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Hotel Booking Site Gives Back
A new hotel booking website offers users a discount on their hotel room if they make a charitable donation, reports the Seattle Times. Kindtraveler.com works with local hotels, who then select which charities they wish to support. If users give a $10/per night donations they can receive up to 50% off their room rate.
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Nonprofit Helps Veterans Get Tech Jobs
A Chicago nonprofit is helping veterans find employment, reports the Chicago Tribune. Code Platoon offers veterans and immersive coding boot camp that will prepare them for a job in the tech sector.
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Crowdfunding Helps Classrooms
According to Newsworks, increasingly teachers are turning to crowdfunding to get necessary classroom supplies. Online platforms such GoFundMe and DonorsChose help teachers keep out of pocket costs down and teachers are finding donors very willing to give.
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Nonprofit Keeps Students Healthy
According to the Daily Trojan, two USC students wanted to help their fellow classmates stay healthy. They founded a nonprofit, Ignite, which is a health and lifestyle platform that includes an app, blog and social media all designed to connect students with each other and a healthy lifestyle.
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Data is the Key to Keeping Donors
Collecting and analyzing data can help nonprofits retain donors, reports Inside Indiana Business. Other important things like return on investment for fundraising events can also be gleaned from the data.
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Nonprofits Need to Embrace Technology
According to BizTrends Magazine, in order for nonprofits to be successful they need to embrace technology commonly found in retail such as point of sale terminals. These terminals would allow them to immediately collect donations at fundraising events.
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Reaching Out to Milennials
According to CNBC, charities are starting to change their fundraising strategy to attract Millennials. For example, a recent online gamethon raised $317,000 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
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Facebook Stock Nets Big Bucks for Charity
The Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative, the charity organization founded by Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, cashed in some of its Facebook stock, reports CNN Money. The deal resulted in $95 million for the charity.
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Nonprofits Have New Platform to Sell Fundraising Merchandise
Design by Humans, an online retailer, has two new fundraising options for nonprofits, reports PR Web. The first lets the nonprofits sell T-shirts and other merchandise on the platform for a limited time. The other allows the nonprofit to open a storefront that sells merchandise.
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Bidding on the Apple 1
According to CNet, the Fundraising site CharityBuzz is auctioning off a rare Apple 1 Celebration computer for charity. The auction benefits the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Currently, the high bid for the Apple 1 is $500,000.
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