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A Volunteer Hour In U.S. Jumps To $33.49

The NonProfit Times

In a state-by-state comparison and including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, Massachusetts had the highest volunteer value at $40.97 per hour for Puerto Rico and $50.88 percent is much larger than the annual inflation rate (3.4 per hour, followed closely by Washington state at $40.28. It was $15.82

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Bookshare hits 50,000 books!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Now, I sure wasn't expecting us to add books at this rate! We've been adding books at more than 1000 books a month earlier this year, and I think that rate is definitely sustainable. Tags: print disabled volunteer books Puerto Rico Bookshare. She rained down blessings on the Bookshare team for helping her out.

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“Seeding by ceding”: What we know about the latest group of organizations funded by MacKenzie Scott

Candid

and Puerto Rico. This is almost 10 times the rate of nonprofits in general. Because these recipients are not organizations with IRS 990 filings (from which we derive revenue data), they are not included in the graph above. . Geography . Half of the grantees were located in California, New York, or D.C.

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5 Text Best Practices to Boost Your Fundraising Success

Get Fully Funded

With your help, we raised $200,000 for those affected by the devastation in Puerto Rico. Along with texts’ speed and unparalleled open rates , one of the biggest benefits of text marketing is how easy it is for your recipients to respond quickly and directly. We couldn’t make a difference without you!

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The Surprising Truth About Donor Fatigue And What Nonprofits Can Do To Avoid It

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

as they have to the recent hurricanes in Puerto Rico + the Caribbean ($4.6M Repeat giving rates haven’t changed. repeat rate among our non-disaster projects during the same time this year, and 6.3% repeat rate among our non-disaster projects during the same time this year, and 6.3% since Aug.) since Sept.).

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Why nonprofits should send cold emails

Socialbrite

By emailing, you can easily track open rates and responses to your cold emails. Tips to increase your open rate. Army Reserve Puerto Rico, reads a book to children during a storytime event. Then, as the event date approaches, send them a reminder email to elicit a higher response rate. . How do you ?”. Army 2nd Lt.

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Addressing Maternity Care Deserts: A Conversation with Dr. Elizabeth Cherot

Non Profit Quarterly

Our preterm birth rate is kind of atrocious in this country. Our latest report is coming out August 1st, and that report is titled “Where You Live Matters” because it looks across maternity care in the 50 states and Puerto Rico, and it’s our most comprehensive report to date. It’s really not improved since 2007.…Meanwhile,