Candid

MARCH 11, 2022

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) head Filippo Grandi described this humanitarian disaster as “the fastest-moving refugee crisis we have seen in Europe since the end of the Second World War”. Corporations account for 55% of the total dollar value of grants awarded; foundations and public charities 40%; and high-net-worth individuals for 5%.

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Candid

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Between 2015 and 2022, education nonprofits consistently received the largest percentage of total grant dollars from institutional grantmakersan average of 27%followed by health (21%) and public benefit organizations (19%). Individual donors often give based on personal experience, emotional connection, or immediate need.

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Neon CRM

JULY 14, 2023

Does your nonprofit have a public relations strategy? After all, maintaining your nonprofit’s public profile is a lot of work—and it can often take awhile before you start seeing results. By using thought leadership and social media content you can build your nonprofit public relations strategy on pillars of trust and credibility.

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Candid

JULY 27, 2022

We review the flurry of news stories, press releases, and announcements, and we actively search websites to identify and record grantmaking data. Candid’s real-time data is skewed toward large donors from English-speaking nations who publicize their giving. Collecting and using “real-time” data during crises .

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 5, 2015

Disaster preparedness is something every nonprofit and public library needs to be on top of — whether you deal with disaster relief directly or not. Sometimes the communities you serve are affected by disaster, and there's also the chance that your own organization could face some sort of disaster.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 14, 2011

All but three verticals (Association & Membership, Public Broadcasting Stations, and Team Events) had a growth rate greater than 10 percent. The vertical most impacted by the Haiti event was the Disaster & Relief vertical, growing 38 percent from 2009 to 2010. Advocacy continues to play an important role. percent in 2009.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

We began tracking grants and pledges based on press releases and public announcements to tell a real-time story. . a big push to collect this information from press releases, news sources, and funder websites?and We have never seen this volume of giving for racial equity, nor this level of corporate activism. .

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

We talked to people working with public records extraction in real time, with designers building lightweight, real-time presentation sharing tools, Google engineers have some incredible ideas about ways they hope that their PubSubHubbub real-time protocol will be used – stuff like real-world sensor networks and contact info syncing.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The responses were clear: climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our time, and it should be an urgent priority for us all to act. Today, people of color and low-income communities are more likely to be impacted by natural disasters, live close to hazardous waste, and die of environmental causes. Why Climate Justice?

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 28, 2013

The press, donors, and supporters are looking for great stories too. Extend your reach by targeting press. Getting press can help you reach new audiences of supporters. They also have a hard time approaching press. Try Twitter and the publication's own directories to find the right people.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2009

Wendy Harman, Red Cross Wendy will share a story about how they used metrics to refine their social media strategy for their Online Disaster News Room Presentation Key Points. increase transparency about disaster response. disclose “process” of responding to disasters. general disaster-interested public. .

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Qgiv

MAY 14, 2021

Your crisis communication plan’s purpose is to guide your organization’s public communication in response to an event that could negatively impact your organization. Some issues might just require close monitoring while others may require a press release that’s approved by your CEO. There are varying levels of crises.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Ironically, and what made that lesson so powerful, is that I wasn’t at the training program on social media to learn, but to conduct it with Ana-Marie Jones of CARD – Collaborating Agencies Responding to Disaster. This blog post was originally published on the Communications Network Blog.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 20, 2022

After almost two years since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, the public is more distrustful and fearful than ever, with climate change being the second biggest fear for respondents.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 30, 2021

Fearing the sky was falling, they thought people would hunker down and fundraising would be a disaster. adjusted), presumably due to growth in the S&P 500 in recent years and how the 2020 market recovery positioned foundations to respond to the impetus to distribute more during a time of pressing needs. adjusted for inflation).

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Consider this: When people think about making a charitable gift, they often think of the familiar, more well-known, well-publicized nonprofits. Think of the organizations that see an uptick in giving after major crises like civil liberties in jeopardy, disaster relief and emergency response. Write thoughtful Op-ed pieces.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2006

Via a press release from Michael Stein Mobile phones have enormous potential in electoral, voter. extremely effective way for organizations to get messages out to the public, monitor elections, and encourage voter participation.??? issue advocacy, fundraising, humanitarian and disaster relief, and mobile. With close to 2.5

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sgEngage

MAY 6, 2021

Over the last couple of years, as natural disasters continued to pick up in intensity and COVID – 19 brought rising income and healthcare inequalities to center stage, corporations have increasingly been pouring more focus into their own ESG measurements and practices in conjunction with their corporate social responsibility efforts. .

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 15, 2014

When something DOES happen – whether it be a natural disaster or something caused by human action, don’t ignore it. Make sure that it’s you – the official spokesperson for the organization – who takes the story public, not a third party. Contact the press. Crisis takes all kinds of forms. #2 2 – Own the problem. Be transparent.

