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Strategies For Building Sustainable Support For Homelessness Initiatives

Bloomerang

Homelessness affects over 650,000 Americans, yet these individuals often remain hidden from public view. Small towns and remote communities face distinct barriers when tackling housing insecurity – from scattered populations across wide geographic areas to limited transportation and fewer emergency shelter options.

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Beyond fundraising: How building community strengthens nonprofit sustainability

Candid

What if the key to resilience lies not just in raising funds but in building a stronger community of stakeholders? Community buildingcultivating a network of engaged donors, volunteers, board members, and beneficiaries who share a sense of belonging and commitmentmight be the most overlooked strategy for long-term success.

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Build a Bridge from Homelessness to Hope

NonProfit PRO

In 2011, Covenant House saw the need for a technology that could assist their work and empower them to provide more and better support to their communities. Apricot by Social Solutions helped them exceed their goal of adding 400 available beds by 167%, allowing them to provide 293 more beds than originally planned!

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5 Ways to Use Crowdfunding to Rally Your #GivingTuesday Supporters

Nonprofit Tech for Good

More than a passing fad, crowdfunding is a lucrative fundraising tool that connects your community and builds toward a common goal. Crowdfunding can be especially successful among a social-savvy demographic because a share or a like doesn’t cost supporters a cent. Community: Leverage the “friend effect.”

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Technology & Community: Strategic Options for Building Movements

Amy Sample Ward

Technology and Community: Strategic Options for Movement Building. How many people hear that word and think it is just as generic as the word community? To that end, siloed brands are replaced by unifying goals that rally more than select individuals but entire communities. The full keynote and presentation are below.

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6 Tips For Engaging And Retaining Your Nonprofit’s ‘BIG’ Supporters

TechImpact

The first step for any nonprofit, is to either build or buy a constituent relationship management system (CRM) to create a history of each supporter, recording their donations, if they volunteered, attended your event, or even sent you an email! Hands-on participation. email, snail mail, fax, phone, etc.).

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#thankful4home: Raising Awareness Around Homelessness

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This fall and winter I’m working with a group of organizations in Chicago to raise awareness around homelessness, alongside screenings of the @Home documentary that features portraits of this issue through the eyes of activist Mark Horvath. Mention it and encourage others to do the same to help those who could use our support.

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