Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Chronic Homelessness Artificial Intelligence model (CHAI) . As a pilot, it followed a group of individuals for six months before its formal launch in August, with a 93% success rate in predicting when someone would become chronically homeless. To understand the ethical dilemmas, see these scenarios.

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VisionLink

APRIL 20, 2022

Fun fact, each year about 62 million Americans volunteer at their local schools, with NGOs, with disaster preparedness and response groups, and community centers and homeless shelters. The most active volunteers are those between the ages of 35 to 44, with women volunteering at a higher rate (29.4 It's National Volunteer Week!

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The Verge

JULY 10, 2020

It is often peddled by religious organizations as a pseudo-science with no basis in fact and studies show it has direct links to higher rates of depression, drug use, homelessness, and suicide among young adults, many of whom are subjected to it without their consent.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2023

Keeping donors connected with the mission ensures the best possible donor retention rate for an organization. When a fundraiser receives a notification that a donor is close to lapsing, they can reach out and reconnect with that donor. However, there are many formats of peer-to-peer fundraising that expand far beyond a traditional race.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Lorcan OHerlihy Architects For turning an unbuildable site into a home for the formerly homeless In 2024, Los Angeles-based Lorcan OHerlihy Architects (LOHA) created a new building on a parcel of land that had long been considered unbuildable. massive 110-105 Freeway intersection.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

We provide housing to the chronically homeless who have HIV/AIDS, mental health issues, chemical dependency, and other special needs. So I dropped the words homelessness and volunteering from my search. Now I serve on the board of Praxis Housing. Praxis is expanding its six person board to 11.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 12, 2011

Even today, in the midst of what many are calling "the Great Recession," giving hovers at the same rate as a percentage of income. For individuals who care about helping to alleviate a community problem (homelessness, for example), there are three options: Do nothing (which will also do nothing to alleviate their need to help!).

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 17, 2022

As the NAACP has noted, African Americans are incarcerated at more than 5 times the rate of whites, and though African Americans and Hispanics make up approximately 32% of the U.S. African Americans make up 40 percent of the homeless population despite only representing 13 percent of the general population.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

So why do we call people experiencing housing instability “homeless”? It also has one of the highest rates of people experiencing homelessness in the country. Through working with the other Impact Labs Community Fellows, I learned about housing and homelessness resources that I was unaware of before.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 16, 2023

Nonprofit organizations do not frequently use indirect costs unless they pursue government grants , but an indirect cost rate can be helpful to all organizations. But once you understand your indirect cost rate, applying it to your budget and funding requests is simple. Indirect Costs Equitably Distribute Operating Expenses.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 19, 2011

In the Arizona Giving and Volunteering Report , we at the Center report the differences in the rate of volunteering across race, gender, educational attainment, and income. 3] Of course, this begs the question: Why do these factors affect the volunteer rate? Want to increase your organization's visibility? Become an exhibitor!

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

In-Kind Gift Donation Receipts Whether you run a food bank, thrift store , homeless shelter, or disaster relief organization, any nonprofit that collects physical items (or accepts in-kind services) must know the differences between cash and in-kind donation receipts.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 19, 2024

A youth services nonprofit working with government agencies to use a public building for a youth program.

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Kindful

MAY 1, 2021

Their goal is to cut teen suicide rates in half by 2028. Mission: The Tacoma Recovery Center and Café is a community of women and men impacted by substance disorders, addiction, homelessness, PTSD, and other mental health challenges. Mission: Robbie’s Hope is an uprising of teens to help other teens. Impacting: Mental health.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 6, 2010

Follow these five tips and you will be on your way to increasing open and click-through rates and more importantly - raising more money for your nonprofit. Example of Bad Subject Line: Renew Your Commitment to End Dog Homelessness. Short, Catchy Subject Lines. Hook your supporters right off the bat with a short and catchy subject line.

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DNL OmniMedia

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Measuring the effectiveness of your marketing efforts: Set yourself up to track your marketing efforts success by measuring key performance indicators (KPIs) like return on investment, click-through rate, conversion rate, and more. Creating a better user experience (UX) on your website could increase conversion rates by 400%.

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Bloomerang

MAY 15, 2024

Whether they’re doing a science experiment that summer campers might do at camp, serving the homeless a meal, or looking at cells under a microscope in the hospital, bring the front lines of your work. Rate yourself: How well do you support your board members? Share a client testimony or have staff describe a day on the frontlines.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Give back to the Denver community by assembling hygiene and health kits, which will be donated to the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless. While you’re at it, don’t forget to check out discounted rates for a variety of hotels in walking distance to the Colorado Convention Center. Packing Your Bags? We’ve got you covered!

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VisionLink

MAY 17, 2013

Alternately, if you can foresee circumstances where you would want to support crisis calls, homeless intake, elderly services, disaster relief, and other family service programs (through your own offices or through partner agencies), then you are looking for a software solution that is designed to support multi-purpose, multi-partner use.

