Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

These donors are most likely to support the causes of children and youth (15%) , health and wellness (11%) , and animals and wildlife (11%). 9) Religious donors are more likely to give to charitable organizations that provide basic needs and support the causes of children and youth, health and wellness, and hunger and homelessness.

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 30, 2021

The key to a successful volunteer program is follow through. Maybe you’ve been there: Someone contacts your organization eager to volunteer. You can’t believe this amazing volunteer just dropped out of the sky… …Until you never hear from that volunteer again. You’re thrilled! So, how do you create that?

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Volunteer Hub

APRIL 12, 2021

Attracting and retaining volunteers is crucial to your organization’s mission. How do you get volunteers for a school event, charity, community service project, or another opportunity? And if they volunteer once, how do you get them to come back again? Let potential volunteers know why the activity is occurring.

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NTEN

APRIL 6, 2021

An excellent place to start promoting inclusivity is your organization’s volunteer programs. Evaluating and determining what barriers your organization’s volunteer programs have and then working to break them down is a solid first step in attracting and retaining a more diverse and welcoming volunteer workforce.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

For example, lets say you’re writing a Letter of Inquiry for a program to give suitcases, new clothing, school supplies, and other support to children in foster care. So most children are moving at least 3 times in 12 months. What if you know children often carry their belongings from foster home to foster home in a garbage bag?

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Get Fully Funded

MARCH 27, 2023

Thanking volunteers for all they do is crucial to keeping your volunteers coming back again and again. Volunteers pour their heart into your nonprofit’s work. Volunteers can Save you money by providing labor so you don’t have to hire staff. which makes volunteer hours add up fast! And that’s a shame.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Volunteers are the backbone of any nonprofit organization. Clearly, volunteers are essential to your nonprofit’s ability to move its mission forward. Clearly, volunteers are essential to your nonprofit’s ability to move its mission forward. But volunteers don’t just appear out of thin air.

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Qgiv

AUGUST 4, 2023

Volunteers are the backbone of every nonprofit’s workforce, and having a good volunteer staff helps your organization accomplish more for your cause. To keep your volunteers as effective as possible, develop a volunteer management process that helps you recruit, train, and steward volunteers for your organization.

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VisionLink

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Staying at home because they no longer trust themselves to drive, waiting for the Meals On Wheels volunteer? Or are they moving in with their adult children and finding it hard not to be a bother? Relaxation and regular vacations with the kids and grandkids? Watch this space for examples of our work!

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The Next Web

JUNE 13, 2013

Code Club UK, the network of volunteers that teach kids to program, is celebrating its first birthday today and is doing so in style by announcing the expansion of the initiative to the entire world. Code Club is a free scheme that relies on volunteers around the UK to teach children aged between 9 and 11 coding skills.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 28, 2008

I just received an update from KK Tse entitled The Most Inspiring Story from the Symposium on Social Entrepreneurship, talking about 1KG More, a social enterprise that implemented Voluntourism: combining backpacking with delivering books and other gifts for rural Chinese children. The owners of these two books will become a "twin".

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 9, 2011

Disclaimer Monday, May 9, 2011 Keeping the Volunteering Torch Lit posted by Brittany Fasnacht , Office Assistant ASU Lodestar Center Todays youth generation has been stereotyped as the "me" generation — as obsessed with technology, social media, and constantly checking Facebook news feeds. check out this video.

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Cloud 4 Good

JULY 27, 2021

Teach For America (TFA) is an education nonprofit operating in support of a vision that one day all children in the United States will have the opportunity to attain an equitable and excellent education. Creating a Constituent-First Marketing Strategy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 3, 2010

Note from Beth: During my trip to India in February, I was introduced to a nonprofit children's book publisher in India, Pratham Books. “It was set up to fill a gap in the market for good quality, reasonably priced children’s books in a variety of Indian languages. Since then, we have published and shipped over 8.5

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 24, 2014

Your leader as a champion and personal brand for your organization is going to have less risk than external volunteers or champions. Rich Huddleston Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families, is an example. James Canales , CEO of the Barre Foundation, and Carolyn Miles , CEO of Save the Children are two examples.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 15, 2011

Disclaimer Wednesday, June 15, 2011 Making the Play: Successfully Engaging Youth Within the Nonprofit Sector posted by David "DJ" Heyward , American Humanics Student / Team MPhasis Coach Many of us in the nonprofit sector work specifically with children and young adults. But what happens "after the final buzzer?" All You Need is Love.

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VisionLink

JANUARY 16, 2010

Haitian Timoun Foundation directly supports children in Haiti, and is focusing attention on Jacmel, another community suffering greatly from the earthquake. UNICEF requests donations for relief for children in Haiti via their Haiti Earthquake Fund. Donate online or read about their volunteer opportunities.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Let’s Define Your Community Since your mission is to facilitate philanthropy in order to move your mission forward, let’s talk about your philanthropic community – the donors, volunteers, advocates and ambassadors who fuel your work, making your impact the greatest it can be. Fundamentally, all of philanthropy is a value-for-value exchange.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Contact them and let them know you need to raise a specific dollar amount by the end of the year to fund a specific, urgent need. Try contacting them with a fresh message. Send a dedicated email to volunteers. First thank them for volunteering and let them know how important they are to the organization’s success.

