Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2015

I spoke with Joseph Tanigawa from Code for San Francisco (our local chapter of Code for America), who presented LocalFreeWeb at the previous breakfast. Users can go to any bus stop and simply text the stop ID number (listed on every bus stop) to a local phone number (415-528-3226). Collaborating with Public Libraries.

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Paying for everything yourself removes some of the accountability that nonprofits need and grays the boundaries of public input and influence. They may not want to give you a grant if they see your animal welfare nonprofit is living off of your adoption fees or your homeless shelter is solely running on a large government grant.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

There are likely a number of interested parties in your community that want to make the world a better place. Additionally, board members often have high-level connections in business, education, or even local and state government. Collaborate with local businesses. Publicize volunteer grant opportunities.

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DipJar

MARCH 9, 2021

Not only does this allow them to engage new donors, it helps create more partnerships with local businesses! As a foster home based rescue without a public location, they asked a partner sponsor to host their DipJars instead! During this campaign, they were able to raise $36,000!

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Tech Soup

JUNE 27, 2017

I'd like you to meet Kerry Thomson at Habitat for Humanity of Monroe County, Indiana; Lori Chidgey of Corazon Ministries in San Antonio, Texas; Betty Martin of Cape Girardeau Public Library in Missouri; and the late Rory Foster of the Northwoods Wildlife Center in Minocqua, Wisconsin. A World Where Everyone Has a Decent Place to Live.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Instead of handing all your scavenger hunt participants a paper list of items and places to hunt for, plan your scavenger hunt using an app. If building a haunted house seems far too difficult, consider partnering with a local haunted house for your event. Use an app. Provide racers with fundraising resources. Haunted Hike.

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NonProfit Hub

APRIL 15, 2019

Local grocery stores and restaurants might be willing to donate the bulk of the food. So, if your organization is a homeless shelter or a community organization that gives to families in need, take it off their hands! Set up shop at your office or a well-trafficked public space and sell items in exchange for donations.

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Get Fully Funded

APRIL 6, 2021

For example, if a nonprofit organization operates health clinics inside public schools, the Advisory Board might be made up of pediatricians, family physicians, and nurses, who could advise the Governing Board on how the model could best operate to meet families’ needs. They could advise the organization based on their personal experiences.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 4, 2014

An example of impact-driven fundraising gifts are hand-sewn scarves from a family who started a local business as a result of your donor’s micro-finance loan or a personal letter from a child who you sponsored for her education. For example, Project Renewal helps homeless people get off the streets. Create a sexy story.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 13, 2018

posted by Angelina Magerl Class 12 Public Ally. Coming into Public Allies , I wasn’t sure what to expect. I came across Public Allies and it looked like a great program. Because of Public Allies, I learned my peers consider me a very good listener. In Public Allies, we learn a lot about diversity. Maya Angelou.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 24, 2021

A fundraising email is not the right place to thank Board members, reflect on events that already happened, spotlight a wonderful volunteer, or highlight a major donor. The thing I am most excited about is we are partnering with some local companies to offer our moms priority for jobs. Those can go in a newsletter. What would you say?

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Giving Tuesday is a day of global generosity and charitable giving that takes place on the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving in the United States. You can, however, join your local Giving Tuesday movement to localize your efforts. Team up with local news. Check out their event page for inspiration: 3.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 26, 2011

Public Allies AZ Alumna /. When I think back on my time with ASU Lodestar Center's Public Allies Arizona program, many different memories and candid moments pop into my mind. Particularly, I think of an image of a certain well-worn Public Allies hooded sweatshirt — our unspoken uniform of service. Youth Leadership Development.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Let’s start at the most fundamental place for this conversation. For this conversation, and those to have over the course of the next two days together at least, let’s work from the place that a movement is larger than coalitions. We have community groups, schools, local leaders and people at every age, interest, and skill level.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

One of the concepts that the group designed was a strategy for collecting data from low income individuals which was identified as a key challenge for some participants who work with homeless populations. In fact, some participants in the group mentioned using MBA students from local universities to assist with data collection.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 29, 2013

My internship took place at Fairbanks Youth Advocates in Fairbanks, Alaska. For the next few days I became familiar with runaway and homeless youth issues. After two weeks, we had an agreement in place. Apply for Public Allies Arizona today! Once this was all in place, we worked to make the emergency shelter a Safe Place.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Say something like “ Today, in this season of giving, we are extending a special thanks to our donors who give regularly to our organization, stepping up time and time again for homeless families.”. Place the gift baskets on the table for the last Board meeting of the year. Be sure to tag them all! You could also do a video shout-out.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 5, 2008

to the general public and to policy makers. My good buddy Mel Young of the Homeless World Cup was the evening keynoter: he's got an exciting story to tell. I then had a wonderful tour of local pubs in Edinburgh, and I have at least one photo to remember it by!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Close the circle with thank yous, public acknowledgement, and light touches that aren’t asks. For example, they recently set up an Amazon wish list for their Food Pantry and posted to their FB page. Within minutes, a fan commented that they had just placed an order for them. Designate a cheer leader. They said thanks.