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Everyaction

MAY 16, 2018

Lack of access to appropriate mental health care carries serious consequences, including increased likelihood of hospitalization, homelessness, incarceration, and suicide. They boast a success rate of over 90% for youth that complete their programs and now live in the community and stay in school. s homeless population.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2014

BUILD actively works to increase high school graduation rates for at-risk youth with a four-year entrepreneurial program. Beyond 12 is developing the next generation of MyCoach, a mobile app that helps low-income students navigate the path to college and stay on track once they arrive, significantly enhancing graduation rates.

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 24, 2021

It was a bleak situation and they were days away from being homeless. We have never been so scared of sliding into homelessness,” Jasmine said. “We For example, seven word subject lines have the highest open rates. Ask a question: Will you help us solve the #1 problem facing homeless families? .

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CauseVox

AUGUST 18, 2022

Tracking How Your Email Open And Click Rate Grow. It’s not enough to just collect email addresses and send updates; you’re going to be interested to see how your open and click rates trend over time. Not only do donation tiers expedite the transaction process but they drive donor conversion rates. Donation Tipping.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 26, 2011

Remind me again how this is linked back to reducing poverty in this country, or creating sustainable local food systems, or increasing graduation rates, or fighting institutional oppression? Can we break that down one more time? Because I'm lost.". Yet I think that that's the real beauty and power of this work.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 25, 2022

Discover how HOPE Atlanta , Metro Atlanta’s most established agency committed to fighting homelessness and hunger, capitalized on this integration to optimize their data collection , and explore how your organization can do the same to maximize fundraising potential.

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Greater Giving

JUNE 1, 2023

These systemic issues can lead to higher rates of mental health struggles, homelessness, and isolation within the LGBTQIA+ community. LGBTQIA+ individuals often encounter discrimination, prejudice, and unequal treatment in various aspects of their lives, including education, employment, healthcare, and housing.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

Apps created specifically to address the needs of low-income and underserved communities in the United States are few and far between – despite the fact that smartphone adoption rates are higher within minority communities where social services are in greater demand and poverty tends to be more concentrated.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

BIPOC communities are disproportionately impacted by social inequality, with higher rates of poverty and unemployment. Inner-city schools also often have high rates of teacher turnover, which can be disruptive for students and can make it difficult to maintain a high-quality learning environment.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 16, 2023

As the NAACP has noted, Black Americans are incarcerated at more than 5 times the rate of whites, and though Black Americans and Hispanics make up approximately 32% of the U.S. Black Americans make up 40 percent of the homeless population despite only representing 13 percent of the general population. You can support their work here.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 16, 2023

Nonprofit organizations do not frequently use indirect costs unless they pursue government grants , but an indirect cost rate can be helpful to all organizations. But once you understand your indirect cost rate, applying it to your budget and funding requests is simple. These are necessary expenses to facilitate a successful project.”

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 17, 2019

This bleeds into the culture of the organization, leading to increased turnover rates and decreased program quality. The New Life Center (NLC), led by Rob Swiers, provides support and shelter for those afflicted with addiction and homelessness. Finding Unrestricted Funds.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 14, 2015

Forney continually helped other youth that were facing similar difficult circumstances, and he became a public advocate for improving safety for homeless youth until his life was tragically cut short. Young people are hearing the positive message that it's OK to be gay and are coming out younger and at higher rates.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 3, 2018

For example, the poverty rate in the United States increased from 12.4 percent in 2015; and was even higher in Arizona where the 2015 poverty rate was 18.2 While poverty was rising, so were national high school graduation rates. graduation rate was 79 percent and the rate in 2015 was 83.2 percent in 2000 to 15.5

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The NonProfit Times

OCTOBER 7, 2024

For example, say a group of motivated people banded together to help end homelessness. Those people may enter into a fiscal sponsorship with a Section 501(c)(3) organization, forming a Section 501(c)(3) project, to provide food and other necessities to persons experiencing homelessness as part of their charitable mission.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 16, 2010

We also asked the community to vote and rate the examples. Invisible People , an nonprofit that uses video storytelling to help de-stigmatize homeless people. Then, we asked the panelists to pick a few to share during the panel. Our hope is that you'll get mad enough to do something," its Website reads.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 11, 2013

For nonprofits, this could mean higher rankings for local mobile searches on homeless shelters, animal adoption or volunteer opportunities. Questions like: What are your mobile donation form conversion rates? What are your email click-through rates on mobile devices? To get ahead of the game, focus on improving your local SEO.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 28, 2020

Direct loans would have an interest rate no higher than 2% with no principal and interest payments due for the first six months. Runaway and Homeless Youth – $25 Million. Veterans Administration Homelessness Assistance Grants – $4 Billion. These loans could come in the form of direct loans or guarantees of private loans.

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