Non Profit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Image credit: Jon Tyson on Unsplash The decades-long decimation of local news—and the dangers that the trend poses for public oversight, an informed citizenry, and democracy itself—remains very much underway. The MacArthur Foundation itself pledged $150 million to the new fund. Since 2005, some 2,200 local newspapers have closed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Note from Beth: Many nonprofits do not have dedicated teams for social media and social media strategy and implementation is typically only a part of a someone’s job. Nonprofits nowadays invest serious resources to keep pace with the latest social media trends. Flickr Photo by Yung Tsai. By Sacha Evans. Simply Measured.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2011

As I read case studies, blog posts and participate in sessions, I imagine replacing the term "social media" with "direct mail" or "email marketing." Social media fundraising is driven by a combination of relationships and immediacy. Social media doesn't raise money, people raise money." By Ehren Foss, CTO, HelpAttack!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Major crypto gifts haven’t slowed down, with multi-million dollar pledges happening in December and January so far. Smart criminals wouldn’t use a system that records every single transaction on an immutable and public ledger. A single donor donated $56 million worth of Bitcoin to 60 nonprofits at the start of 2018 – on Reddit!

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Fundraising Nonprofit Donation Donor 362

Get Fully Funded

JUNE 9, 2022

Did you know that 84% of fundraising pledges are fulfilled and that the average mobile donation pledge for fundraising events is $167 ? These are only a few of the statistics that show how effective pledge fundraising can be for nonprofits. What is pledge fundraising? How can I use pledge fundraising in 2022?

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Media Cause

MARCH 15, 2021

Remember how many corporations and nonprofits hopped on that bandwagon, pledging to do better with racial equality? We even published a piece on what we’d commit to at Media Cause. Our first 3 Fellows were incredible (working in Google Ad Grants, Social Media, and paid advertising)—and we were fortunate enough to hire two of them.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

The current state of public gatherings has only accelerated this trend. These clues will help lead them to locate the ultimate prize concealed in a public place. Then, either choose the winners yourself or ask people to vote over social media. Funds can be raised through pledge campaigns, entry fees, and other donation efforts.

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Candid

APRIL 9, 2024

In addition, the Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez Maui Fund pledged $100 million, GoFundMe raised $60 million, the People’s Fund of Maui (Oprah and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson) raised $60 million, and Maui United Way raised about $25 million. However, this delay is important, too, for pledges do not always equal final payments.

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Disaster Philanthropy Hurricane Pledge 122

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 29, 2016

Imagine: Listening to your local public media during a pledge drive and signing up to become a monthly sustainer through voice recognition while driving. 4) Public Space Advertising. 3) Smart TVs. Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

This website allows users to build visually appealing interactive timelines using video, audio, images, location, social media, and timestamps. Each month, DollarPerMonth.org selects three charities for its members (who have pledged to donate a minimum of $1 per month) to vote on. A collection of economic and media trends and stats.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices and as mobile media continues to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options that will be available to your nonprofit in coming years. Ideal for mobile social media managers, VoiceTexter is an iPhone app that instantly transcribes your voice messages.

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Amy Sample Ward

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Jolkona partnered with the Seattle International Foundation (SIF), which pledged to match every donation, dollar for dollar, up to $25,000. Starting July 26th, Groupon Seattle’s G-Team allowed subscribers to join Jolkona and SIF in making an investment in women’s leadership by pledging support in increments of $10.

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Qgiv

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

At the same time, they’ll solicit donations and pledges from their networks of family and friends for each service project they complete or hour of volunteer service they complete. Then, have your participants set up their own individual fundraising pages and advertise the campaign on their social media networks.

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Ideas Fundraising Nonprofit Fun 52

Candid

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

We began tracking grants and pledges based on press releases and public announcements to tell a real-time story. . contacted us with two primary concerns about the way the data was presented: the distinction between racial equity and racial justice funding, and the mixing of grants and pledges. a major part of the?recent

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Fund Pledge Grant Philanthropy 105

Candid

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Other public information. Candid staff also scan websites, press releases, social media, and news sources for grantmaking information. In fact, only a small number of grants are web-scraped from other public sources. corporate donations, public charities that give donations). Many of the largest U.S. foundations (e.g.

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Grant Data Foundation Pledge 111

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

What caught my eye immediately was the infographic that summarizes data about how foundations are using social media. One of my favorite sections of the site includes the benchmarking data for foundation use of social media by channel which makes it very easy to do research. Media Impact Funders New Site, Data Tool, and Reports.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Note from Beth: I've been writing about online contests that use social media and crowdsourcing techniques. With the launch of public voting on the Pepsi Refresh Project , now is a good time to discuss the efforts we’re taking to set the new standard for transparency in online contests. Each month, Pepsi will award grants up to $1.3

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Today marks the publication of the book, “ End Malaria ,&# a compilation of short pieces by 62 business leaders about how to rethink the way you work. Ashton pledged to donate 10,000 mosquito nets to MNM if he got there first, and his pledge catapulted him to success. The race was part of the World Malaria Day in 2009.

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Causes Pledge Charity Celebrate 94

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

Note from Beth: This past year has been a deep exploration into how nonprofits can use measurement and reflection to improve their practices as a networked nonprofit and using social media. As part of my work at the Packard Foundation, I designed and facilitated several peer learning groups and exchanges. Influence the decision makers.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Our focus on new media in the digital period also meant that we started to forget about the technology tools we already had in our organization: the hardware, software, databases, servers. We went from technology belonging to the IT staff, to new media belonging to the young intern, web savvy communications officer, and so on.

