Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 24, 2011

You know those daily deal sites? It’s a creative way for business brands on Twitter to get recognized for their philanthropy. SwipeGood enables donors to round up all of their debit or credit card purchases to the nearest dollar and allows them to donate the difference to the charity their choice. Cauzoom :: cauzoom.com :: FAQ.

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Fundraising Tools Online FAQ 255

Bloomerang

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Here’s the rub: There is nothing more profoundly personal and intimate than philanthropy the voluntary sharing of time, talent, and treasure lived out in a virtually unlimited range of compelling ways to express love of humanity. Supposedly, time, effort, and pain are removed from writing projects.

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Fundraising Donor Mail Professional 109

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2011

So, when I heard that the Foundation Center and the Center for Effective Philanthropy were hosting an event “Transparency and Effectiveness,” I was curious, especially given the speakers and the framing: Foundations are pressed to be more transparent about how they work andmore effective about achieving impact.

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Philanthropy Effective Nonprofit Foundation 97

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 24, 2010

Nonprofits use the sites to build their online brand and supporter base, and the companies in turn then benefit from having tens of thousands respectable, well-known nonprofits promoting their sites and tools to millions of supporters (a.k.a. potential consumers). A complete list of the services can be found at Google.org.

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Myspace Flickr Linkedin YouTube 215

Candid

JANUARY 14, 2025

In this analysis, well look at subject areas, which are derived from Candids Philanthropy Classification System and based on the organizations stated mission and programmatic descriptions from the IRS Business Master File. Many funders and donor advisors search Candid nonprofit profiles by keyword, subject area, and geography.

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Profile Nonprofit Search Charity 87

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Sean Stannard-Stockton has just posted my guest post on the Tactical Philanthropy blog. You can read it and the comments on the blog here , it’s copied below. “In recent days, Causes has left MySpace and IdeaBlob has shutdown. To some, these events were unimportant.

Myspace 108

Myspace Causes Philanthropy Social Media 108

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 31, 2011

He’s been on the staff of Community Shares for three years now and drives the traditional and new media outreach to inspire philanthropy in Colorado. . How do you define e-philanthropy and how does MCP align with that vision? The Personal Philanthropy Plan is next. But we have one thing working in our corner.

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Colorado Local Project Interview 181

NetWits

MARCH 29, 2011

Pew Internet Report ] [ Chronicle of Philanthropy thoughts ]. An additional interesting statistics: Social Networking sites like Facebook and Twitter now account for 22.7% Usage – “How much time do people spend using mobile devices?&#. Pew Internet Report ]. Check out the the full infographic by Microsoft Tag.

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Mobile Internet Blackberry Statistics 232

Bloomerang

DECEMBER 27, 2024

The organizations culture of philanthropy (or lack thereof). They also invite the donor to an on-site visit. The finance directors understanding of their role in helping put together compelling donor offers. A donor database and tools that facilitate one-to-one fundraising.

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Fundraising Generation Metrics Gift 115

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Social media is a great way to involve the audience in the story as it unfolds. Mark Horvath is a genius at doing this with his Invisible People TV site. There are many tools you can use to share the story as it unfolds in video and photo as Aliza Sherman has documented here. Tags: Content Philanthropy Tips Tools and Tactics.

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Alaska Story Philanthropy Tips 94

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 14, 2010

You can post pictures to TwitPic from your phone or through the site itself. For an example, see a BubbleTweet by the Chronicle of Philanthropy. It’s an easy and effective first step for launching an awareness campaign on Twitter. TwitPic : TwitPic lets you share photos on Twitter. Alternatively, there is TweetPhoto.

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Twitter Screencast Nonprofit Statistics 216

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 24, 2010

Seventy-nine percent said they hadn’t found ways to do so.” – Chronicle of Philanthropy, November 12, 2009. This will change quickly as you build your communities on social media sites. Many small-to-medium sized nonprofits do not realize how little traffic their website is actually getting.

