Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

By thinking through your fundraising strategy before October 1, you can collect your stories and integrate your efforts, keeping your messaging and images consistent through mail, email, social media, events, and any other channels you may use. You need stories that show the impact your organization makes in the community.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

The story above is about how your brain works. If you work for a nonprofit, there’s a good chance that you’re working on a tough problem like the achievement gap, homelessness, or global hunger. Paula knew that helping Amy de-stress was step one of getting things back on track. Let’s pull back the curtain.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 20, 2022

Now, let’s take a minute to pause and consider the global trauma we have all just experienced over the last two years: the COVID-19 pandemic, continued racial injustice, wars, natural disasters, increasing hunger and inequity, a spike in homelessnes, and more. We binged on Netflix and suddenly had time to learn to bake bread or play guitar.

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Pamela Grow

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Through a series of adorable photos, Palmetto Animal League celebrates its donors (“Because of you, homeless animals are filled with hope”), shared the story of Mr. Mooney, a high-maintenance hunk, and invited their supporters to Send a Valentine with a donation. They’ve shared stories from staff and clients alike.

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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.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

They curate the best from the abundant sea of online ocean content and rapidly experiment with creating, amplifying and circulating stories that spark vibrant conversations. Will hunger ever gain Beiber-like prominence? Are people more compassionate to animals, more generous towards the homeless?

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 31, 2022

When the donor clicks through to the donation page, a call to action should be prominent like “Your gift helps us feed the homeless!” Keep an eye on your inbox for the latest news about our fight to end hunger in our community.”). Tell a heart-tugging story. Make it part of the header or main menu so it shows up on every page.

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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. What will you do differently this year? From WHY comes strategic planning and goal setting.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 3, 2022

You must be purposeful about the stories you share and the way you Ask for donations because the combination of the two can make a big difference in how donors feel and whether or not they give. Instead, ask people to give to save a dog, tutor a child, or feed a homeless person. Asking too much and too often. Lack of special thanks.

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Greater Giving

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Encourage people who are connected to you through social media networks to share their stories about the impact that you have made in the world by giving back together as one big community! Any post using the hashtag will come up in a search. Hashtags aren’t the only way to approach social media for promotion. Run a drive.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2008

Beth's Birthday Cause I was listening to a story on Marketplace on NPR this afternoon with Tess Vigeland and Chris Farrell who reviewed their 2008 financial goals and graded themselves on their accomplishments. September is Hunger Awareness Month so why not give a donation of canned goods and cash to your local food bank?

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Tech Soup

MAY 15, 2015

I'm happy to announce that one of our winning 2015 Green Tech Success Story Contest submissions is TechSoup member Boulder Food Rescue , an organization working to eliminate food waste in its community and across the country. About the Success Stories Contest. You might think you'd never do that. America: A Wasteland of Plenty.

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Qgiv

JUNE 22, 2021

John Center for Homeless Men recently hosted their own virtual house party peer-to-peer event called Raisin’ the Rent. With just a couple of clicks, anyone can register their own fundraiser and raise money to help CityTeam with combating hunger and homelessness in their city. BONUS – See this idea in action! Be a Hero campaign.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

A nonprofit organization that provides support for homeless in Northern, CA found references to homeless people on restaurant blogs and used what they learn for a fundraising campaign. Examples include Creative Commons Swag Contest and Fight Hunger Video Contest. Adding a new data point to it. Another example.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

In the nonprofit world, we often walk a delicate tightrope when it comes to the stories we tell. Many nonprofits deal with difficult subjects—illness, hunger, abuse, war, loneliness, addiction—and it’s often detailed accounts of those subjects that inspire people to give. You also have the people in the stories to consider.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Breaking: Record number of homeless people need help in Atlanta . Veterans at risk of homelessness. Also remember: the subject line is not supposed to tell the whole story. Help a homeless person come in from the cold. How to make a difference for homeless cats. Help families break free from homelessness.

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VQ Strategies

JANUARY 18, 2021

Yet, there’s much more to the story. I have repeatedly heard from colleagues at homeless shelters, food pantries, and senior centers that they simply cannot accommodate more than 5-8 volunteers in their kitchen at a time or have more volunteers than they have clients to support on any given day.

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DNL OmniMedia

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Instead, you need to amplify your organizations message and encourage people in power to make positive, far-reaching, systemic changes that benefit your beneficiarieswhether those are low-income single mothers, homeless pets, or endangered wildlife. Lobbying is an activity that falls under the broader advocacy umbrella.

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