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Crowdfunding for Animal Medical Care

Buffalo Startup Week has helped launch a new crowdfunding platform, reports Buffalo Business First. The Pawraiser platform lets organizations that work with animals run crowdfunding campaigns to raise money to fund medical care for the animals. Read more...

Michigan Nonprofit Leader in Sustainability

According to mLive, Appropriate Technology Collaborative, an Ann Arbor nonprofit that brings small scale solar lighting  to rural Guatemala, has been recognized as one of the top 100 leaders in global sustainability. Read more...

Financial Services Company Lets Users Redeem Points for Charity

Millennials give differently than older generations, reports the Credit Union Times. To align with how they choose to give TMG Financial Services allows their users to redeem their credit card points and gift them to one of three designated charities. Read more...

Successful Crowdfunding Takes Planning

According to Business to Community, nonprofits can have a successful crowdfunding campaign by following these steps. The first step is to set the right donation tiers. Strategically setting your tiers will help you encourage donors to move up to the next tier. Read more...

New Fundraising Platform Wants Donors to Go Viral

Doofl wants to make it to easy for donors to make viral videos to support their favorite organizations, reports ARL Now. The new virtual fundraising platform lets users select an organization and then create three dares or challenges that they will do in order to raise funds for their organization. Read more...

Pat the Dog and Give to Charity

According to Charity Digital News, you can now pat a dog and give to charity. Blue Cross Pets is using dogs equipped with contactless payment systems to collect donations to their organization. Read more...

Nonprofit Succeeds with Crowdfunding

CareBOX, a nonprofit that provides care packages to cancer patients, has found a way to leverage crowdfunding, reports CNBC. All donors have to do is log onto the CareBOX website and from there they are able to send items to cancer patients in need. Read more...

Two Nonprofit Tech Giants Merge

According to Businesswire, Tech Impact, a nonprofit that provides tech training for underserved youth is merging with 501cTECH. 501cTECH provides nonprofit technology support for the D.C. area. The two organizations have worked together for years to provide tech support to community based nonprofits. Read more...

Using Virtual Reality to Tell a Nonprofit Story

According to Association Now, virtual reality may soon help nonprofits bring attention their causes. The new VR for Good program will use Oculus virtual reality technology to help nonprofits create videos that tell their “story” in virtual reality.   Read more...

Nonprofit Makes Writing a Game

The United Way of Greater Houston has a novel way to help kids improve their writing skills, reports Houston Public Media. Working in partnership with the nonprofit Writers in School, the organization runs a program that encourages kids to write a story and then create a video game based on that story. Read more...

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