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Social Media Metrics Track Media 239

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2012

WiserEarth has just launched a new site called “ Wiser Givin g” with a mission is to make smart philanthropy simple by helping you make better philanthropic decisions by offering hands-on strategy tools, information, and advice from friends and experts. The site features a unique tool, WiserGiving Style Quiz ?,

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Giving Israel Philanthropy Flickr 106

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. Alexa Top Sites :: alexa.com/topsites. This website tracks what sites are the most popular in the world today. In addition to the list of global top sites, you can also view top sites by country.

Web 277

Web Tools Free Nonprofit 277

NetWits

JUNE 9, 2011

For large nonprofits here is some even scarier news: the Chronicle of Philanthropy reported in October of 2010 that donations to the nation’s largest charities dropped 11% last year. Will funding come in the form of grants, traditional event revenue, donations, or something more radical? 3) The Shift in Donor Attitudes.

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Trend Attitude Charity Fundraising 219

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

According to a recent survey by OTX , 43% of respondents say they have shared content on social media sites because it is funny. kanter A real family philanthropy manager/donor, a real wish to wear a cape & punch out dumb foundation, donor, nonprofit behavior. Bruce Wayne of the Wayne Family Foundation.

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Examples Content Nonprofit Social 130

Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

This map shows some of the sites where Oxfam is providing water and sanitation, as well as employment through the cash-for-work program. Oxfam has reached 100,000 people across multiple sites and is aiming to reach 500,000 total over the next six months." "Oxfam is responding to the biggest earthquake for 200 years in Haiti.

Web 111

Web Bookmarking Haiti Map 111

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Consider how to bring people together, virtually or on site. ” The raison d’etre of the social benefit sector is philanthropy (defined as “ love of humanity ”). Put this into a written plan, with goals, objectives, and who/what/when/where/how strategies and tactics. TIP 9: Make it easy for people to participate on their terms.

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Tips Strategy Volunteer Donor 114

Candid

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The University of San Francisco was the first school to offer a Master’s in Nonprofit Administration less than 40 years ago, and the first School of Philanthropy was created just nine years ago at Indiana University. The site offers training for nonprofit staff that goes into more detail than we do in class. Philanthropy News Digest

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Student Free Nonprofit Philanthropy 120

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 7, 2011

This project, housed on a social media enhanced micro-site allows people to commit to a year of service via an email sign up. Ten for Ten: Philanthropy from 2010-2020 (December 20, 2010) | Opinion Blog | Stanford Social Innovation Review – "Earlier this year, I took a look back at my decade of predictions, 1999-2009.

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Web Haiti Philanthropy Bookmarking 123

Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2009

DonorsChoose: open source philanthropy from JD Lasica on Vimeo. Meantime, if you’re not familiar with DonorsChoose, the idea is a simple one: It’s a site where public school teachers could post what materials they were lacking in the classroom. There are 12,000 to 14,000 classroom project requests on the site at a time.

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Social Media Interview Challenge Media 120

Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

That a growing number of consumer brands are transforming their existing static Web sites into interactive online communities is a trend that is not only recent, but also rapidly accelerating." Open Philanthropy is about sharing. Open Philanthropy is about community. " What do you think? The time is now.

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Web Bookmarking Philanthropy Social Media 105

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 26, 2014

Million Dollars to fight the horrible disease, according to the ALS Association web site. Just one week ago, donations totaled $22.6 Let’s look at the possible factors that caused philanthropy to run wild and capture the attention of so many people, inspire them to participate, and donate to stop the disease.

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Challenge Nonprofit Meme Philanthropy 139

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

That’s where the concept of impact philanthropy comes into play and you don’t have to be a millionaire or billionaire to practice this approach. And, you can also add their widget to your web site which gives you a great curated selection of philanthropy news. You can also personalize your selection of content.

