Save Horse Farm Through A Kick Starter Campaign. GivingTuesday is ramping up for its 2014 campaign and it looks like children and teens will be a part of the movement. One example is Emily Barr from Maryland is a clever 5th grader who wants to help her best friend who has Cystic Fibrosis.

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HOW TO: Engage 5 Generations of Donors and Supporters

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Eighty-three percent of millennials ages 18–29 use social networking sites on a regular basis as do 73 percent of teens. Generation X gives twice as much as to charity as millennials do, but as millennials mature in their career and accumulate wealth, these two generations will be very similar in their giving habits.

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The Nonprofit’s Guide to TikTok

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TikTok Videos: Not Just for Dancing Teens. The Caenhill Countryside Centre, a UK charity that teaches young children about farming and caring for animals, took this approach to share videos of the pets in their rescue program. Users with under 1,000 followers have an average engagement rate of 51.1%. The majority of U.S.

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Kids and Philanthropy: Teaching Your Children To Be Charitable

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I also want to them to discover and follow their own sense of social activism and philanthropy and become Philanthroteens , teens with a passion for social change who grew up not knowing what it was like to not to have a cell phone or not to be connected to Facebook. While her parents were concerned about her safety, she kept going.

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[ASK AN EXPERT] What’s The Best Place To Look For Grant Opportunities If Your Nonprofit Is New?

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CFRE, our very own Fundraising Coach , also known as Charity Clairity. Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on where to look for grant opportunities for new nonprofits: Dear Charity Clairity, I am a new nonprofit and want to pursue a grant(s) to fund our mission. Sounds great!

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10 Online Fundraising Best Practices for Nonprofits

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Launched in 2002, GlobalGiving.org is a crowdfunding platform for NGOs, charities, and nonprofits worldwide which has raised nearly $500 million online. For example, the American Cancer Society on GoFundMe Charity : 7) Sign up for Facebook & Instagram Charitable Giving Tools.

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Great reads from around the web on February 11th

Amy Sample Ward

Today's teens also plan to be generous when they get older. More than 75% say they will regularly give to charity, versus 63% in 1989, according to a nationwide survey by the Girl Scout Research Institute of 3,263 students in grades three through 12."

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