tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-152906412024-03-14T00:44:34.403-05:00AFP Blog: Nonprofit TechnologyThis blog contains assorted news, commentary and limited press releases on nonprofit technology gathered by the AFP Fundraising Resource Center. Other Sites of Interest Section Disclaimer: AFP provides the following listing of hyperlinks to other Internet pages as a privilege to the user. AFP does not necessarily endorse, support or attest to the accuracy of information posted on those Internet pages. Some urls may require registration to view and/or may only be available for a limited time.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391083263574140095noreply@blogger.comBlogger3143125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15290641.post-81930236547692843282016-05-18T11:51:00.001-05:002016-05-18T11:51:22.125-05:00Why Vermont's Nonprofits Should Be Thinking About Digital Security | Vermont Public Radio<a href="http://digital.vpr.net/post/why-vermonts-nonprofits-should-be-thinking-about-digital-security#stream/0">Why Vermont's Nonprofits Should Be Thinking About Digital Security | Vermont Public Radio</a>: "Bernholz is a senior research scholar at Stanford University who studies digital civil society and works on using technology for social good among other things. She writes extensively on philanthropy, technology and policy on her blog, philanthropy2173.com, and she’s going to be in Vermont for a series of workshops this week about how nonprofit organizations can better secure their digital world.<br />
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On the digital vulnerability of nonprofits<br />
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"They tend to be less well resourced, and taking good care of your digital infrastructure takes two things: smarts and money. They've got plenty of the former and usually not so much of the latter. So they are vulnerable."<br /><br />
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<a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pengoopmcjnbflcjbmoeodbmoflcgjlk" style="font-size: 13px;">'via Blog this'</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391083263574140095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15290641.post-23161777182464783592016-05-18T08:18:00.001-05:002016-05-18T08:18:52.753-05:0016 Must-Know Stats About Online Fundraising and Social Media<a href="http://www.nptechforgood.com/2016/05/13/16-must-know-stats-about-online-fundraising-and-social-media/">16 Must-Know Stats About Online Fundraising and Social Media</a>: "16 Must-Know Stats About Online Fundraising and Social Media"<br /><br />
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<a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pengoopmcjnbflcjbmoeodbmoflcgjlk" style="font-size: 13px;">'via Blog this'</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391083263574140095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15290641.post-7304424198261607862016-05-18T06:45:00.001-05:002016-05-18T06:45:03.205-05:00French Billionaire Opens Tuition-Free School in Silicon Valley - Bloomberg<a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-05-17/french-billionaire-opens-tuition-free-school-in-silicon-valley">French Billionaire Opens Tuition-Free School in Silicon Valley - Bloomberg</a>: "Based on the model Niel launched in France in 2013, the U.S.-based non-profit will grow to 10,000 students within the next five years, the school said, allowing the institution to train information technology talent in large numbers."<br /><br />
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<a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pengoopmcjnbflcjbmoeodbmoflcgjlk" style="font-size: 13px;">'via Blog this'</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391083263574140095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15290641.post-27856403890387983162016-05-17T10:56:00.001-05:002016-05-17T10:56:31.555-05:00Crowdfunding the CareBOX way<a href="http://www.cnbc.com/2016/05/15/crowdfunding-the-carebox-way.html">Crowdfunding the CareBOX way</a>: "CareBOX's crowdfunding model is part of an increasing number of charitable organizations tapping donors online. The Network for Good, an organization that tracks nonprofit giving, said charitable giving via the internet is increasing year over year, outpacing the rate of overall giving in the $358 billion charitable giving sector. At least $1 billion in crowdfunding went to nonprofit causes in recent years, according to MobileCause, a crowdfunding platform."<br /><br />
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<a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pengoopmcjnbflcjbmoeodbmoflcgjlk" style="font-size: 13px;">'via Blog this'</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391083263574140095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15290641.post-67325595121132768852016-05-16T06:59:00.001-05:002016-05-16T06:59:14.290-05:00Contactless donation terminals will help hungry schoolchildren » Charity Digital News<a href="http://www.charitydigitalnews.co.uk/2016/05/14/contactless-donation-terminals-will-help-hungry-schoolchildren/?utm_source=Charity+Digital+News&utm_campaign=90872c9820-14_05_2016_NL&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_16cb73bf0c-90872c9820-14461677">Contactless donation terminals will help hungry schoolchildren » Charity Digital News</a>: "Contactless payment terminals have been placed in cafes and restaurants in London and Oxfordshire to enable consumers to make a spontaneous donation to charity."<br /><br />
