sgEngage

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Across the globe, natural catastrophes strike unpredictably, from flooding and hurricanes to ice storms, earthquakes, and wildfires. In the United States, there were 28 climate disasters in 2023 , which surpassed the record of 22 disasters in 2020 – tallying a price tag of at least $92.9

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Does negativity and alarm really raise funds?” —John, CEO of a civic education nonprofit Dear John, This is a top-of-mind question for many fundraising professionals. This is especially true for mass marketing messages and broad fundraising appeals for monumental events like hurricanes or earthquakes. That’s clearly you, John.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 19, 2022

When a new organization enters into a sponsorship agreement with its fiscal sponsor, they’re able to immediately start raising funds that are tax deductible for donors. . For these types of organizations, the ability to raise funds as soon as possible is a critical part of their mission.

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Candid

APRIL 9, 2024

The Maui wildfire response The Maui wildfires in August, which affected Lahaina and Kula, stand out for the funds raised. As far as we know, this is the highest amount ever raised by a single community foundation for a non-terrorism-related disaster. And 2023 set records in disaster relief funding. funders contributed $266.2

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The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

It has more than 125,000 volunteers, has responded to disasters in 700-plus communities, and raised nearly $250 million. Just FYI, when a hurricane blew Homestead, Florida, pretty much the only thing left standing was the homes built by Habitat for Humanity. Team Rubicon is widely known for its innovation and unique culture.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

The round brings SmartNews’ total raise to date to over $400 million and values the business at $2 billion — or as the company touts in its press release , a “double unicorn.” It also recently launched a hurricane tracker. ” (Ha!). The funding included new U.S. 10 Family Office in Japan.

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DipJar

APRIL 20, 2021

During this time, the eggs can be eaten by predators, damaged by tropical storms and hurricanes, exposed by beach goers digging on the beach, and more. The post How Loggerhead Marinelife Center is Raising Funds to Save Sea Turtles appeared first on DipJar. Once the eggs have been laid, they incubate for 60-90 days.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 21, 2021

This was tested a couple of years ago, when Hurricane Ida knocked out a huge swathe of connectivity across New Orleans; the company claims its network continued without any downtime. ” Mesh++ has raised a $4.9 “At first, we didn’t realize how big of a problem it is here at home in the U.S.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

Due to a lack of major upfront expenses, fundraising online is one of the most profitable ways to raise money for your organization. Instead, with online fundraising, you can be sure that most of the money you raise will go directly towards your mission. With virtual fundraising, it’s also much easier to expand your reach.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2021

Kevala , the startup that collects and analyzes energy grid infrastructure data for utility companies, renewable energy providers, EV charging companies, regulators and other energy industry stakeholders, has raised $21 million in a Series A round. Automotive startup Upstream raises $62M Series C to scale cloud-based security.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Will Ross and William Steenbergen were AI researchers at Stanford working on climate and atmospheric modeling and reinforcement learning, respectively, when they began to collaborate on wildfire modeling and hurricane modeling initiatives for the insurance industry. Now, Federato is raising new capital to grow the business.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Commercial contracts are all well and good, but the idea actually got its start in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, where in Puerto Rico, Ifill said, people had gone nearly two weeks without any deliveries because the communications infrastructure was so devastated.

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Candid

MAY 26, 2021

Kurt Lewin We’re two decades into the internet era; why is it still easier to buy a book about hurricanes than help a storm’s victims? In one longitudinal study, people gave more for hurricane relief if the name of the hurricane started with the same letter as their own name.

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2021

It’s not uncommon for federal aid to take months or even years to arrive, and insurance companies can often take months as well to process claims, particularly after large disasters like hurricanes where thousands of claims arrive simultaneously. She was an architect, and her office in Manhattan had to be evacuated.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2021

But past the fact that it’s a world where sales cycles can last as long as House Congressional tenures , there was quite a lot to get into: Consumer: Dorothy wants to to provide bridge loans to folks who get rekt by a hurricane. As government, and insurance money can take ages to arrive, the startup could be onto something.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Note from Beth: With the hurricanes, gun violence, and fires, I gave generously, including donations to Global Giving funds. Donors have given about equal amounts to Hurricane Harvey ($4.0M as they have to the recent hurricanes in Puerto Rico + the Caribbean ($4.6M Photo by Fuel Relief Fund on GlobalGiving. since Aug.)

