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Giving Trends in Kenya: How the Growth of Mobile Payments Are Transforming Community Giving

Nonprofit Tech for Good

This is because the process to open a bank account is very tedious in comparison to getting a sim card and adding cash through a local M-Pesa agent. 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%). 83% regularly vote.

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Austin emerges as a city of unicorns and tech giants

TechCrunch

Comparisons to Silicon Valley. Speaking of Silicon Valley, nearly everyone working in tech in Austin is growing weary of hearing about comparisons to it. Schwartzfarb also tires of the comparisons, noting that people outside the city are “constantly” comparing Austin to Silicon Valley. But here in the city? Not so much. “As

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The Zen of Nonprofit CRM

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

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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The Zen of Nonprofit CRM

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

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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The Practice of Personal Gratitude in Fundraising

Get Fully Funded

Your programs may also rev up during the holidays, providing meals and gifts, keeping homeless people warm, or preparing for an influx of post-holiday pets needing homes. Stop playing the comparison game. Being disorganized is a problem that affects the team and the nonprofit. Over time, this attitude will become second nature.

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Are Mobile Apps Serving the Underserved?

Tech Soup

According to a November 2012 Pew Internet and American Life Project report , a higher percentage of African American and Latino cell phone users have downloaded at least one app in comparison to Whites. Image: homeless man on cell phone, artie*.

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Why Your Nonprofit Should Be A Big Listener

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Are people more compassionate to animals, more generous towards the homeless? We originally started campaigning on MPAs (marine protected areas), but then we realized that the conversation was really small in comparison to some other issues,”says Fitzgerald. “We Is there more or less love for the ocean than last week?

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