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 8, 2011

On road trips as a child my dad would frequently joke that if we drove long enough we’d eventually find a pledge drive on a local NPR station. Later in life, when I traveled extensively for my job, I’d call him when the town I was visiting was in pledge and my wife, who travels for her job, loves to do the same with me.

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The Verge

JANUARY 12, 2021

But a wave of misinformation on social media, not helped by Facebook’s abysmal track record on privacy and its reputation for obfuscating changes to its various terms of service agreements, has resulted in a full-blown WhatsApp backlash that has users fleeing to competitors like Signal and Telegram.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 11, 2016

Written by Heather Mansfield who works as an Ambassador for the Public Interest Registry – the nonprofit operator of the.ORG,NGO and.ONG domains. 3) Online Pledge Websites. 1) Fundraising Campaigns. givewater.ngo ★ #WorldWaterDay. 2) Cause Awareness Campaigns. worldelephantday.ngo ★ #WorldElephantDay.

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CauseVox

AUGUST 11, 2022

Many of your donations will come in as pledges and some number will drop off over time. To help combat that, use automated pledge fulfillment (we recommend using our Pledge Now, Pay Later functionality) to make sure these pledges come through. An example of Pledge Now, Pay Later. Next, think about attrition.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 6, 2010

The project was a success, but I felt that it lacked real engagement between the public and the museums and Ask a Curator came to mind. I’d like to think that so many museums were keen to participate because they want to step beyond using Twitter as a tool for promoting exhibitions and try something which really engaged the public.

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Arts Twitter Examples Museum 102

Forum One

JANUARY 11, 2008

Read More » Online Approaches for Inviting and Collecting Public Input Joe Pringle in Influence 4 Jun 2010 I was invited to present last week at the University of Marylands Human Computer Interaction Labs workshop on Government and Social Media. Muslim relations. " A key message was.

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Social Media Influence Internet Web 57

Forum One

JULY 5, 2007

Read More » Online Approaches for Inviting and Collecting Public Input Joe Pringle in Influence 4 Jun 2010 I was invited to present last week at the University of Marylands Human Computer Interaction Labs workshop on Government and Social Media. Muslim relations. " A key message was.

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Social Media Influence Internet Web 52

Forum One

AUGUST 14, 2007

Read More » Online Approaches for Inviting and Collecting Public Input Joe Pringle in Influence 4 Jun 2010 I was invited to present last week at the University of Marylands Human Computer Interaction Labs workshop on Government and Social Media. Muslim relations. " A key message was.

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Social Media Influence Internet Web 52

Forum One

MARCH 1, 2008

Read More » Online Approaches for Inviting and Collecting Public Input Joe Pringle in Influence 4 Jun 2010 I was invited to present last week at the University of Marylands Human Computer Interaction Labs workshop on Government and Social Media. Muslim relations. " A key message was.

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Social Media Influence Internet Web 52

Forum One

JULY 23, 2008

Read More » Online Approaches for Inviting and Collecting Public Input Joe Pringle in Influence 4 Jun 2010 I was invited to present last week at the University of Marylands Human Computer Interaction Labs workshop on Government and Social Media. Muslim relations. " A key message was.

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Social Media Influence Internet Web 52

The Verge

MAY 11, 2020

Twitter may also apply a warning onto a tweet if it conflicts with COVID-19 guidance from public health experts. Twitter started applying a new label to tweets “containing synthetic and manipulated media” as of February of this year. Here’s what the new labels look like: Image: Twitter. Here’s that rubric: Image: Twitter.

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Twitter Pledge Evaluation Images 70

Forum One

MARCH 11, 2008

Read More » Online Approaches for Inviting and Collecting Public Input Joe Pringle in Influence 4 Jun 2010 I was invited to present last week at the University of Marylands Human Computer Interaction Labs workshop on Government and Social Media. Muslim relations. " A key message was.

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Social Media Influence Internet Web 52

CauseVox

APRIL 18, 2025

To help donors think about giving in more manageable, bite-sized ways, CauseVox offers a pledge donation option that breaks down larger contributions into smaller, digestible installments. Social media , website banners, peer-to-peer fundraising , printed materials, and even text messages can all play a role.

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Program Giving Donor Gift 53

Forum One

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

Read More » Online Approaches for Inviting and Collecting Public Input Joe Pringle in Influence 4 Jun 2010 I was invited to present last week at the University of Marylands Human Computer Interaction Labs workshop on Government and Social Media. Muslim relations. " A key message was.

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Social Media Influence Internet Web 52

Forum One

MAY 27, 2009

Read More » Online Approaches for Inviting and Collecting Public Input Joe Pringle in Influence 4 Jun 2010 I was invited to present last week at the University of Marylands Human Computer Interaction Labs workshop on Government and Social Media. Muslim relations. " A key message was.

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Social Media Influence Internet Web 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2016

The #LaborOfLove Campaign urges people across the nation to pledge to spread awareness about Goodwill and the importance of job placement and training programs. Goodwill is encouraging people to sign the #LaborOfLove pledge to spread awareness about Goodwill and the importance of job placement and training programs. percent in July.

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Campaign Pledge United States Social Media 64

sgEngage

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Leverage Giving Tuesday as a day to ask potential new supporters to engage with you in easy, low-pressure ways such as holiday email raffles or signing a pledge that aligns with your organization’s mission. Make sure your email and social media communications include concrete examples of how your organization is making an impact.

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