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Qgiv

APRIL 28, 2021

So if you’re looking for virtual fundraising ideas for schools, you’re in the right place! To make sure school supplies aren’t out of reach for any student, they created the Free Teacher Market to help “Erase the Need” for local students. Have the Right Staff in the Right Place at the Right Time.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 25, 2019

There are essential practices that need to be put into place by managers of skilled volunteers. According to Knepper, D’Agostino and Levine , in the Journal of Public Management & Social Policy, volunteer management can be complex, and the ability of managers to make the most of their volunteers is not guaranteed.

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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. Peer-to-peer fundraising will likely naturally take place on social media, but you can take it a step further by adding a fun, competitive element. BONUS – See this idea in action! In the last year, the St. Geocaching.

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Tech Soup

MAY 15, 2015

Working with local businesses, Boulder Food Rescue identifies places where food that would usually be thrown away can be saved instead. Boulder Food Rescue provides food to homeless shelters, working-poor families, schools, charities, low-income housing cooperatives, and other organizations in need.

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Tech Soup

JULY 1, 2014

The organization with the most innovative and effective usage of a donated TechSoup product will receive the Lenovo IdeaPad AND will be featured as the "Youth Impact" story for an entire month on our Local Impact Map (LIM). The stories on the LIM are highly engaging and optimized for social media sharing. Ready to enter?

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Are mobile phones a lifeline for homeless people? Homeless people use mobile phones to break their isolation, find food and shelter, and connect with the people they care about. Just like any single thing, mobile phones are a help, but not a cure for homelessness. Assuredly they are. Surprises So Far.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2012

This puts New York City’s economic disparity on par with places like Sierra Leone or Namibia. The homeless population in the city doubled to 80,000. This vulnerability places the health and safety of our population at great risk, and it can obviously be enormously disruptive to our economy.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

Today we are highlighting the work of Thom Reilly , Director of the Morrison Institute for Public Policy at Arizona State University. Another example is Goodwill, a nonprofit that sells merchandise to support its core function of finding jobs for hard-to-place individuals. Defourny et al.,

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Qgiv

JUNE 4, 2021

Want a simple fundraising event idea that can not only be done virtually but also cultivate a wide breadth of publicity and participants? The longer the supporters last the more publicity and support your mission gets! To ensure this stays virtual, make the list something that you can do at-home or just around the local neighborhood.

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Nonprofits Source

AUGUST 12, 2019

Though all nonprofits further a social cause that provides a public benefit, no two are ever exactly alike. It’s not the same thing to bring awareness to climate change as to be working to provide shelter for the homeless. We’ll go through a bunch of tips and suggestions that will help you get there. Get To Know Your Target Audience.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

For more, read a deep dive into each of the six episode focuses: nutrition insecurity, health equity, workforce development, homelessness, mental health, and climate action. Health equity isn’t just a distant problem; it is a very local problem. Americans are Running Out of Affordable Places to Live.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 3, 2009

The general public is not a community. This seems a little ungenerous to museums; while institutions may bestow more love upon wealthy, elderly donors than the general visiting public, museums have actively courted mass audiences for years. The homeless community? Be free, nearly free, often free, or free for locals.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 1, 2010

The simplest place to start the search for new donors is with those closest to your organization – Board, staff, volunteers, friends, and users of your organization’s program or services. Q: We are an organization that works on forest restoration and offers public programs at our nature center. We house homeless women and children.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

Of course 50 is just a tiny percentage of the nonprofits that work and sacrafice to make our country a better place to live. Local Harvest. Because they make it easy to find your local farmer’s markets and organic food producers. National Coalition for the Homeless. National Public Radio (NPR).

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Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Give Families the Gift of a Place to Call Home. Or to help you eliminate your waiting list so every homeless person can get medical care. Contact local civic clubs and churches and see if you can get on their program schedule during the holidays. Pitch a story to your local news. Every Kitten Deserves a Chance.

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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. or software that gathers all the news feeds in one place where you can scan/read them quickly. Growing and Eating Local Foods.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 25, 2008

She has co-authored publications on fair taxation, housing and the racial wealth divide. Our work focuses on advocacy, policy, education and political thought that helps to shape the dialogue and public conversation about the interests of these folks. That is really where the origins of the work came out of.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

” And use the word “projected,” because we know that the service definitely impacted people in a positive way and we’re using local statistics to make sure that we’ve captured that impact. “Well, thanks to this $20,000, there are 12 local artists who have a place to hang their artwork.”

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