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AFP Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Tumblr, Photo Blogger Raise $100K for Hurricane Sandy Relief | News & Opinion | PCMag.com : In less than 24 hours, a joint Hurricane Sandy fundraising effort from Tumblr and New York photo blog Humans of New York (HONY) has topped their goal of raising $100,000 for victims of the storm.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2022

Repairing a home that’s been destroyed in a hurricane, tornado, flood or fire can take quite a while, displacing homeowners during that time. Captain founder and CEO Demetrius Gray noted that following storms, like the Katrina and Sandy hurricanes, the average primary recovery period was 14 months. and paid out $5 million.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Note From Beth: I remember back when Hurricane Katrina struck, I saw a post to the Museum ListServ that said “ Chuck Patch Is Not Dead.” Though it might seem counterintuitive, if you don’t offer direct services, consider raising money for an organization that does. Flickr Photo by Rob Howells. Partner up.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2009

Objective : 1) Measure the effectiveness among 18-45 year olds of event sponsorship and advertising in real-time and 2) Measure this audience’s interest in green issues raised by the global concerts and sponsors. The first example was using mobile to raise awareness and increase a call to action. Cool Factor : Mobile Giving.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2021

government estimates that floods in recent decades (exclusive of hurricanes and tropical storms) have caused an estimated $160 billion in damage and killed hundreds of people. She ultimately synced up with CTO and co-founder Ryan Prosser to build FloodMapp in 2018, raising $1.3 million AUD along with a matching grant.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

For example, when Hurricane Harvey hit, ShelterBox USA was swift to put out a video letting their audience know that they had people on the ground assessing how they would be able to help. They put around $200 to advertise their video to maximize its reach, given Hurricane Harvey’s prevalence on social media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2013

This honed his appetite for frolicking in the hurricane swells that sweep the ocean in late summer. Sometimes they will raise their clasped hands skyward before tossing their flowers or leis into the center of the ring. My father had a deep-seated love of the ocean and was a life guard for 30 years for the Ventnor City Beach Patrol.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 5, 2024

It will raise awareness. Is your goal to raise awareness, or is that the tip of the iceberg? To raise awareness about the enduring need – and the fact the collective fight continues. The same holds true if you survived a natural disaster such as a fire, earthquake, tornado, hurricane, or tsunami. To celebrate internally.

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AFP Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Harvard University Students Running NYC Marathon in Boston for Hurricane Sandy | BostInno : On Sunday, Baker and Whitmore, both Harvard University seniors, did their own 26.2-mile mile marathon, here in Boston, while raising money to support those in need who were impacted by the furious October storm.

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Allegiance Group

JANUARY 28, 2025

But if you can build relationships with just half of those donors so that they make additional gifts or become sustaining givers, you can raise more dollars with fewer people. Even if photos and videos from the field aren’t professionally produced, they can be incredibly moving.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 4, 2017

The parade of bad news: gun violence, hurricanes, earthquakes, nuclear war, fake news, and more. He wasn’t fired, and the scores of Ramona lovers even set up a petition to give him a raise. Recently, my social media feeds have been anxiety producing, if not downright depressing. What to do? The response?

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Profits from the record raised money for famine relief in Ethiopia. It also raised money for famine relief in Africa. raises money for Amnesty's Darfur work. Dark Was The Night will be released on February 17th to raise money for Red Hot , an organization, "dedicated to fighting AIDS through pop culture."

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NonProfit Hub

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Hurricane Florence finally made landfall over the weekend, ravaging the Atlantic coast with devastating winds and torrential rain. Raise money. Keep raising money, keep donating, keep volunteering. Mandatory evacuation orders were enforced in several coastal cities. We never know when disasters are going to happen.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

And Hurricane Ida alone reportedly caused at least $50 billion in damages , depending on what figures we’re to believe. Elsewhere, Australia’s FloodMapp recently raised $8.5 market, 7Analytics today announced that it has raised $2.5 To take things to the next level now that it’s officially entered the U.S.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

FireAid raised an estimated $100 million with performances from dozens of popular musical acts. I was born and raised in New York and have seen others rally for us when we needed it, Berner said in a statement. A 2012 power-on party after Hurricane Sandy stands out as the craziest example, he said. during their difficult time.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 16, 2012

Expert guests include: Jody Dilday ( @jdilday ), executive director of Single Parent Scholarship Fund of Northwest Arkansas ( @SPSFNWA ), has spent her career raising awareness and support for nonprofit organizations. She returned home and started a “mommy blog” – purely as a hobby and virtual scrapbook.

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NTEN

AUGUST 17, 2010

At the time, the most impressive thing about the concert was not how much money was raised, or how many musicians were involved, but how global it was. All the event organizers ask is that you find a venues the can accomodate the following: "People, hurricanes, New Orleans themed music (i.e. Remember Live Aid ?

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TechCrunch

MAY 13, 2021

Alba Orbital is here to provide it with its intention to provide Earth observation at intervals of 15 minutes rather than hours or days — and it just raised $3.4M And natural disasters like hurricanes, flooding is a big one, transportation as well.” to get its next set of satellites into orbit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Twestival Local Weekend : Last February, Twestival raised over $250,000 for charity:water on Twitter on February 13th with more 200 cities sponsoring local tweet, meet, and give parties. September is Preparedness Month: We know that September is usually a bad month for hurricanes and other natural disasters. Good Reads: Online.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Zeitview , the company formerly known as DroneBase , today announced that it raised $55 million to further develop its air and ground data capture tech. “We focus on reducing our customers’ operations and maintenance spend while providing safer, faster and more accurate answers.”

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

That’s just what Sofar Ocean has, and it just raised $39 million to scale up its vision of real-time understanding of the seven seas. The ocean is vast and mysterious … but rather less so when you have thousands of little autonomous buoys reporting back interesting info to you every day.

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