fundraising campaigns
A Small Nonprofit’s Bumpy Road to Success and Organizational Failure
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An historic and beloved nonprofit finds itself facing its demise, a victim of its own success.
Fundraising
In Historic Move, 25 Attorneys General Finally Force VietNow to Close
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In a historic move that’s long overdue for nonprofits and donors, 25 states’ attorneys general coordinated to sue and close VietNow after 30 years of controversial and exploitive fundraising practice.
United Way
Good News and Bad News at Greater Twin Cities United Way
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Even though the Greater Twin Cities United Way is the largest chapter in the country, it appears to be as vulnerable to larger erosive trends in the field as any others.
fundraising campaigns
Get SMART: The 4-Step Science of the Viral Fundraising Campaign
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Well-known social media campaigns like the Ice Bucket Challenge garner large-scale engagement and immediate attention, but translating this success into long-term awareness and financial support requires more than a click. Take, for example, the case of the ACLU.
fundraising campaigns
Fundraising on a Budget and Understanding the Fundraising Budget
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Simone is back! Budgets allow people to have conversations based in reality. They are tools for learning and accountability, but only if staff people and boards are familiar, even intimate with them.
fundraising campaigns
What’s the Alternative to Giving Tuesday? Community Foundation Raises $1.3M in 30-hour Event
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Nonprofit organizations may have more to gain through randomly scheduled community foundation giving days than the social media–driven Giving Tuesday.
fundraising campaigns
Fundraising at Wikipedia: Enormously Effective, But…
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The active internal conversation about Wikipedia’s very successful fundraising is worth watching.
Nonprofit News
Clinton Calls for Investigation of ExxonMobil—But Why Now?
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Hillary Clinton calls for an investigation of ExxonMobil on their denial of anthropogenic climate change—after the oil company stopped funding the Clinton Foundation.
Nonprofit News
MoveOn Takes the Lead in Nonprofits Advocacy for Refugee Crisis Funding
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President Obama has offered for the U.S. to take 10,000 more Syrian refugees than originally planned, but to make that happen, the federal budget accounts for refugees and asylum-seekers need to be raised. MoveOn is taking the lead in organizing nonprofits to lobby the issue.
Fundraising
What Nonprofits Can Learn from the Fundraising Performance of Bernie Sanders
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Bernie Sanders has shocked observers with his campaign’s ability to raise money on a par with Hillary’s renowned machine—and almost entirely through small donations. Can nonprofits learn something from this?