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American Red Cross Sued Claiming Haitian Relief Funds Misused

The NonProfit Times

“The American Red Cross has spent and distributed all funds designated for Haiti relief on shelter, emergency relief, health, cholera prevention, water and sanitation, livelihoods, and disaster preparedness,” the statement continued. The total of expenditures listed was more than $490 million.

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New on SSIR: How does celebrity impact your fundraising?

Amy Sample Ward

The Millennial Donor report uncovered that celebrity is the bottom of the charts: When asked to describe what motivates them to give, 85% of Millennials pointed to a compelling mission or cause, and 56% cited a personal connection or trust in the leadership of the organization. But, on the top of the chart: a compelling cause.

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Mapping drone startup Wingtra is charting a new future after landing $22M

TechCrunch

But terrestrial surveying is labor intensive and can be dangerous, such as in the case of large construction sites, and impossible to do without risking lives and fines when there are natural disasters like landslides.

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Come and get it! The 2023 M+R Benchmarks Study is served!

M+R

The maître d’ has called your name, the table is set, and the napkins are folded up like fancy little swans: it’s time to dig in to a year’s worth of M+R Benchmarks charts, findings, and insights at mrbenchmarks.com ! But the results for nonprofits in the Disaster/International Aid space looked very different.

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25 Largest Online Fundraising Nonprofits in 2010 | Nonprofit.

sgEngage

The chart below represents the 25 largest online fundraising nonprofit organizations for 2010: These 25 nonprofits raised more than $1.1 All four of the Social Services organizations raised a significant amount of their online giving because of disaster relief efforts. Recently The Chronicle published data about online giving for 2010.

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Apple’s Invasion feels like the first chapter of a sci-fi epic

The Verge

Across its 10 episodes, which chart a handful of humans grappling with an alien invasion, the story slowly teases out the reality of what’s happening. For the first half of the season, it’s mostly just hints that there’s something going on beyond a natural disaster of some kind. Image: Apple. Image: Apple.

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Great reads from around the web on July 1st

Amy Sample Ward

Where previously people mainly donated to reputable charities who sent them donation requests, or in response to a disaster, now people are spontaneously giving to ad-hoc fundraisers online. " The Internet has become a spontaneous, grassroots fundraising tool – Small Act – "Philanthropy has turned on its ear.

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