Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2018

An Interview with Matt Roberts-Davies , General Manager of M-Changa – an official partner of the 2018 Global Trends in Giving Report. The lack of trust between NGOs and local Kenyans and the expectancy that NGOs are funded from outside Kenya are the key reasons for limited local fundraising towards NGO in Kenya.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2008

"With living costs soaring, many local families are struggling to makes ends meet, and nowhere can it be seen with more clarity than on the lengthening lists of people being helped by the local food pantry." " Hunger is not only local issue, but also a global one. The program addresses two global epidemics ???

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EveryAction

AUGUST 14, 2017

Providing tools for sustainable change to populations most vulnerable to hunger, violence, and disease, CARE has earned its place in the hall of fame of nonprofits continuing to make the world a better place. To make that vision a reality, they work tirelessly to combat the conditions that cause poverty, hunger, and social justice.

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Allegiance Group

MAY 20, 2024

Shift in Giving Patterns Donors are changing how they give, with more donations coming from donor advised funds (DAFs), IRA distributions, or other non-traditional methods. Nonprofits are also seeing more targeted giving, with donors allocating funds toward specific projects or causes rather than making general donations.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The Gates Foundation pledged $315 million over three years to CGIAR , a global research partnership focused on the needs of smallholder farmers, in support of efforts to help them adapt to a surge of climate threats that, in turn, are exacerbating global hunger and poverty. Read more. .

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Classy

APRIL 29, 2021

These individuals were selected to apply their unique perspectives into the judging process and help determine this year’s Social Innovation Winners. Designs and launches new initiatives, drives organizational strategy, and helps chart the future of Feeding America. Helped co-found Oncology and Kids, Inc. Ami McReynolds.

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Qgiv

JULY 19, 2023

While there are many types of grants your organization can apply for, there are three main sources of funding for these grants: the government, corporations, and foundations. These funding sources offer different options for different types of organizations and have distinct requirements you must fulfill to qualify for the grant.

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Greater Giving

OCTOBER 10, 2022

If you are generous, you have a heart that seeks to help people and make them happy. The first GivingTuesday took place in 2012, and since then it’s grown into a global movement. What will you accomplish with your GivingTuesday funds? Generosity is one of the most important values in life. Get familiar with the big day.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 22, 2007

Send A Postcard from the Hunger site As we approach the annual Thanksgiving feast , there are more than 850 million people in the world who go hungry. In developing countries, nearly 11 million children die every year from preventable and treatable, with 60% of these deaths from hunger and malnutrition. Miss it and they???ll

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

With this in mind, we recently took measures to evolve our community engagement platform, giving people access to a broad set of tools to help them engage and build purpose beyond their day-to-day roles. Here are some examples of how we partner for change: Hunger (Goal 2). We partner with the Global Food Banking Network (GFN).

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

If you missed that post, check it out for case studies, webinars, and other resources that might help.) We’ll help the participants document, evaluate, and share their work, whatever shape it takes, and can’t wait to see what these groups uncover and accomplish together in one year. We’ll keep you posted as the year unfolds!

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VQ Strategies

OCTOBER 10, 2021

November 20, 2021 is Family Volunteer Day – a global day of service that celebrates the power of families who work together to support their communities and neighborhoods. Check out our “ Transforming Days of Service into Ongoing Engagement ” tool and other templates to help you plan.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 19, 2021

On top of this, the ongoing COVID-19 crisis is even more difficult for BIPOC-led nonprofits, which are disproportionately less likely to receive funding , even if their needs are greater and their work more successful than that of their peers. GivingTuesday was great, but it’s not enough. Annual planning may be trickier than ever.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 7, 2020

As the COVID-19 pandemic stretches on and continues to cause distress, corporations are being entrusted – and expected – to lead the way to support and help solve the world’s most pressing issues. Five pressing issues that have emerged as priorities for corporate philanthropy and volunteerism are: 1.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 6, 2018

Review the mission statement - cure cancer, end homelessness, provide affordable housing for working families - whatever it is, ask yourself if the programs from last year helped the organization reach its goals. The short-term goals are the steps to get funding, food and/or money donations, and pantry locations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

My kids have posed for photos in t-shirts , emptied their piggy banks , helped me make fundraising videos , contributed clothing or other items to drives at school, and have attended lots of fund raising events. As Ryanne Hodson points out, making media together helps kids learn about the issue as well as the technology.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 2, 2010

And part of it is knowing what power our supporters possess so they can help us get those strategies enacted." The website highlights progress in reducing hunger, poverty and disease in developing nations and is part of the Gates’ broader, “ Living Proof&# campaign." Direct service? " Have you tried Jumo?