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<a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pengoopmcjnbflcjbmoeodbmoflcgjlk" style="font-size: 13px;">'via Blog this'</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391083263574140095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15290641.post-83494232755664126212016-05-13T09:50:00.001-05:002016-05-13T09:50:28.635-05:00The hottest trend in web design is making sites that look terrible — The Washington Post — Medium<a href="https://medium.com/the-washington-post/the-hottest-trend-in-web-design-is-making-sites-that-look-terrible-35e775d523ce#.jga7f5z2q">The hottest trend in web design is making sites that look terrible — The Washington Post — Medium</a>: "The hottest trend in web design is making sites that look terrible<br />
What’s old is new again<br />
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There’s an interesting trend in web design these days: Making websites that look, well … bad."<br /><br />
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<a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pengoopmcjnbflcjbmoeodbmoflcgjlk" style="font-size: 13px;">'via Blog this'</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391083263574140095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15290641.post-42333049666486436552016-05-13T07:31:00.001-05:002016-05-13T07:31:11.208-05:009 statistics about eBay for Charity in the UK | UK Fundraising<a href="http://fundraising.co.uk/2016/05/12/11-statistics-ebay-charity-uk/">9 statistics about eBay for Charity in the UK | UK Fundraising</a>: "This month eBay for Charity announced that, thanks to eBay buyers and sellers, it has now raised over £100 million for charities in the UK.<br />
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Here are nine more statistics about the programme that lets individuals raise and donate money for their favourite charity on the popular trading site."<br /><br />
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<a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pengoopmcjnbflcjbmoeodbmoflcgjlk" style="font-size: 13px;">'via Blog this'</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391083263574140095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15290641.post-10833986844116196792016-05-13T07:17:00.001-05:002016-05-13T07:17:55.828-05:00Forget That Amazon Package: This Funder Wants Drones to Deliver Humanitarian Aid - Inside Philanthropy - Inside Philanthropy<a href="http://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2016/5/12/forget-that-amazon-package-this-funder-wants-drones-to-deliv.html#">Forget That Amazon Package: This Funder Wants Drones to Deliver Humanitarian Aid - Inside Philanthropy - Inside Philanthropy</a>: "The UPS Foundation has partnered with, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, and the California-based robotics company Zipline to examine the use of drones as a viable manner in which to deliver lifesaving supplies and medicines to remote regions around the world. The foundation is supporting the initiative—which plans to launch its first drones in Rwanda later this year—with an $800,000 grant."<br /><br />
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<a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pengoopmcjnbflcjbmoeodbmoflcgjlk" style="font-size: 13px;">'via Blog this'</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391083263574140095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15290641.post-53236646088858169082016-05-13T07:02:00.001-05:002016-05-13T07:02:45.268-05:00San Francisco to host new urban innovation lab<a href="http://statescoop.com/san-francisco-to-host-new-federally-funded-innovation-lab">San Francisco to host new urban innovation lab</a>: "With access to a variety public, private, academic and nonprofit entities — two of the world's largest and most influential digital companies, Twitter and Uber, are located across the street from the new Superpublic space — Hirshberg and the team behind the project saw "there was an opportunity to do serious work ... across government agencies.""<br /><br />
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<a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pengoopmcjnbflcjbmoeodbmoflcgjlk" style="font-size: 13px;">'via Blog this'</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391083263574140095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15290641.post-27393797905010665222016-05-13T06:36:00.001-05:002016-05-13T06:37:17.937-05:00Give Local America Disaster Offers Lessons for Next Time | Beth’s Blog<a href="http://www.bethkanter.org/givedaylessons2/?">Give Local America Disaster Offers Lessons for Next Time | Beth’s Blog</a>: "Note from Beth: Peter Panepento wrote a thoughtful piece earlier this week about #givedaylessons and gave me permission to republish it here. Also, if you have not read it, Kivi Leroux-Miller has written a stellar piece called “The Heroes and Villains of Give Local America Story.“<br />
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Give Local America Disaster Offers Lessons for Next Time – Guest Post by Peter Panepento"<br />
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<a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pengoopmcjnbflcjbmoeodbmoflcgjlk" style="font-size: 13px;">'via Blog this'</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391083263574140095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15290641.post-88369099860251187602016-05-12T13:41:00.001-05:002016-05-12T13:41:36.729-05:00Electronic Payments Allow Charities to Focus on the Things that Matter<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bryan-de-lottinville/electronic-payments-allow_b_9889228.html">Electronic Payments Allow Charities to Focus on the Things that Matter</a>: "The global movement toward Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) is far more than just a “flavor of the day.” According to the latest survey done by the AFP (Association of Finance Professionals), 80 percent of North American companies are transitioning their B2B payments from paper checks to electronic payments, and several large countries have already ceased using checks completely. Consumers are writing 7 percent fewer checks each year (and have been for several years), and since 2003, the U.S. Federal Reserve is providing incentives to banks to move away from manual check processing."<br /><br />
