Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2012

The government run “Remand Houses” are shelters for homeless youth who are runaways, orphans, facing domestic violence at home, or too young to go to jail for a crime. The man had been accused of beating his wife and children -domestic violence is a huge issue in many places of the world, and in rural India.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2018

The top three causes are medical expenses (54%), disaster relief (12%), and education costs (12%). 103 donors whose top 5 causes are children and youth (23%), hunger and homelessness (15%), women and girls (12%), health and wellness (11%), and education (8%). 63% donate to crowdfunding campaigns that benefit individuals.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

It is intended to inspire actions like contributing to charities, educating one’s children about giving, volunteering for a nonprofit, or to encourage people in their networks to do the same. This campaign provides resources, a theme, and asking all who participate to unleash their creativity to spread generosity.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 10, 2023

At one point in time, enacting their value to address homelessness in your area may translate to grants to homeless shelters. They may be looking for employee education and enrichment options with which your staff may offer expertise. At another point in time, it may translate to work development programs.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 11, 2021

Chad Wheeler, the CEO of Open Door, a nonprofit working to alleviate chronic homelessness and human trafficking in my home of Lubbock, Texas, has come to use all of the previously named technologies. He and his wife have been married for nearly 20 years, and they have two children, a daughter and son.

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Kindful

MAY 1, 2021

Mission: Through education and advocacy, the Colorado Mental Wellness Network seeks to provide opportunities for individuals to improve the quality of their lives, give back to the community through meaningful roles, and to change the perceptions of mental health. How To Support Adolescent Counseling Services. Learn more about STARS.

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Everyaction

MAY 16, 2018

Lack of access to appropriate mental health care carries serious consequences, including increased likelihood of hospitalization, homelessness, incarceration, and suicide. Positive Education Program Cleveland’s. To fund their innovative treatment programs, their website features several creative fundraising campaigns.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 8, 2022

Using heartstring words like “homeless,” “abandoned,” “deserving,” “malnourished,” “unjust,” “innocent,” etc., Doesn’t “deserving homeless veterans” tug at your heart more than just “veterans”? A small donation today can keep our neighbors from putting children to bed hungry. Connect/ Discuss/ Educate. Then, Educate.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

The Alliance for Climate Education is a great example of that. Instead of saying in the middle of the campaign “we need $X”, they share an interview with one of the beneficiaries, or invite people to connect directly via twitter with children in Tanzania who attend the school funded through the campaign. There’s no limit to either.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 7, 2011

There's the "program" side that wants to tell you all the amazing ways your programs help save homeless pets, feed the hungry, find cures, protect our children, or empower women. NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund (LDF) – Voting Rights Microsite: Problem: How do you educate people about racism in the post-Obama era?

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 19, 2011

In the Arizona Giving and Volunteering Report , we at the Center report the differences in the rate of volunteering across race, gender, educational attainment, and income. Being asked more often explains why women, Whites, the educated, home-owners, parents, and younger people are more likely to volunteer (ibid.).

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 19, 2007

In the final analysis, in the days, weeks, months and years following these, and other mergers, no fewer people will be homeless, no fewer women will be battered, no fewer children will be hungry, no less environmental damage will be done, no more people who need it will get mental health services.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 19, 2007

In the final analysis, in the days, weeks, months and years following these, and other mergers, no fewer people will be homeless, no fewer women will be battered, no fewer children will be hungry, no less environmental damage will be done, no more people who need it will get mental health services.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2012

The report captures a conundrum in measuring social change movements or networked approaches. Outcomes for “ wicked problems ” can be easily counted – policies passed, housing the homeless, educating children.

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sgEngage

JULY 18, 2024

“I can’t tell you how many duplicates I have cleaned up because someone entered a prospect without checking first,” said Amy Barker, database administrator for Pine Street Inn , a Boston nonprofit dedicated to ending homelessness. They are lawyers who regularly make political donations and gifts of $20k+ to higher education institutions.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2011

An island-wide educational campaign in Puerto Rico to educate people on the importance of spaying and neutering and vaccinating their dogs and cats, in hopes of alleviating the drastic conditions for the 100,000+ “satos” (street dogs) that are homeless and roaming the beaches and streets of PR. We are NOT a shelter.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 24, 2022

For example, our first Impact Lab cohort designed Service Match , an open-source app designed for case managers who connect people experiencing homelessness to vital human services. Lead Associate, Food Security, Save the Children. Currently, she is the Food Security Lead Associate for Save the Children in Arkansas.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

There is always a conundrum in measuring social change movements as well as networked approaches. Outcomes for “ wicked problems ” can be easily counted – policies passed, housing the homeless, educating children.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 17, 2019

