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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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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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“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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The Bold, Focused Ideas of Breakthrough Nonprofit Brands: Book Giveaway Winners Announced

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

An island-wide educational campaign in Puerto Rico to educate people on the importance of spaying and neutering and vaccinating their dogs and cats, in hopes of alleviating the drastic conditions for the 100,000+ “satos” (street dogs) that are homeless and roaming the beaches and streets of PR. We are NOT a shelter.

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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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Giving Tuesday #Inspo: 14 Donation Pages That Know What They’re Doing

Everyaction

There are plenty of best practices that, if implemented, make it pretty straightforward to improve conversion rates and ultimately raise more money. In this case, they’re directly relating the work they do to the immediate need for relief efforts in Puerto Rico. The good news? World Central Kitchen. Protect Our Winters.

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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!