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Recap: Twitter #GivingTuesdayMyths Chat Hosted by Salesforce Foundation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Yesterday Allison Fine and I participated in a chat hosted by the Salesforce Foundation and moderated by Emily Goodstein on the topic “GivingTuesday Myths.” Myth 5: #GivingTuesday is such a crowded time for fundraising so my org shouldn’t participate. Here are the myths we discussed.

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Got Grants? Finding Funding with the Foundation Center

Tech Soup

Libraries and nonprofits rely on philanthropy and grants to further their mission, but finding funding for new projects can be a challenging process. The Foundation Center is the largest producer of directories and databases of grantgiving foundations. Their goal is to connect nonprofits to grantmakers. Pacific time.

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4 things we learned about foundations and general operating support 

Candid

In the wake of COVID-19 and movements for racial equity, foundations also committed to making grants as unrestricted and flexible as possible. private and community foundations to learn more about giving trends. About 10% of foundations indicated they awarded no GOS grants whatsoever. Every year, Candid surveys large U.S.

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Nonprofits and Pinterest: Nonprofit Blog Carnival Round-up

Have Fun - Do Good

Pinterest: One Nonprofit's Story , Susan's Site • Marc van Gurp highlighted the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation in Israel's "Pinsulin" campaign. Using Pinterest to Raise Money: One Charity's Experiment , The Chronicle of Philanthropy More examples, info, and inspiration 9 Pinterest Best Practices for Nonprofits , Nonprofit Tech 2.0

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GiveMN Raises $14 Million Online in 24 Hours!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I knew it was potentially possible based on a research study funded by the The San Francisco Foundation and The Saint Paul Foundation demonstrated that high dollar donors — especially 30-49 year-olds — use the social web, but have yet to be engaged by strong, trustworthy philanthropic organizations.

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Harnessing Philanthropy to Promote Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in the Nonprofit Sector

ASU Lodestar Center

This reality is contrasted against the statistics of the philanthropic community and the nonprofit sector in general which remains mostly white: as 79 percent of the foundation workforce and 91percent of the CEOs and Presidents identify as white (see figure below) (D5, 2015). People of color represented within nonprofit sector (Brown, 2015).

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Celebrate! You’re Invited to the Virtual Launch of The Networked Nonprofit

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Plus, I’m donating all of my profits to the Sharing Foundation , which helps to care for Cambodia’s children. Allison is donating to the Hope for Henry Foundation , which provides gifts to children in hospitals with chronic diseases. I’ll do this live on camera (but get out of the pool off camera).

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