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2014

Find the European Court of Justice press release here. Disaster Relief in Eastern Europe. Our TechSoup Global partners there are also working hard on disaster relief in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia through the Community Boost r program and also a project called Mapa Poplava. Here in the U.S., Earlier this month the U.S.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 23, 2017

From improving literacy to helping communities recover after natural disasters, nonprofits take on vital roles to do good in the world. million nonprofits registered in the United States, which includes private foundations, public charities, chambers of commerce and civic leagues. You Need to Outreach for Publicity.

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NonProfit Hub

MAY 25, 2017

Research fundraising opportunities at restaurants or sporting events, and reach out to local news and radio stations for press. You can also create events that are open to the public. As they say, no press is bad press. Putting all your eggs in the social media basket is a recipe for disaster. Just get out there.

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Tech Soup

JULY 31, 2017

This is what I wrote: "The specific and primary purpose of the corporation is to engage in educational and charitable activities which educate the public regarding the appropriate use of computer technology." Topics include disaster preparedness and relief, and how to choose and use tools for crowdfunding to advance social causes.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 2, 2013

For a long time, I was super skeptical about marketing and public relations professionals. I love Trevor Donnell's brilliant book and blog, Marketing the Arts to Death , in which he documents the disasters caused by our inability to be audience- and data-driven in our marketing efforts.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

In that piece, I shared my predictions for an upcoming increase in CEO activism, a heightened focus on leadership development through volunteer service and a call to action for corporate partners to effectively address disaster resiliency in affected communities. Skilled Volunteerism to Address Disaster Resiliency.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2007

Include bloggers on your press list. When you are creating your press list, be sure to search on Technorati and Google Blog Search to find bloggers who are writing about your organization's issues and send them your press release as well. So here it goes.10 10 Ways Nonprofit Can Use Blogs and Bloggers to Support Their Cause 1.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2016

But what if an app could be used to help nonprofits, public libraries, and other community groups organize and solve pressing problems? It also must have resources — such as an accessible dataset — available in the public domain to support the app. public libraries to the app. public libraries to the app.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 23, 2015

But what if an app could be used to help nonprofits, public libraries, and other community groups organize and solve pressing problems? The Community Resilience Platform also pulls together important information for citizens, but specifically in times of disaster. Image 1 : Caravan Studios / CC BY-NC.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Do you have a pulse on what the most pressing local needs are at this moment? This could mean getting aid after a disaster to those that need it by working directly with a local community foundation or addressing a significant need in your community. Where does your organization sit in your community?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2014

You know that compelling stories get you donations, sharing, and publicity, but you’re probably thinking — “I don’t have a sexy story” or “I don’t know how to tell a compelling story”. For example, I raised $120,000 for Japan disaster relief by showing how the tsunami destroyed cities and displaced communities.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2015

The Saskatoon Public Library opened its doors to these evacuees, and staff members stepped up their efforts to help the evacuees communicate with their family and friends. "This is what a public library is all about," said Carol Cooler, the director of libraries and CEO at the Saskatoon Public Library in a press statement.

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

The 33rd Annual Nonprofit Organizations Institute features leading nationally recognized experts from private foundations, public charities, law, finance and government to discuss the latest tax, legislative and governance issues affecting nonprofit organizations. Philanthropy Southwest / Austin, TX / $625. General / @southwestfdns.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

And those disastrous results are very, very public. Inconsistent or sporadic social media management is often the cause of scandal and bad press. Originally hailing from Vancouver, Canada, Colleen is striving to make a difference and give back to her community through a career in nonprofit public relations. Like this article?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

ET, and at that point, I figured my post would probably get covered by the nonprofit trade press, like the Chronicle of Philanthropy (which it did). Watch and learn, so you don’t make the same mistake on whatever hot button issues your organization might be wading into.” ” Read her analysis. I published around 11:30 a.m.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 5, 2011

On Tuesday, I'll be talking about technology planning for nonprofits and public libraries at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service as a part of the Interactive Strategy Forum. Disaster Planning and Recovery Toolkit (See Chapter 2, "Documentation and Your Master Key," and Chapter 3, "Remote and Local Backup."

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Tech Soup

JUNE 5, 2011

On Tuesday, I'll be talking about technology planning for nonprofits and public libraries at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service as a part of the Interactive Strategy Forum. Disaster Planning and Recovery Toolkit (See Chapter 2, "Documentation and Your Master Key," and Chapter 3, "Remote and Local Backup."

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

This new technology has become available in time to help public schools in the U.S. I like their new free publication, Cloud Computing for Nonprofits. The mainstream IT press was alive with the topic. Facebook’s Internet.org launched just before the Alliance For Affordable Internet and with much more public skepticism.

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