Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Google launches public fundraising campaign to fight Ebola | UK Fundraising

Google launches public fundraising campaign to fight Ebola | UK Fundraising: "4
Google is inviting the public to donate to help fight Ebola. For every dollar donated it will donate $2.

The company has already donated $10 million to support NGOs including InSTEDD, International Rescue Committee, Medecins Sans Frontieres, NetHope, Partners in Health, Save the Children and U.S. Fund for UNICEF. The money will be donated to Network for Good, which will distribute the funds to the NGOs.

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Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Gates and World Bank Back Tech Aided Access for the Underbanked - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly

Gates and World Bank Back Tech Aided Access for the Underbanked - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly: "Imagine living without a connection to a bank or financial institution. Your check from your employer must be cashed at a check-cashing store, where they charge 5 percent of the check amount. You cannot shop online, do not have access to credit, and are likely terrified of being robbed. If you need to send money to a child living in another state or family member living in your country of origin, you are charged 5-8 percent to send funds to them, and they then pay another 5-8 percent to cash the money order. Luckily, new technology is on the horizon to help millions gain monetary protections and increase credit opportunities, leading to small business expansion and more hope for those trying to climb out of poverty."



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Millennial Meltdown: What Nonprofits Should Learn From The Political Disconnect

Millennial Meltdown: What Nonprofits Should Learn From The Political Disconnect: "vast non-commercial response to the holiday shopping season that will simultaneously – its planners hope – expand charitable coffers and continue to build a new network for giving that counters the year-end explosion of consumerist buying and selling.

GivingTuesday is the admirable three-year-old collaboration of the 92nd Street Y and the United Nations Foundation that now includes more than 10,000 nonprofits in its enthusiastic year-end campaign for social good. "



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Monday, November 10, 2014

Moving the Needle: The Success and ROI of #GivingTuesday

Atlantic Philanthropies Is the Latest Nonprofit Subject to Email ‘Phishing’ Attacks - News - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

Atlantic Philanthropies Is the Latest Nonprofit Subject to Email ‘Phishing’ Attacks - News - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: "So had the foundation, which has announced plans to cease operations by 2020, resorted to giving away its assets blindly to help it spend down?

Quite the contrary. The foundation was victim of a phishing attack, a criminal attempt to use an established brand name to lure Internet users into providing personal information like Social Security or bank-account numbers. In the past 18 months, the foundation has dealt with seven such attacks."



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How #GivingTuesday Can Help Your Nonprofit Reach PhilanthroKids or Generation Z Donors | Beth’s Blog

How #GivingTuesday Can Help Your Nonprofit Reach PhilanthroKids or Generation Z Donors | Beth’s Blog: "   GivingTuesday is done it again with its K-12 Philanthropy Curriculum, a set of lesson plans that teachers can use to help their students participate in GivingTuesday by raising money for a local nonprofit."



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10 Best Practices for Planning Successful Crowd Funding or Giving Day Campaigns | Beth’s Blog

10 Best Practices for Planning Successful Crowd Funding or Giving Day Campaigns | Beth’s Blog: "Giving Day Campaigns and Crowd Funding Campaigns Are Than Dollars Raised

When nonprofits marry tried-and-true fundraising techniques with social media and online networks, they are able to tap into the power of crowd funding."



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