Category Archives: Fundraising

Helping Haiti

January 14, 2010 – 9:59 am

Want to help victims of the earthquake in Haiti? Here are two organizations that are providing immediate disaster relief in Haiti:
Zanmi Lakay
Zanmi Lakay is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for current and former street children in Haiti by providing educational and economic opportunities and resources to help these children while [...]

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$100,000 in 48 Hours

December 4, 2009 – 3:09 pm

Seth Godin just raised $100,000 in 48 hours with Donor Tools.
Seth Godin’s two-day fundraising event earned over $100,000 for Acumen Fund. Acumen “exists to help end poverty by changing how the world addresses it”1.
Donors received an advance copy of Seth Godin’s upcoming book Linchpin, which goes on sale January 26.
We’re thrilled to have been [...]

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Get Seth Godin’s New Book

December 2, 2009 – 3:29 pm

Seth Godin is giving away 3000 advance copies of his upcoming book Linchpin to the first 3000 people who make a donation to Acumen Fund.
Head over to Acumen Fund’s Donor Tools page to get the details, donate, and get your own advance copy of Linchpin! (Better hurry, those 3000 books are going fast!)

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Non-Profit Twitter Tools

November 30, 2009 – 12:15 am

I was catching up on my blog list and found this really great list of non-profit Twitter tools on Social Earth and just had to share.
1. Act.ly: Have a petition, retweet or event you want to show the Twitter universe? Act.ly allows just this.
2. TweetProgress: Want bigger, better and more progressive change? Head to TweetProgress to register yourself and [...]

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Donation Incentives

November 13, 2009 – 9:16 am

With the economy in it’s current down turn, many non-profits have turned to providing an incentive to raise donations. The thought is, many people are more willing to give if they are receiving something in return. The bigger picture is, donors feel more involved and appreciated if they receive something more than just a form [...]

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Fun for Friday: Play Games for a Good Cause

October 30, 2009 – 9:30 am

Many a night I find myself winding down by playing a couple of online games. Thanks to Katya’s Non-Profit Marketing Blog, I now have a way to play games and do something good for humanity at the same time with Games That Give.
You quickly create an account and you’re on your way. You raise money [...]

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Standing Out In Fundraising

October 26, 2009 – 11:08 am

In the world of popularity have you noticed that the cool people all tend to be doing pretty much the same thing? Same clothes, same cars, same sports, etc. However, in the world of fundraising and non-profits that dynamic just doesn’t fit. The ones that stand out and do things differently are the ones that [...]

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Facebook Causes & America’s Giving Challenge

October 21, 2009 – 9:00 am

Facebook is becoming quite a helpful tool for the non-profit fundraiser, especially since they created Causes this year.  According to this post at Connection Cafe many corporations have realized the benefits of social networking and how it can help grow their businesses. The article suggests that the non-profit side could learn something from the corporate [...]

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Online Fundraising Idea From Charity Navigator

September 2, 2009 – 5:13 pm

I was very impressed when I ran across a very well done pop up ask on the Charity Navigator website.
It reads:
Did you know?
If everyone who paid us a visit over the course of a year voluntarily gave $1, we could comfortably meet our annual budget!
Our web site and all of its great content are absolutely [...]

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Product Update: Small Change to Fund URLs

August 10, 2009 – 8:19 am

We’ve made a small change to the way the URLs work for fundraising pages. If you’ve linked to a fundraising page for your funds, then you might want to update your links.
Basically, what we’ve done is to put the name of your fundraising page in the URL. So if your fund is named “Feed the [...]

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