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Big Tech pledged a billion to racial justice, but it was pocket change

The Verge

The money they’ve pledged, in context, looks an awful lot like pocket change. Apple theoretically could have made its $100 million pledge back in less than a day. million would be the biggest pledge from big tech companies to date, that’s like if a middle-class American worker made a one-time donation of $92.55.

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Money talks: Why tuning into the Giving Pledge matters 

Candid

As the saying goes, “Money talks,” and there’s no better example of this than the Giving Pledge and its effect on the social sector. To date, 241 individuals with a cumulative net worth easily surpassing $1 trillion have made the pledge—a public commitment to give the majority of their fortunes to charity.

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Walmart pledges $1 billion to pay employees’ college tuition, books

Candid

Johnson & Wales University , the University of Arizona , the University of Denver , and Pathstream — to complement its existing partners: Brandman University , Penn Foster , Purdue University Global , Southern New Hampshire University , Wilmington University , and Voxy EnGen.

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Apple pledges another small but welcome sum to racial justice

The Verge

Apple has pledged another $30 million to racial justice, on top of the $100 million it promised last year in the wake of George Floyd’s death. Illustration by Grayson Blackmon / The Verge.

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[ASK AN EXPERT] Should Fundraiser Salaries Correlate With How Much Revenue They’ll Generate?

Bloomerang

neurology, pediatrics, or oncology at a hospital; agriculture, engineering, or sciences at a university). This process continues for 18 months until, ultimately, the donor pledges a $250,000 gift. In fact, if you insist on this, youll inevitably set up turf wars. It could be between departments (e.g.,

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How to Develop Your Nonprofit Operating Reserves

sgEngage

However, this is not a universal benchmark. Find the Right Number for Your Nonprofit Operating Reserves The Nonprofit Operating Reserves Initiative (NORI) Workgroup suggests that the minimum operating reserve ratio at the lowest point during the year should be 25 percent, or about three months of the annual operating expense budget.

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The Essential Nonprofit Fundraiser’s Guide to Mobile Giving

Bloomerang

A study from the University of Notre Dame revealed that people are much less likely to donate to charities when using smartphones than when using computers. Gather pledges and send automated reminders to collect pledged donations. Researchers call this phenomenon the mobile giving gap.

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