San Francisco seeks Hellman’s philanthropic successors | Dan Schreiber | Local | San Francisco Examiner

San Francisco seeks Hellman’s philanthropic successors | Dan Schreiber | Local | San Francisco Examiner: The death of San Francisco philanthropist Warren Hellman was felt across The City by the organizations he helped and the people who benefited from his generosity.

Big Give to review match fund after high demand crashed site - Civil Society - Fundraising - News - providing news and in-depth coverage of charities, voluntary organisations and not-for-profits

Big Give to review match fund after high demand crashed site - Civil Society - Fundraising - News - providing news and in-depth coverage of charities, voluntary organisations and not-for-profits: The Big Give is reviewing last December’s match fund challenge, which raised more than �11.5m, after unprecedented levels of demand forced the challenge to be postponed for a day.

The Big Give is today contacting the charities that participated in the challenge, which requires them to secure match funding from their own major donors and trustees, to invite them to air their concerns in a review of the challenge which is due to be held in two weeks.

Did You Hear The One About... - TheNonProfitTimes

Did You Hear The One About... - TheNonProfitTimes: The winners of the first annual NP LOL People's Choice Awards have been chosen. People from across the United States, Canada and Australia went online in December to pick the funniest story and animation of 2011 from the NP Humour Blog.

How Much Money is Raised through Online Giving? | Nonprofit Trends with Steve MacLaughlin | a Blackbaud Blog

How Much Money is Raised through Online Giving? | Nonprofit Trends with Steve MacLaughlin | a Blackbaud Blog: One of the most common questions that I get is how much money is raised through online giving. The answer leads into plenty more questions about who, what, when, when, and why online fundraising continues to grow. The good news is that we can now answer most of these questions.

Here are some important questions, answers, facts and figures about online giving:

Celebrities Competing Online For Donors - TheNonProfitTimes

Celebrities Competing Online For Donors - TheNonProfitTimes: A dozen celebrities representing as many charities have one month to raise as much money as they can with an ultimate prize of winning $25,000. But the Mozilla Firefox Challenge, launched by Crowdrise and Mozilla, isn’t limited to the 12 celebrities.

Mozilla, the nonprofit behind the open source web browser Firefox, started each celebrity-charity team off with a $5,000 donation.

80 Email Subject Lines from End of Year Fundraising | Nonprofit Trends with Steve MacLaughlin | a Blackbaud Blog

80 Email Subject Lines from End of Year Fundraising | Nonprofit Trends with Steve MacLaughlin | a Blackbaud Blog: Back in 2010, I wrote about all the direct mail pieces that I had collected over a year. This time I collected all of the nonprofit emails that I was sent between December 15, 2011 and January 1, 2012. Here’s what I discovered after going through all the email messages.

eJP Launches iPad Optimized Version | eJewish Philanthropy: Your Jewish Philanthropy Resource

eJP Launches iPad Optimized Version | eJewish Philanthropy: Your Jewish Philanthropy Resource: With the aim of increasing choices, and providing an improved visitor experience, eJewish Philanthropy today launched an iPad specific-version of their website. Built on the same framework as eJP‘s popular touch mobile version, this is not an app, but rather a fast-loading, smooth display designed specifically for iPad reading. Utilizing native touch and scrolling features familiar to all iPad users, this option is based on the latest technologies available, including HTML5, CSS3 and advanced JavaScript.

Save the .NGO Domain for�Nonprofits - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media -

Save the .NGO Domain for�Nonprofits - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media -: If you work at a nonprofit, serve on a board of a nonprofit, or have nonprofit clients, you need to hear about this. Next year, the Internet is opening up to allow for thousands of new Internet extensions. Companies, individuals and organizations can register almost anything behind the primary Internet address. (Think .cocacola, .party, .anything).

11 Tips for Gathering Content to Share on Twitter - Engage365

11 Tips for Gathering Content to Share on Twitter - Engage365: Information is gold in social media. Those who share quality information get noticed. Those who create quality content become leaders. It could conceivably be argued that on Twitter sharing links to quality information is the native tongue.

Give It Forward with The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee - Community Foundation

Give It Forward with The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee - Community Foundation: December 7, 2011 through January 5, 2012, we’re asking you to remember an experience of charitable or personal giving that was meaningful, joyful or touching. Or, just tell us what giving means to you.

Share your story on our Facebook page for the chance to win a Community Foundation Giving Card, which can be redeemed to support any charity you choose. Every Thursday (Dec. 15, Dec. 22, Dec. 29, Jan. 5) we'll draw randomly from everyone who submitted a story, for a Giving Card ($25 card week 1, $50 card week 2, $75 card week 3, $150 card week 4).

Charitable giving goes high tech - Business - The Boston Globe

Charitable giving goes high tech - Business - The Boston Globe: But a handful of local tech companies and small start-ups are tapping into a burgeoning appetite on the Web for doing good. They run Internet auctions for causes, use Twitter and Facebook to spur giving, and find pro bono help for Massachusetts nonprofits and social enterprises. With the reach and ease of the Web, anyone in the world can potentially fund a playground project in Roxbury or instantly donate to the American Red Cross when a disaster hits.

Charity encourages tourists to ‘pack with a purpose’ - thestar.com

Charity encourages tourists to ‘pack with a purpose’ - thestar.com: She returned home with a personal mandate and the name of her Web site, packforapurpose.com

Her idea is simple: travelers put aside roughly five pounds of their allotted luggage weight to pack items needed in the destination they plan to visit. How do they know what’s needed? That’s where packforapurpose.com comes in. T

How Haiti's Earthquake Inspired LinkedIn's Skill-based Volunteer Marketplace | Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovation

How Haiti's Earthquake Inspired LinkedIn's Skill-based Volunteer Marketplace | Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovation: It’s not just for landing your next job anymore. In the event of a natural disaster, LinkedIn has a new service--LinkedIn For Good--that will connect people in need with people with the skills to help them. It’s all part of their desire to increase volunteerism, and create social change with human capital.

The South Jersey Sun - Goodwill uses technology to help donors in Mt Laurel

The South Jersey Sun - Goodwill uses technology to help donors in Mt Laurel: To make things more convenient, Goodwill Industries, of Southern NJ & Philadelphia has installed computerized donation kiosks at all of its donation centers and unveiled state-of-the-art iDonate technology that enables donors to track their giving online, 24-7.

CharityVillage� Research: Seven Social Fundraising Stories for the Holidays

CharityVillage� Research: Seven Social Fundraising Stories for the Holidays: It's an understatement to say that the end of the year is a busy time for the charitable sector. Many charities and nonprofits can anticipate raising a third of their annual overall online donations in December alone. It shouldn't surprise you to hear that the last two days of the year are when most organizations also experience the heaviest volume of online giving.

In the crowded crush of direct mail, television appeals, print campaigns and email blasts, it's not always easy for a digital campaign to stand out. Some organizations have stepped up to the challenge and are reaching out to online communities. Be inspired by these seven stories of holiday fundraising on web and social channels!