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The Maui wildfires: A record in disaster philanthropy, an opportunity to ‘get it right’ 

Candid

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. There were many more, including February’s earthquake in Turkey and Syria.

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Social Media and Cute Dogs Go Mobile And Other Cute Animal and Nonprofit Tales

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The App also provides: adoptable dog search by zip code, simple giving to help homeless pets, and their grassroots pledge to start seeing invisible dogs. This gave Michelle and her team an idea: What if they had a cute animal mascot for their holiday turkey donation drive?

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What happened in 2020 disaster philanthropy beyond COVID-19?  

Candid

Refugees have sought asylum around the globe but primarily in the neighboring countries of Turkey, Lebanon, and Jordan. Pledges (announced intentions to award a monetary or in-kind contribution) are also not counted in total funding. Syrian refugee crisis. Since 2011, more than 13 million Syrians have been displaced.

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49 Online Fundraising Ideas to Help You Raise More

Qgiv

Encourage them to set reading goals and reach out to their friends and family to collect pledges for when they meet their goals. Turkey Trot or Santa Run. Have your students team up with their friends and go head-to-head for some friendly competition. Student art show. Seasonal online fundraising ideas.

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Berlin’s Yababa snags $15.5M to scale a multicultural grocery delivery biz across Europe

TechCrunch

As EU eyes ‘balance’ on precarious gig work, Glovo offers pledge of ‘fairer’ conditions for couriers. And conditions for platform workers is an area of active legislative attention in Europe ; and one where q-commerce platforms like Gorillas and Glovo continue to face a smorgasbord of challenges.

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Workplace Giving Trends: Current Happenings & Expectations

Nonprofits Source

Some companies have taken actions such as pledging to match employee donations at higher rates to disaster relief causes, while others have developed entire giving initiatives related to disaster relief and crisis response. Turkey and Syria earthquake: In early 2023, a massive earthquake impacted Turkey and Syria.

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31 Unique Ideas for Small Church Fundraisers

Qgiv

collect pledges in return for participating in a big community service day. Over the holiday season, many families can count on having a turkey on the table and gifts under the tree, but not everyone is as fortunate. Hold a work-a-thon. Walk-a-thons are a staple of schools and nonprofits all over the country. Food or toy drives.

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