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2014

TechSoup Global donation partner, Cisco , is starting to talk about an alternative to cloud computing, the paradigm that relies on huge data centers to do all our processing. Then after the project is funded, the money goes to TechBridge to implement and complete the work. An App To End World Hunger?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2015

The current population of Gen Z is estimated to be about 2 billion, or 27 percent of the global population. While there are larger numbers of Gen Z in India, China, and Nigeria compared to UK or US, they are truly a global organization. She funded her first pilot with her allowance! Help Gen Z make or collect stuff.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Once a year, Blog Action Day unites bloggers around the world to focus on an important global issue and to create a dialogue that transcends international borders. This year, Blog Action Day’s focus is FOOD as it coincides with World Food Day that aims to increase awareness, understanding and fuel year-around action to alleviate hunger.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 18, 2012

If you're an iTunes user, one of the ways you can help me celebrate this anniversary is by finding the Big Vision Podcast in the iTunes Store and giving it a star rating (hopefully a good one!), Women, Girls, Education and Global Health. Women, Girls, Education and Global Health. Happy listening!

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 1, 2009

World Food Programme to help a mother feed her child. World Food Programme's Wall Against Hunger. Oxfam America Unwrapped and fund virtual gifts like a pair of school uniforms for $20 , or planting 50 trees for $30. * Create an interactive card for your mom on the U.N. Cross-posted from BlogHer.com Mother's Day gift donation

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 14, 2009

Oxfam America wants supporters to send an email to President Obama asking him to, "make the US a leader [ during the United Nations Climate Change Conference ] in crafting an equitable global treaty that provides substantial financing for poor and vulnerable communities to adapt to climate change."

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Beth is an internationally recognized trainer who has developed and implemented effective sector capacity building programs that help organizations integrate social media, network building and relationship marketing best practices. The current population of Gen Z is estimated to be about 2 billion, or 27 percent of the global population.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2009

The Global Fund for Women also has an online toolkit to help you host a house party. If you live in the Bay Area (like me), the Global Fund for Women has created a calendar of local events. Post a Women for Women International digital badge on Facebook, MySpace, your blog, or your website. Host your own event.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 21, 2010

I actually have a repertoire of stories, but one of them is about Michaela Hackner ( Kalabird.) I connected with her through her amazing photos of Cambodia on Flickr when I was covering the Cambodian blogosphere for Global Voices over five years ago. to help promote awareness of homelessness in America. Together we can do it.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Akhtar Badshah, Senior Director of Global Community Affairs for Microsoft kicked off the day with an interactive presentation about the trends in technology. Photo by Microsoft Global Citizenship. After my keynote, I was to tweet a few good links to help people get started, something they could read back at the office.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Note from Beth: Last month during one of our book talks for “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit: Using Data to Change the World , ” at TechSoup Global, Rachel Weidinger from Upwell came up to say hello. For example, redundancy of messaging across many campaigns at many orgs can create a helpful sort of messaging resiliency.

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sgEngage

JULY 12, 2021

Unfortunately, COVID-19 has had a significant impact on the progress towards accomplishing the SDGs, reversing years of improvement for Goal 1–no poverty, Goal 2–zero hunger, and Goal 3–good health and well-being, in particular. Read more about Purpose at PIMCO and their mission to combat global hunger specifically aligned with SDG 2.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 12, 2022

And even as these dire consequences are known, child labour has increased globally to 160 million. Read more about the global effort to end child labour in this joint report by the ILO and UNICEF Opens new window. This means that every one in 10 children age five and over in the world today are trapped in child labour. Kevin Cassidy.

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Bloomerang

JULY 6, 2022

Monthly donations provide your nonprofit with access to reliable, sustainable funding all year round. These donations can help you continue working toward your mission in spite of any fundraising dry spells. Your monthly donations can fund everything from ongoing projects to unexpected expenses. Benefits for your organization.

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The Modern Nonprofit

AUGUST 30, 2023

As everyone rallies around your collective impact and gets inspired about the difference they can make, it’s helpful to offer multiple ways to support – whether through ticket sales, donations, sponsorship, volunteering, or a combination of the above. Some events, however, won’t lend themselves to digital at all.

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

As everyone rallies around your collective impact and gets inspired about the difference they can make, it’s helpful to offer multiple ways to support – whether through ticket sales, donations, sponsorship, volunteering, or a combination of the above. Some events, however, won’t lend themselves to digital at all.

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NTEN

MARCH 25, 2013

Fortunately, soup kitchens don’t work alone in addressing hunger. Collectively, these organizations begin to address the complex issue of hunger. Each organization plays a unique role in the sector, contributing our own solutions to the complex problem of helping nonprofits adopt and use technology to create more social change.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 24, 2007

It basically links consumers, you and me, to third-world families, and through more direct trade helps those families get a fair price for their coffee, their tea, their bananas, whatever it is they produce. At the heart of Fair Trade is the notion of direct trade, kind of like a farmer's market gone global. Everyone goes to the store.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2014

Charlotte, A Young Teen, Helping To Save Horse Farm Through A Kick Starter Campaign. She is trying to raise money by selling one of her horses and crowdfunding money to help with her legal fees. Charlotte is helping Diane garner attention for her campaign, by putting in to practice some good tips from her Dad!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 7, 2007

emphasis mine] I think it is incumbent upon knowledgeable leaders to provide models for how to do things differently – provide tools that foster social change in ways that foster social change, not in ways that help to sustain the status quo. Maybe the answer is for a single donor to step forward and fund the next half dozen issues.

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