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Giving Philanthropy Disaster Widget 79

Candid

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Why and how Candid updated our racial equity funding site . Working with trusted community partners with deep history and expertise on grantmaking for racial equity, we responded this month by updating our special issue site on funding for racial equity. this site should note that data for more recent years is incomplete.?There

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Fund Pledge Grant Philanthropy 106

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. Alexa Top Sites :: alexa.com/topsites. This website tracks what sites are the most popular in the world today. In addition to the list of global top sites, you can also view top sites by country.

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Web Tools Free Nonprofit 265

Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Let’s Define Your Community Since your mission is to facilitate philanthropy in order to move your mission forward, let’s talk about your philanthropic community – the donors, volunteers, advocates and ambassadors who fuel your work, making your impact the greatest it can be. Fundamentally, all of philanthropy is a value-for-value exchange.

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Community People Philanthropy Facilitation 130

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

” At this point that’s all we know, but the site is currently allowing users to secure their username on the Zeen homepage. The site is consistently being reviewed by White House staff and petitions that receive more than 25,000 signatures are guaranteed a response from the Obama Administration. HopeMob :: hopemob.org.

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Free Nonprofit Social Media Mobile 280

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

They included: charity malls (a primitive form of embedded philanthropy as Lucy Bernholz might say), charity portals (what Network for Good was called); and roll your own e-commerce site. They included: charity malls (a primitive form of embedded philanthropy as Lucy Bernholz might say), charity portals (what Network for Good [.]

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Network Charity Philanthropy Fundraising 95

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

This was among the key findings of the  “Community Philanthropy 2.0,” conducted by  Geoff Livingston (he is a Society for New Communications Research Fellow),  Qui Diaz  and myself.  They are estimating that more than 20,000 donors set up accounts on the giving site.  Now

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Online Raise Minnesota San Francisco 106

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2010

While idea challenges and social media contests are increasingly used by corporations, governments and in philanthropy, ideas4Oregon.org has a far larger potential fiscal reward than most. Meyer’s personal philanthropy and is not affiliated with Fred Meyer Inc., We want Oregonians to get engaged with us.”. the retail enterprise.

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Oregon Foundation Ideas Philanthropy 140

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 24, 2012

" New Research Proves the Business Case for Product Giving : PitchEngine : Get the Word Out™ – "New research from Indiana University concludes that businesses can do well by doing good through product philanthropy. " Would love to hear what your experience and perception of email use is!

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Web Indiana NTEN Case Study 117

Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 27, 2012

A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. Alexa Top Sites :: alexa.com/topsites. This website tracks what sites are the most popular in the world today. In addition to the list of global top sites, you can also view top sites by country.

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Web Tools Free Nonprofit 245

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Please join me in signing the pledge on the site to confirm that you’ll spend that day investing in community and family, rather than stuff. And, on the following Tuesday, I will participate, support, and enjoy “ Giving Tuesday.” If anything, the day will prompt conversation about philanthropy in the U.S.

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Giving NTEN Pledge Charity 110

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2010

Or the Web site Microsoft Hohm that lets people calculate their energy footprint and get tips on conservation. "Our philanthropy has to ignite action. Tags: Content Networks Philanthropy. Chatting with David Connor , we both had the same reaction – who knew? We need leverage points."

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Network Technology Change Social 105

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 1, 2014

The site features innovative and high impact nonprofits with responsible track records in six key areas: Education, Health, Economic Development, Arts & Culture, Environment, and Human Rights, selected using this criteria. She said that start ups have a unique opportunity and approach to philanthropy given its entrepreneurial mindset.

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Platform Nonprofit San Francisco Philanthropy 131

sgEngage

AUGUST 19, 2024

In his session, Change Up Your Questions: Exploring What You Ask Your Grantees and How, Marshall Ginn of Capital Philanthropy will show you how to find a balance between knowing enough about an organization and reducing the burden on potential grantees. AI continues to be a hot topic across philanthropy.

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