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Internet Access for Puerto Rico
According to the Dallas Observer, Dallas nonprofit ITDRC is working to bring internet access back to Puerto Rico. Without internet access residents of the island can’t fill out the FEMA forms necessary to receive funding to rebuild their homes.
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Autism Nonprofit Donates to Schools
Nonprofit Autism Yesterday and Today donated electronics to a Oakland area school, reports East Bay Times. The donation included iPads and other electronic equipment that can help special needs students be successful in school.
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Rapper Brings Coding to Kids
The rapper Chance, a native of Chicago, visited a Chicago area school to teach children about coding, reports ABC News. He visited on behalf of his nonprofit, SocialWorks, which aims to empower youth through art.
Read more...Email Is King of Fundraising
According to FastCompany, the most effective way for nonprofits to fundraise is still the email campaign. Blackbaud surveyed 700 of its Luminate users and found that they raised $1.7 billion in 2017 using email campaigns.
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Grants Available to Los Angeles Nonprofits
Telemundo 52 Los Angeles is partnering with NBCUniversal Foundation to offer grants to area nonprofits, reports the Long Beach Post. Eight nonprofits in the Los Angeles area will receive a portion of the $225,000 available.
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Nonprofits Aren't Keeping Data Secure
New technology allows nonprofits to collect and store more sensitive information, reports Nonprofit Quarterly. Unfortunately, many of the nonprofits aren’t taking precautions necessary to keep that data secure.
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Changes to Facebook Could Hurt Nonprofits
According to BuzzFeed News. the changes Facebook is making to its news feed will impact the 1.5 million nonprofits on the social media platform to reach their donors/potential donors.
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Direct Mail Still Here
Direct mail still brings in the gifts, especially in planned giving, reports the Nonprofit Times. For example, the Make-A-Wish foundation generated about $15.3 million last year from their direct mail campaign. This is compared with $13.9 million in 2009.
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Online Giving Spikes After Christmas
According to Think Advisor, a survey by the Chronicle of Philanthropy found that most online giving occured after the holidays in 2017. On New Year’s Eve in the U.S. 61,000 online donations were made bringing in $14.4 million.
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Amazon CEO Wants Dreamers to Go to School
According to Tech Times, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has donated $33 million dollars to a scholarship fund for dreamers.
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