Unfortunately, the grant only covered the hardware, not the software, furniture or education. The New Life Center (NLC), led by Rob Swiers, provides support and shelter for those afflicted with addiction and homelessness. Heather lives in Fargo, North Dakota, and has three adult children. Finding Unrestricted Funds.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2006

Educate about your cause. Today, I got a report via the TechSoup Second Life listserv about an awareness-raising campaign for homeless children in Second Life - reported here , here and here. A Spain-based non-profit, their main goal is to create shelters and foster homes for poor children and elderly people.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 9, 2014

This event also provided a workshop for parents about Be a Leader’s resources to help their children go on to college. Faced with conflict, I will seek common ground In developing the Presentations of Impact on healthy futures, economic opportunities and education each of us allies experienced two types of conflict.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

It’s the easiest, most effective, and most direct way to talk with your followers, educate those who may not know you yet, and most importantly – gain and ask for support for your mission. Here’s a hint: They want to know the inside scoop on what it takes to save bears or tutor kids or help homeless veterans. Saving bears?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2014

Pogo Park is transforming three neglected parks in Richmond California into magical play spaces for 8,000 at-risk children. GLIDE is a faith-based homeless services program in San Francisco that supplies hot meals, violence prevention, and education services in one of worst neighborhoods.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2008

Not For Sale Campaign: 27 million people in slavery worldwide today, over 50% of them children. Not For Sale works to educate about, expose and eradicate modern day slavery, because no one should be for sale. Education And More : Has a mission to help educate the children and reduce poverty in Guatemala.

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BoardAssist

JUNE 17, 2014

They feed the hungry and house the homeless. They educate children. Will more children be vaccinated, thanks to them? Stop thinking of your donors as ATM machines and really focus on them as people. Think about what they do for your organization. They don’t simply give money. They save lives. They help cure diseases.

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Candid

MARCH 27, 2024

Arts and culture searches surged in January and February For the most part, arts and culture, human services, health, education, and community and economic development were consistently among the five most searched subject areas across Candid’s nonprofit profiles from November through February.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 19, 2007

On Gaiam , you can buy organic cotton T-shirts that say, "Off the Matt, Into the World," to help raise money for YouthAids , an AIDS prevention and education program created by yoga instructor, Seane Corn.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

The projects varied from educational tools for children to energy efficiency. Another interesting concept was a mobile tech shop for homeless shelters. Burlington hosted its first-ever Day of Civic Hacking event. Amanda Levinson of NetSquared Burlington put together a Storify page to document the weekend's events.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 28, 2010

Instead, she went out into local neighborhoods with low-income families and lousy schools and asked parents how they felt about their kids' science education. The parents told her they felt okay about what their kids were learning but were concerned about their children's job prospects as adults. YES students defy expectations.

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Pamela Grow

AUGUST 14, 2024

Children from underserved communities. People experiencing homelessness. To ensure the proper use of content warnings at your organization, craft an Ethical Storytelling Guide that outlines your nonprofit’s guidelines, and educates your staff. Adults who have experienced trauma. Families facing financial hardship.

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Non Profit Quarterly

JUNE 14, 2019

It’s best known for its Bookshare program, which has a contract with the US Department of Education and makes over 700,000 print titles electronically available for people with vision disabilities and dyslexia. Roughly $9 million of Benetech’s $14 million budget comes from its Bookshare program. Not everything has been worked out.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 5, 2017

She says this is because “your major gifts prospects don’t simply give money—they save lives; they feed the hungry and house the homeless; they educate children; they help cure diseases—they make the important work of your organization possible. Donors are so much more than simply ‘donors.’

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Tech Soup

JUNE 27, 2017

Founded in 1999, Corazon Ministries is a faith-based charity that operates in the heart of downtown San Antonio, serving its homeless and marginalized neighbors. Many describe homelessness as being voiceless and invisible. We have all seen huge programs with complicated processes to end homelessness.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 10, 2023

At one point in time, enacting their value to address homelessness in your area may translate to grants to homeless shelters. They may be looking for employee education and enrichment options with which your staff may offer expertise. At another point in time, it may translate to work development programs.

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Grant Homeless Proposal Foundation 54

Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Impact Labs convenes community experts, or fellows, across sectors to co-create new technology solutions to support specific issue areas, including homelessness , equity in education , and climate justice. Senior Humanitarian Climate Crisis Advisor, Save the Children International. Emma Visman. Nicolas Umuhizi.

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Hunger Global Impact Rwanda 52

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

We love doing them, bring on great guest, speakers, totally free, totally educational. But if not, this is a great way for us to connect in a safe and educational space. Are they wanting to fund children’s programs? How many people are impacted by,” you know, “your job or your education?”

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Your transitional housing program for homeless families always needs activities for children. Unfortunately, they did not have releases for the children's pictures. A new employee at a local foundation educates herself on the agencies they are funding by visiting their social network sites. They deny partial funding.

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