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<a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pengoopmcjnbflcjbmoeodbmoflcgjlk" style="font-size: 13px;">'via Blog this'</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391083263574140095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15290641.post-75834865195394196952016-05-11T13:04:00.001-05:002016-05-13T06:38:04.018-05:00Kimbia CEO to Forfeit Salary in Plan to Address Give Local America Debacle - NonProfit PRO<a href="http://www.nonprofitpro.com/article/kimbia-ceo-to-forfeit-salary-in-plan-to-address-give-local-america-debacle/">Kimbia CEO to Forfeit Salary in Plan to Address Give Local America Debacle - NonProfit PRO</a>: <br />
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<a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pengoopmcjnbflcjbmoeodbmoflcgjlk" style="font-size: 13px;">'via Blog this'</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391083263574140095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15290641.post-57266444564352893232016-05-10T06:49:00.003-05:002016-05-10T06:49:59.551-05:00Why Can’t the Nonprofit and Philanthropic Sector Scale Generosity? #givedaylessons | Beth’s BlogBeth as usual provides some great takeaways here<br /><br />
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<a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pengoopmcjnbflcjbmoeodbmoflcgjlk" style="font-size: 13px;">'via Blog this'</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391083263574140095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15290641.post-77539260476589482452016-05-10T06:49:00.001-05:002016-05-13T06:37:47.618-05:00One Lesson from the #iGiveLocal “Give Local America” Fiasco | Kivi's Nonprofit Communications BlogKivi has some great lessons learned here <a href="http://www.nonprofitmarketingguide.com/blog/2016/05/04/one-lesson-from-the-igivelocal-give-local-america-fiasco/">One Lesson from the #iGiveLocal “Give Local America” Fiasco | Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog</a>: "Instead, this post is about lessons learned for communications pros. And there will be many that come out of this.<br />
One big obvious one is that you need the ability to redirect quickly all the traffic your campaigns have generated elsewhere when your primary page or even your whole site goes down.<br />
Many — probably most? — of the thousands of nonprofits participating in Give Local campaigns across America were sending donors directly to donation pages on Kimbia’s platform. When the platform failed, they had no easy way to send the traffic elsewhere."<br />
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<a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pengoopmcjnbflcjbmoeodbmoflcgjlk" style="font-size: 13px;">'via Blog this'</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391083263574140095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15290641.post-61690393672575526062016-05-06T09:55:00.001-05:002016-05-06T09:55:11.629-05:00Why Toms Shoes And AT&T Are Taking A Virtual Reality Trip To Colombia | Co.Create | creativity + culture + commerce<a href="http://www.fastcocreate.com/3059526/why-toms-shoes-and-att-are-taking-a-virtual-reality-trip-to-colombia?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cocreate-daily&position=1&partner=newsletter&campaign_date=05062016">Why Toms Shoes And AT&T Are Taking A Virtual Reality Trip To Colombia | Co.Create | creativity + culture + commerce</a>: "Almost seven years after that original ad, AT&T once again teamed up with MyCoskie and Toms to show how far the business had come, with another ad profile, this time during the Oscars. Now the two brands are unveiling a new virtual reality project that puts the shoe company's motto "One for one" in 360-degrees.<br />
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"We went to AT&T first and they got really excited about partnering, but not only on another ad, but to use VR as a way to show customers how a simple act of buying a pair of shoes is helping someone else around the world," says MyCoskie."<br /><br />
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<a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pengoopmcjnbflcjbmoeodbmoflcgjlk" style="font-size: 13px;">'via Blog this'</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391083263574140095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15290641.post-41002390001001421092016-05-06T07:06:00.001-05:002016-05-13T06:38:40.220-05:00Crowdfunding: A step-by-step guide for charities » Charity Digital News<a href="http://www.charitydigitalnews.co.uk/2016/04/27/crowdfunding-a-step-by-step-guide-for-charities/?utm_source=Charity+Digital+News&utm_campaign=8f2aec68ed-05_05_2016_NL&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_16cb73bf0c-8f2aec68ed-14461677">Crowdfunding: A step-by-step guide for charities » Charity Digital News</a>: "It’s tempting to think of crowdfunding as a simple, hassle-free way of raising thousands of pounds for your cause. The reality is that 60% of campaigns on Kickstarter don’t get funded, and on Indiegogo, 9 out of 10 campaigns don’t reach their target. Successful campaigns require a great deal of preparation and attention – and in the guide, “Make It Rain,” the process has been broken down into three stages."<br />
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AFP has collected Crowdfunding material on our FAQ Blog<br />
