Clairification

APRIL 22, 2024

This has been the tagline for my business and blog since I began Clairification in 2011. Fund, “ Beyond Fundraising: What Does it Mean to Build a Culture of Philanthropy? ” Fundraising is a means towards that end. Servant to philanthropy. Philanthropy, not fundraising. Everyone counts.

Fundraising

Selfish Giving

DECEMBER 27, 2011

Here are my picks for the best local cause marketing programs of 2011. Program: 40 Local Companies Partner with the Ellie Fund for Cancer Care. For example, a local dry cleaner offered customers 20% off the cleaning of pink products with 5% of the cost going to the Ellie Fund. I hope they do the same for you! Location: Utah.

Donation

Candid

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Our Foundation Funding for U.S. The website is a publicly available, interactive resource that showcases how funding flows for U.S. democracy-related issues from 2011 onward. Nonprofits looking for potential funding sources can get started with our short video on how to identify potential U.S.

Funding

Tech Soup

JUNE 30, 2011

Twelve hours after an earthquake struck Japan on Friday, March 11, 2011, Zynga launched in-game initiatives that made donations possible across a number of their most popular games, including FarmVille. James Shelton , Assistant Deputy Secretary for Innovation and Improvement in the U.S. Players raised over $1.5 million in just five days.

Education

ProposalPRO

JUNE 30, 2021

2011 ), that Black scientists are only half as likely as White scientists to win NIH R01 research grants, one of the agency’s most common research project grants. NIH found that topic selection accounted for 21% of the funding gap between Black and White researchers. 2019 , Ginther et al., 2016 , Ginther et al., PRO Tip: Get mentored.

Federal Grants

Selfish Giving

MAY 2, 2011

Barnum’s will make a donation to the Urban Arts Partnership , reflecting the Pulitzer brand’s 2011 “Lily Loves the Arts&# theme. Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen’s “Appetite for a Cure’’ coupon book program in 143 restaurant locations raised a record $421,917 for the Muscular Dystrophy Association during the first quarter of 2011.

Donation

Selfish Giving

APRIL 20, 2012

My post: The Best Local Cause Marketing of 2011. #5. Cause marketing is just another fundraising tactic, don’t use it to replace traditional funding tools. Be Creative. Don’t do cookie-cutter cause marketing. Build It and They Will Come! My post: Want to be More Successful? Stop Focusing on Cause Marketing.

Goals

Candid

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

A study conducted by Roland Zullo and published in the Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) Review (2011) [3] found that charitable donations to United Ways increased in localities with higher union density and in areas where unions were financially stronger. One such initiative is the Labor Innovations for the 21st Century (LIFT) Fund.

Publishing

Selfish Giving

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Boston’s own The Ellie Fund is a perfect example. With just a few staff members, including Executive Director Julie Nations ( a Six Figure Cause Marketing grad! ), The Ellie Fund’s annual budget is in the hundreds of thousands, not millions. “But we were determined to do better in 2011.”

Retail

Selfish Giving

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

The movie theater cause marketing program of note in my city benefits The Jimmy Fund. Ushers or volunteers collect the change and bills in canisters after moviegoers watch a short trailer on The Jimmy Fund’s mission and services. Louis through the purchase of Variety’s 2011 Gold Heart pin. This one is my favorite.

Pass-Through

Tech Soup

AUGUST 1, 2012

on the Future of Fundraising back in 2011. — a number that grew by 10 percent between 2010 and 2011. 2011 Online Giving Grows 13 Percent — Are You Prepared to Get Your Share? Blackbaud’s 2011 Online Giving Report finds that online giving grew by 13 percent over the previous year.

Fundraising

Candid

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

federal agencies, donor-advised funds, and giving platforms. In the annual disaster philanthropy report, we tracked nearly $37 million in wildfire funding to date in 2020 by institutional philanthropy. Since 2011, more than 13 million Syrians have been displaced. i What did the remaining $223 million in disaster aid address?

Publishing

Tech Soup

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Eastern time our donor partner GiftWorks (which donates its fundraising and donor management software GiftWorks 2011 Standard to eligible nonprofits and libraries) is will host a free webinar on how to effectively utilize high-skill volunteers.

Strategic Plan

Tech Soup

JANUARY 7, 2012

This past fall GrantStation and PhilanTech conducted the third semi-annual informal survey of nonprofits, The State of Grantseeking Fall 2011. Between mid-August and early October 2011, 928 nonprofits of various sizes, in different geographies, representing diverse issue areas completed the survey online.

Grantstation

Tech Soup

JANUARY 17, 2012

In a recent survey of nonprofit organizations in the United States, we learned more about where these types of nonprofits get their funding and where they find challenges to meeting the needs of their communities. of survey participants cited in the State of Grantseeking 2011 (published in November 2011 by GrantStation and PhilanTech).

Grantstation

Selfish Giving

OCTOBER 26, 2010

Nonetheless, they take time out of their hectic work to raise money for The Kid’s Fund right through this weekend. Celebrate Halloween this year by making plans for your own Halloween cause marketing promotion for 2011. They’ve been dressing up kids for Halloween for years and this is their busiest time of year.

Retail

Tech Soup

JANUARY 24, 2012

Education organizations, both institutions and those organizations focused on education, comprise a little over 15% of nonprofit organizations in the United States and represented over 13% of participants in the State of Grantseeking survey published by GrantStation and PhilanTech in November 2011. What is going on here?

Education

Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 26, 2011

I have several clients who have had their best years ever in 2010 and 2011. The organizations that are flourishing (and yes, some are doing great!) have been proactive and purposeful about fundraising. Here’s what I see vibrant nonprofits doing in 2012. Take fundraising seriously.

