Know Your Numbers: #GivingTuesday | Case Foundation

Know Your Numbers: #GivingTuesday | Case Foundation: "So that’s why this year in celebration of #GivingTuesday, the Case Foundation is excited to partner with Indiana University’s Lilly Family School of Philanthropy to support research efforts to identify outcomes from #GivingTuesday and its implications for overall donation trends. Immediately following the holiday, the Case Foundation and the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy will share an estimate on the total number of dollars donated on #GivingTuesday. The research team will also present broader findings on how #GivingTuesday is affecting overall giving and giving behavior in the Giving USA Spotlight Report, to be released on December 17, 2014."



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How Bitcoin is Used in Combatting Ebola - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly

How Bitcoin is Used in Combatting Ebola - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly: "A group from Ghana has found a way to deploy cash donations more rapidly and more effectively directly to the front lines of the effort to contain Ebola in neighboring Sierra Leone. The distinctively African twist is that the solution combines Bitcoin and the now-ubiquitous African financial tool, the mobile phone.

Bitcoin Against Ebola is a nonprofit founded by Beam, a startup based in Accra, Ghana, which promotes Bitcoin technology as a way for Africans to transfer money cheaply and instantaneously."



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European fundraising associations to lobby MEPs over EU data protection proposals

European fundraising associations to lobby MEPs over EU data protection proposals: "The Institute of Fundraising has met with fundraising associations across Europe to discuss how to lobby against proposed EU data protection legislation that could damage fundraising.
Earlier this month, the Institute wrote to UK MEPs to raise concerns about the new European General Data Protection Regulation, which is due to come into force from 2017.
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