Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 19, 2022

Startup nonprofits, nonprofit newbies, umbrella organizations, community foundations, mentors… there are a lot of ways people may think about or refer to fiscal sponsorships, even if they’re unfamiliar with the term “fiscal sponsorship.” Because of this, these types of organizations can rarely wait 6 – 12 months before raising funds.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 11, 2012

What about Hurricane Sandy? The Giving USA Foundation , which estimates national charitable giving over a 50-year span, reports that campaign fundraising has historically had no apparent impact on overall individual giving. Are people going to give less because they donated to Hurricane Sandy relief? Is it the economy?

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Candid

AUGUST 2, 2023

Whether it’s global heatwaves, flooding in Pakistan, Canadian wildfires that block out the sun, decade-long droughts in Africa, or ever more powerful hurricanes, natural disasters have our attention. For example, Hurricane Katrina, in August of 2005, presented as a once-in-a-generation disaster. That is no longer the case.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

billion from private and community foundations and public charities, 96% of dollars addressed disease outbreaks (mainly COVID-19). million in funding was identified for this crisis in 2020 by foundations and public charities. How COVID-19 impacted disaster response efforts. Millions are also internally displaced within Syria.

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2021

Flood waters can wipe out the foundation of a home or building, just as much as wildfires can burn down the walls or the entire structure. Armelli, for her part, had experienced these challenges firsthand in the wake of Hurricane Sandy in 2012. When disaster strikes, costs pile up quickly.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

That was followed by three hurricanes in close succession. adults feel climate change has had a major impact on their lives so far, about 4 in 10 think it will in their lifetimesincluding on their health, local air quality, and water availability. About half of adults under age 30 believe climate change will impact them personally.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2009

Organization(s) : The Fair & Lovely Foundation and Hindustan Unilever Limited. Objective : Increase the visibilty and utilization of the Fair & Lovely Foundation’s scholarship program among women and girls in low-income groups in rural and urban India. Cool Factor : Shows Impact on the Spot. Cool Factor : Mobile Giving.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 23, 2021

Whether it’s a hurricane, a tornado, a typhoon or a flood, these organizations mobilize and are ready to fill whatever needs they can. That leaves a void that companies can help fill for employees impacted by disaster and hardship – and how quickly they can provide that support makes all the difference.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 24, 2022

In other words, you need to get your money from many different sources, not just one awesome foundation, one government grant, or one generous donor. If you depend on a foundation with whom you have a long-standing relationship, what happens when the grants manager—your primary contact—retires and the Trustees decide to support another cause?

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

Earlier this year, we hosted the first Microsoft-TechSoup Show Your Impact Story Contest and I wandted to take a moment to highlight one of the winners. One such resource, is a project of the Pangea Foundation , one of the winners of that contest I mentioned earlier. Elliot blogged about another one of the winners last week.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 22, 2021

In 2008, the Points of Light Foundation and the Salesforce Foundation conceived HandsOn Connect — a native Salesforce application designed specifically to make volunteering easier for employees and nonprofits — in a series of whiteboard sessions in San Francisco. Serving Food and Friendship During Lockdown. When lockdowns hit the U.K.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

This post features advice from IT and grants management experts on how to streamline your tech solutions, create clear processes, and drive more external and internal impact. Lisa Tacker and her team at Two Ten Footwear Foundation , a charitable foundation based near Boston, were scrambling.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

funding from foundations, bilateral and multilateral donors, the U.S. CDP has several recommendations to help funders maximize their philanthropic impact. Cargill Foundation awarded several multi-year disaster grants in 2019. In it, we examined?available?2019?data global disaster-related?philanthropy,?analyzing?funding

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Organizations are working tirelessly on the ground to provide clean water, first aid, food, and shelter to those impacted. The mGive Foundation is collecting donations from U.S. After Hurricane Sandy, we compiled a list of general IT safety tips to help you recover hardware and IT equipment after a disaster. Network for Good.

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Tech Soup

MAY 30, 2014

Microsoft's HelpBridge is a free app available on all the major mobile platforms that connects you with friends and family during a disaster such as an earthquake or a hurricane. Mobile Giving Foundation for text-to-give donations to disaster relief charities. Technology's Impact on Disaster Relief.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

As part of my work at the Packard Foundation, I have the honor of working with a cluster of grantees working on children’s healthcare coverage on a networked capacity building project called “ Friending the Finish Line.” Understanding the Recent Facebook Algorithm Changes and What It Means for Nonprofits.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Imagine a hurricane bearing down on an isolated village. A new report called Technology for Good: Innovative Use of Technology by Charities identifies ten technologies that are already having this kind of impact in the world. Before the hurricane hit, residents could receive location-targeted SMS messages directing them to evacuate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

September is Preparedness Month: We know that September is usually a bad month for hurricanes and other natural disasters. NMC Future Symposium explore applications of techology that could impact issues of global importance over next five years or more. Watch for news about the Case Foundation's second America's Giving Challenge. .