Fundraising

Tech Soup

AUGUST 6, 2012

After 2011's sold out conference in Los Angeles, Social Media for Nonprofits is coming back on August 14 , featuring an all-star lineup sharing practical tips and tools for leveraging social media for fundraising, marketing, and advocacy.

Conference

Selfish Giving

MAY 15, 2012

“I tapped into every note I had from your 6-Figure Cause Marketing course and tagged pages in your Cause Marketing for Dummies book (2011). 40 Local Companies Partner with the Ellie Fund for Cancer Care. Here’s what a few past participants have said about the Six Figure Cause Marketing Program.

Retail

Qgiv

MARCH 29, 2023

Since 2011, Give Back Nation’s Google Certified Ad Grant Manager team has helped over 5,400 nonprofits manage their Ad Grants. Google Ad Grants for nonprofits can be a powerful FREE solution for any eligible charitable organization, but proper management is key to maximizing the opportunity.

Grant

Grant Professionals Association

APRIL 17, 2024

They are not just grantmakers; they are catalysts for change, using their grant funding to improve the lives of those their grant dollars touch and how they serve in the non-profit community. Their actions demonstrate a deep interest in serving the community and understanding the people they interact with.

Award

Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

QuickBooks is a relational database, and as such it offers a few ways to flag (or relate) transactions such as invoices, cash receipts, bills, cash disbursements, and journal entries to Customer/Jobs (funding sources) and Classes (programs). Let's say that the XYZ Foundation awards your nonprofit a grant for 2011. 2011 NEH Grant.

Utilities

Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 26, 2011

I have several clients who have had their best years ever in 2010 and 2011. The organizations that are flourishing (and yes, some are doing great!) have been proactive and purposeful about fundraising. Here’s what I see vibrant nonprofits doing in 2012. Take fundraising seriously.

Fundraising

Tech Soup

JANUARY 23, 2012

Despite many challenges, nonprofits retain a sense of optimism about the next six months according to the survey results cited in the State of Grantseeking 2011 (published in November 2011). However Funding Is Still a Struggle. Despite Challenges, Arts Organizations Remain Optimistic. What does that mean? Again, is this a trend?

Grantstation

Tech Soup

MAY 13, 2011

2008 was a benchmark year in online fundraising history as Obama won the presidential election with 87% of funds coming through social networking. On the site, social entrepreneurs propose their idea or project, set a funding goal, and identify a “tipping point.” Learn more below, and RSVP today to reserve your space.

Fundraising

Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2013

Federal Communications Commission in 2011 and is now its own nonprofit organization. Department of Commerce (NTIA) stimulus grants in 2008 and 2009 and so it has had no government funding and has been struggling to successfully get off the ground. One thing hobbling the project has been that it took place well after the flurry of U.S.

Training

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

On August 29, 2011 some of us from TechSoup attended NTEN's Nonprofit Cloud Computing Summit in San Francisco. It was a one-day in-person free workshop, thanks to funding from Google Foundation , and attracted an impressive array of smart and informed nonprofit technologists. The list of 2011 cloud failures in is impressive.

Liability

Candid

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

In 2011, GrantCraft became a service of Foundation Center (now Candid), and during this time we focused on building global partnerships and expanding access to translations, digital and social content, and interactive tools. . increase calls for racial equity . track how grantmaking practices are evolving , and .

Publishing

Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Then, when you reach out to corporate sponsors for funding or promotional sponsorships, you have another package they can choose from. Leveraging his software background, he built most of the tools his charities used, and in 2011 he launched Handbid at his own fundraising event.

Procurement

Tech Soup

JULY 21, 2014

I retired from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) at the end of 2011 after 25 years of service. The nonprofit sector of the economy takes in almost $4 trillion dollars per year, so the IRS is naturally very careful to ensure those funds go to the legally intended purposes. Charitable Organizations and the IRS.

Lobbying

Tech Soup

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Transforming Communities is a Microsoft-funded initiative that builds on what TechSoup and Microsoft already learned through the first App It Up project. The app was a finalist in Microsoft's 2011 Imagine Cup, a student technology competition.

Education

Get Fully Funded

JUNE 9, 2022

A pledge campaign is one that accepts pledges of promised support at a later time instead of the actual funds immediately. These tools will allow your campaign to reach a wider audience and provide a user-friendly giving experience that will work together to draw in those funds you need. John founded Snowball in 2011.

Fundraising

Tech Soup

DECEMBER 22, 2011

The Adobe Foundation is a private 501(c)(3) foundation created and funded by Adobe to drive social change and improve the communities in which Adobe employees live and work. By doing this, they can direct funding and people to the areas they’re trying to improve. Grant Programs from the Adobe Foundation.

Software

Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

November 17, 2011 - Atlanta January 30, 2012 - New York City Follow Social Media for Nonprofits on Facebook and Twitter. Chelsea left us with some helpful advice for social media and life: don’t strive for perfection; you have 30 or 40 chances to make a first impression. Happy People Give More and Giving People Are Happier. every year.

Conference

Tech Soup

DECEMBER 4, 2015

Editor's note — This blog piece by Micah Sifry touches on the still inadequate state of funding for nonprofit technology. Foundation Center's new Foundation Funding for U.S. Democracy platform reveals the state of nonprofit technology funding in a critical area in some detail. democracy.

Award

The Fundraising Coach

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Analyze your assets and discuss whether you have enough or if you need to liquidate more funds. Fund allocation. Using both of the metrics above and relevant financial data, evaluate whether enough funding has been allotted for your initiatives. Expense efficiency. Collaborations. Compensation disclosures.

Nonprofit