article thumbnail

Three Different Approaches to Twitter Fundraising: Bees, Turkeys, and Blame

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Here's one to benefit Make A Wish Foundation, each tweet will drive a 5 cent donation from LeapFish to raise $10,000. This year Stacey and her flock (I'm one of the honorary turkeys) will launch this year's Tweetsgiving , another 48-hour celebration. There are already a number of active causes on TwitCause.

Turkey 95
article thumbnail

The Maui wildfires: A record in disaster philanthropy, an opportunity to ‘get it right’ 

Candid

Much of the non-governmental funding went to the Maui Strong Fund at the Hawai‘i Community Foundation (HCF), which received almost $188 million in donations (including earned interest) as of March 22. As far as we know, this is the highest amount ever raised by a single community foundation for a non-terrorism-related disaster.

Disaster 122
professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Social Media and Cute Dogs Go Mobile And Other Cute Animal and Nonprofit Tales

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Michelle, was a participant in the Measuring Networked Nonprofit peer learning groups supported through my work as Visiting Scholar at the Packard Foundation. This gave Michelle and her team an idea: What if they had a cute animal mascot for their holiday turkey donation drive?

article thumbnail

Funding And Grant Resources For Nonprofits Serving The LGBTQ+ Community

Bloomerang

Elton John AIDS Foundation. Prism Foundation. Pride Foundation. PFund Foundation. Horizons Foundation. The Vermont Community Foundation. The New York Women’s Foundation. Stonewall Community Foundation. New York Foundation. Maine Community Foundation. New Harvest Foundation.

Grant 131
article thumbnail

My Inner Voice Can't Stop Comparing

ASU Lodestar Center

posted by Derya Kaya Program Officer Women for Women''s Human Rights-New Ways Whenever I leave Turkey, I can''t stop myself comparing everything to home. The United States and Turkey are completely different when it comes to the nonprofit sector. are non-existent, inconsistent or immature in Turkey. and 36% in Turkey.

Voice 69
article thumbnail

Egypt’s Flextock closes $3.25M in the largest pre-seed yet in MENA

TechCrunch

The investors in this round include Egyptian VC Foundation Ventures, Y Combinator, MSA Capital, CRE Ventures, Alter Global, Jameel Investment Management Company (JIMCO) , B&Y Ventures Partners and Access Bridge Ventures. That said, it will be interesting to see how this investment plays out in the foreseeable future.

Egypt 98
article thumbnail

Giving USA 2023 Report Insights & Solutions to Giving Decline 

Qgiv

Giving by foundations managed to grow by 2.5 Despite giving more in 2022 than 2021, the impact by foundations actually declined by 5% because of inflation. One area of growth was giving to foundations. This growth was likely spurred on by the conflict in Ukraine and devastating natural disasters that impacted Turkey and Syria.

Giving 93