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<a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pengoopmcjnbflcjbmoeodbmoflcgjlk" style="font-size: 13px;">'via Blog this'</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391083263574140095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15290641.post-70749926338128295822016-05-05T08:31:00.001-05:002016-05-13T06:38:57.336-05:00Glitch Torpedoes Give Local AmericaThe NonProfit Times<a href="http://www.thenonprofittimes.com/news-articles/hardware-glitch-torpedoes-give-local-america/">Glitch Torpedoes Give Local AmericaThe NonProfit Times</a>: "Technical difficulties brought Give Local America to a screeching halt yesterday, forcing some communities to extend the 24-hour crowdfunding event for at least another day."<br />
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<a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pengoopmcjnbflcjbmoeodbmoflcgjlk" style="font-size: 13px;">'via Blog this'</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391083263574140095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15290641.post-25153152244432691082016-05-03T10:36:00.001-05:002016-05-03T10:36:51.844-05:00A New Strategy for Event Social Media: Associations Now<a href="http://associationsnow.com/2016/05/new-strategy-event-social-media/">A New Strategy for Event Social Media: Associations Now</a>: "When it comes to event social media, is your association’s problem a lack of planning?<br />
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Not like planning a couple of weeks out, just to be sure that people are aware your event has a social presence."<br /><br />
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<a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pengoopmcjnbflcjbmoeodbmoflcgjlk" style="font-size: 13px;">'via Blog this'</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391083263574140095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15290641.post-7397035723706768642016-04-27T10:44:00.001-05:002016-04-27T10:44:29.904-05:00Students learn to code for free while donating skills to nonprofits | KSL.com<a href="http://www.ksl.com/index.php?sid=39516051&nid=1012&title=students-learn-to-code-for-free-while-donating-skills-to-nonprofits">Students learn to code for free while donating skills to nonprofits | KSL.com</a>: "In the 18 months since we launched, more than 300,000 people have signed up," Larson said. "Many of these students have jobs and kids, and are trying to change careers. Already, hundreds of our students have already learned enough to go out and get software developer jobs."<br />
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Since the beginning of Free Code Camp, student-developers have donated over $850,000 in free coding to nonprofits. After completing a series of online courses and certifications, students are paired with nonprofits who are looking for help online.<br />
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<a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pengoopmcjnbflcjbmoeodbmoflcgjlk" style="font-size: 13px;">'via Blog this'</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391083263574140095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15290641.post-2286783407997933562016-04-27T08:31:00.001-05:002016-04-29T09:13:14.526-05:00HOW TO: Get Your Nonprofit Started on Snapchat<a href="http://www.nptechforgood.com/2016/04/11/how-to-get-your-nonprofit-started-on-snapchat/?utm_content=bufferbf817&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer">HOW TO: Get Your Nonprofit Started on Snapchat</a>: "HOW TO: Get Your Nonprofit Started on Snapchat"<br />
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<a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pengoopmcjnbflcjbmoeodbmoflcgjlk" style="font-size: 13px;">'via Blog this'</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391083263574140095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15290641.post-66743868958845658832016-04-26T08:35:00.001-05:002016-04-26T08:35:25.620-05:00Online: NSFW And The Risk For Nonprofits - The NonProfit Times<a href="http://www.thenonprofittimes.com/news-articles/online-nsfw-risk-nonprofits/#.Vx9ukESjAWI.blogger">Online: NSFW And The Risk For Nonprofits - The NonProfit Times</a>: With social media serving as the new frontier for attracting donors and volunteers, nonprofit leaders might be tempted to jump into the action without checking the depth of the water. During her workshop, “Ring of Fire: Managing Social Media Risks,” at the Risk Summit, Nonprofit Risk Management Center Staff Attorney Emily Stumhofer described potential [...]Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391083263574140095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15290641.post-1922409605144366952016-04-22T08:52:00.001-05:002016-04-22T08:53:29.232-05:00Fundraising Week: 'Almost half of donations will be made online by 2020' | Third Sector<a href="http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/fundraising-week-almost-half-donations-will-made-online-2020/fundraising/article/1392174">Fundraising Week: 'Almost half of donations will be made online by 2020' | Third Sector</a>: "Online giving will represent almost half of all UK giving by 2020, according to Charlie Wells, chief operating officer at JustGiving.<br />
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Speaking at the opening keynote session of the third day of Third Sector’s annual Fundraising Week conference in London this morning, Wells said he expected the proportion of giving that came through online channels to rise from 15 per cent in 2015 to almost 50 per cent by 2020."<br />
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<a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pengoopmcjnbflcjbmoeodbmoflcgjlk" style="font-size: 13px;">'via Blog this'</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391083263574140095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15290641.post-65306406397448829192016-04-22T08:48:00.001-05:002016-04-22T08:53:48.828-05:00The Best Non-Profit Fundraising Blogs and Websites of 2016A great list from Joe Garecht<br />
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