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Facebook Chief Announces Charitable Giving Plan
Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s founder and chief executive, has announced his intention to give away 99 percent of his Facebook shares to charity. The holdings worth an estimated $45 billion will be distributed to various charities throughout Zuckerberg’s lifetime.
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Fundraising Changes with the Times
According to the Times Free Press, how millennials prefer to give and the emergence of online fundraising platforms has changed the nature of giving. Sites such as GoFundMe and other crowdfunding sites are becoming the preferred way to raise funds.
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Software Company Encourages Employees to Donate Time
Enterprise software company Atlassian wants its employees to give back to their community, reports Business Insider. To help them do this the company offers full-time employees five days of paid leave a year so they can volunteer at their favorite charitable organization.
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Facebook Adds Fundraising Features
According to Mashable, Facebook’s Social Good team has unveiled the new ‘Fundraiser’s’ page option. The new page will let nonprofits raise funds for a specific campaign. The new fundraiser page will work similar to the event page and let the nonprofit collect donations directly from users.
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Nonprofits Missing Opportunity to Connect
Despite using multiple channels, nonprofits still miss online opportunities to connect with donors, reports the Nonprofit Times. 60 percent of nonprofits only have only one or no fundraising page. In addition, it takes 76 percent of the nonprofits over three days to acknowledge a donation.
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Intaact Launches Real-Time Metrics for Nonprofits
According to Virtual-Strategy, Intaact is releasing a digital board book for fundraising. The boardbook integrates with Salesforce and will provide real-time fundraising metrics so nonprofits can measure their performance.
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Georgia Day of Giving Encompasses the Whole State
Georgia Gives Day is an online fundraising event that connects donors with over 2,000 nonprofits, reports the AJC.com. The nonprofits represent a variety of local charities from all over the state of Georgia. Started in 2012 the giving campaign raised 52 million dollars in 2014.
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GiveCamp Boosts Nonprofit's Tech
Nonprofits in Grand Rapids Michigan benefit from a tech givecamp, reports MI Biz. The camp pairs nonprofits with a tech company. During the camp the tech company helps the nonprofit solve a tech based problem for free.
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Salsa Labs and DonorPro Confirm Merger
According to the Nonprofit Times, Salsa Labs and DonorPro have finalized a merger. The two companies will now be known as Salsa Labs and offer both advocacy products and constituent relationship management software.
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Treating Nonprofit Like a Tech Startup
Nonprofit crowdfunding site Watsi, which lets donors give small amounts to fund medical treatments for individuals, uses a business model more similar to a tech startup then a nonprofit, reports Entrepreneur. Watsi executives believe this model, asking for a set amount of funding for a specific goal, is more efficient than the nonprofit model of constant fundraising.
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