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Pamela Grow

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Alternatively, you may develop different newsletters for donors, volunteers, beneficiaries, board members, and cause advocates. For example, you may create a social media campaign that targets volunteers with the giving capacity to become major donors. Social media posts. Event communications.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 19, 2021

If you work with children, a child’s drawing is an obvious choice. Someone once told me they were reluctant to contact monthly donors and remind them of their recurring gift. You could give an online shout-out to these wonderful volunteers with a Facebook and Instagram graphic. You know your audience and what they’ll appreciate.

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Care2

OCTOBER 5, 2012

To give you an idea of how that plays out here: Just $10 feeds children. According to the study , people who frequently engaged in promotional social activity are: Twice as likely to volunteer their time. In addition, if you care to blog or pitch in further, please contact me directly geoffliving (@) razoo.com.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 28, 2023

From Mother’s Day campaigns raising money for breast cancer research to Christmas fundraisers collecting gifts for children in need, great holiday fundraisers stick in your mind for years afterwards. Thank donors and volunteers often. Volunteers share their campaign pages with friends, family, and the rest of their personal networks.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 16, 2011

She was an example for me throughout my childhood, bringing me along as she volunteered at soup kitchens, with the LDS cannery, and in the Scouts. I hope to teach my own children, someday, all that I’ve learned about service and citizenship. Keeping the Volunteering Torch Lit Research Friday: Take our fun quiz on the Arizona.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

You can also use ZIP code to restrict or show events near a constituent’s area and show nearby volunteering opportunities. If you track event attendees or volunteers, follow up online by sending a thank you email with pictures of the event. Offline activities. Interests. How do you know what your constituents are interested in?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The pandemic has brought the importance of human contact into sharp relief, with millions of people mobilising worldwide to help those living in isolation. Every March, the nonprofit’s Netherlands Does programme encourages people to get together with friends or family and volunteer for a day, supporting those in need and helping good causes.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2014

households with children under 18 experienced food insecurity that year. households with hungry children. This means many children and teens who regularly had access to nutritious meals during the school year may be hungry or undernourished over the summer, even when there are free meals available in their communities.

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BoardAssist

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Never let more than a week go by during the interviewing period without contacting your candidate. Anyone who has expressed interest in joining your board is someone who you should easily be able to convert to a volunteer or donor if a board seat is not appropriate. governance volunteer recruiting' Stay in touch. Ask for help.

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Classy

JUNE 10, 2021

Nonprofits can remind donors of these traits within themselves to increase their likelihood of giving and volunteering. Their supporters may refer to those same beneficiaries as “our children” or “the future of our country”. Every time you contact recurring donors, reference the fact that they are in your community.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Khi’s father (aged 70) and godmother (aged 82) are both in Ukraine, as are her stepsister and her children. She was joined by fellow Ukrainian volunteers in London, building up a team of 10 people initially, all multilingual. We are all volunteers at Sunflower.”. “We’re Some even re-routed planes after a call from Khi.

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Neon CRM

MAY 16, 2024

If you’re sending an exceptionally large number of letters, try recruiting board members, other staff, or volunteers to add their own notes. Your generosity played a big part in allowing us to serve thousands of children and families with the essential food, emergency shelter, and supplies they need to survive and thrive.

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NTEN

JUNE 18, 2009

One of our favorite stories came about because Michelle Miles didn't have time to volunteer at her local hospital, the Arkansas Children's Hospital, due to her busy school and work schedule. Do you have a picture of individuals volunteering, or of the people that you serve? So, Michelle started a cause.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

For example: “ We need a new swing set for our school’s playground, but it has to be an inclusive swing design that accommodates children with disabilities. Have you considered leveraging the email signatures of your staff, board members, and volunteers? Create a custom GivingTuesday email signature and invite everyone to use it.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 12, 2021

Organisations across the world are responding to the devastating pandemic by using everything at their disposal to make lasting change in their communities, and Giving Tuesday offers a significant fundraising opportunity for the sector to recruit new supporters and volunteers. Show Your Appreciation.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

I have been moved to give by the simple, human decency of an organization that sends volunteers into the streets and under bridges to offer food, clothing, and tents to people who call the streets home. If you are a food bank, show volunteers giving away food. A volunteer describing a moving experience can be effective.

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Allegiance Group

AUGUST 1, 2024

Gen X leads all generations in volunteer hours served, averaging about eight monthly. Gen X also tends to focus more on how they can make an immediate impact, such as improving things for their community or children. These are the children born between 2010 and 2025, so the generation is still growing. Who Is Gen Alpha?

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 10, 2021

to take action (sign a petition, engage on social media, volunteer). Consider implementing one or two solid list-building activities a year, like this one from Children’s Medical Center. Your email service provider that you’ve select for this purpose (MailChimp, Constant Contact, Weber, etc.) Your Audience. Click To Tweet.

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