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Classy

APRIL 29, 2021

Our Leadership Council incorporates a diverse array of expertise and cause affiliations with representation from nonprofit organizations, corporations, foundations, academic institutions, and many more. Previously served as CEO of The Seany Foundation, a pediatric cancer foundation. Lewis Foundation. Caryn York.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

See Your Impact (Windows Phone) is another microdonation app that lets you directly see the impact you're making on real peoples' lives. For example, after Hurricane Sandy, New York City residents could associate their check-ins around the city with donating to a cause of their choice, such as the American Red Cross.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 26, 2009

Michael Quinn Patton , an evaluation guru, visited the Packard Foundation yesterday. along with others on the Packard Foundation organizational effectiveness team. The above story is a metaphor for the traditional summative approach to evaluation - create something, then evaluate it's impact, but don't change the program.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Corporations, independent and family foundations, and public charities may identify different areas of partnership, but it is apparent from past and current disaster giving that it is essential to work with others to distribute the immediate help that is needed as well as providing long-term relief.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Other organisations, like the Ellen MacArthur Foundation , are focusing their efforts on the power of cross-sector partnerships. The Foundation partnered with private-sector firm IKEA to embed circular economy principles into their business by shifting to a closed-loop furniture design and production model. And in the U.K.,

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 28, 2020

The technology helps donors make investments that yield the highest impact or strategic system change. Before the pandemic, Rhodri Davies, head of policy at Charities Aid Foundation (CAF), authored the 2019 white paper, “ Machine Made Goods: Charities, Philanthropy, and Artificial Intelligence ,” describing the opportunities. “If

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Bloomerang

JUNE 14, 2021

“Very soon technology will improve donor participation and retention by making it ridiculously easy to give…Technology will allow donors to do what they want to do anyway…We’re two decades into the internet era; why is it still easier to buy a book about hurricanes than help a storm’s victims?

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sgEngage

AUGUST 18, 2021

In short, we were caught in a hurricane of uncertainty. Send them thank-you notes, impact reports, and invites to special events. You need to slowly build one layer at a time to ensure the most secure foundation to build your fundraising machine. Initiatives were drastically altered or put on hold. Going Forward: Step-by-Step.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 12, 2022

When it comes to solving for the dramatic impacts it has on our world, the connection between corporations, community and technology is critical. The Salesforce.org Impact Labs cohort on Climate Justice distilled three principles for how best to engage communities on climate issues. Principle 1: Seek Community Validation.

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Allegiance Group

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Omni-channel strategies are the foundation of every nonprofit organization. It also lays out how your communications impact the overall donor experience. Every person in your organization — even your IT team — impacts the donor experience somehow. A better visual is a hurricane, or what Claire Axelrod called the donor vortex.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 2, 2014

Hurricane season kicked off on June 1 and we’ve already got our first tropical depression in the Atlantic. A disaster can be as big as a hurricane or as small as a water main break that floods your office and surrounding neighborhood. It was the year four hurricanes hit the state, so I learned a lot very quickly.

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 5, 2022

billion ( National Retail Foundation 2017 Survey ) Father’s Day: $15.5 Let’s take a second to play a quick association game: Think about a natural disaster, such as a hurricane or an earthquake. More focused efforts on relationship health have also been on the rise, including One Love Foundation’s campaigns such as #LoveBetter.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 1, 2024

In fact, the coming year promises innovative workplace giving trends that can benefit both nonprofit fundraisers seeking support and corporations eager to make a meaningful societal impact. With these developments come patterns that impact the philanthropic landscape. Employee Giving Is On The Rise.

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Nonprofits Source

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

In the world of philanthropy, the coming year promises innovative corporate giving trends that can benefit both nonprofit fundraisers seeking support and corporations eager to make a meaningful societal impact. With these developments come patterns that impact the philanthropic landscape. Employee Giving Is On The Rise.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 28, 2014

David is Senior Director at NetSuite.org , Netsuite’s corporate foundation. At Eastmont he learned that technology is both absolutely critical to expanding social impact and that the technology itself does almost nothing to expand social impact. He believes that technology is really just an amplifier or enabler for change.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Whether it be massive destruction from a hurricane, an Ebola outbreak, or a persistent wildfire, the social sector’s approach to disaster aid has traditionally been reactive, focusing on immediate aid. Other foundations in the aftermath of Katrina focused on funneling their support through organizations they had worked with in the past.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

The impact of a matching gifts drive is sizeable, with 84% of donors saying that they would be more likely to donate if a match is offered. It’s no secret that recurring giving is one of the best ways for donors to give and make a substantial impact. Emergency campaigns. Micro-donation programs. Virtual college + career prep workshop.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 26, 2020

The challenge – how do companies create meaningful volunteer opportunities for their global employees that engage, connect , and create impact? For more on Common Impact’s approach leveraging skilled volunteering in moments of crisis, check out Disaster Response: From Relief to Resiliency *Center for Disaster Philanthropy .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2008

Given the economy and its impact on nonprofits and fundraising , it got me thinking that making charitable giving a habit beyond the holidays is a good thing. Last year, when I turned 51, I posted a challenge on my blog - could I get 51 people to donate $10 to the Sharing Foundation? January: Have a January birthday?

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