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Changes to Facebook Could Hurt Nonprofits

Monday, 22 January 2018
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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. Read more...

Direct Mail Still Here

Monday, 22 January 2018
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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. Read more...

Online Giving Spikes After Christmas

Monday, 22 January 2018
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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. Read more...

Amazon CEO Wants Dreamers to Go to School

Monday, 15 January 2018
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According to Tech Times, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has donated $33 million dollars to a scholarship fund for dreamers. Read more...

Software Companies Helping Nonprofits with Enterprise Software

Monday, 15 January 2018
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Several large software companies are offering nonprofits the use of free enterprise software, reports Forbes. The companies include Atlassian and Microsoft. Read more...

Urban League Wins Digital Education Grant

Monday, 15 January 2018
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According to the Herald, the Shenango Valley Urban League won a $23,000 grant from Charter Communications. The grant is part of Spectrum’s Digital Education Grants program. The Urban League will use the grant to buy computers for outfitting learning labs in senior centers in the area. Read more...

Protesting Broadband

Monday, 08 January 2018
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The #MobileOnly challenge will run in January, reports the Nonprofit Times. It is in protest of the FCC’s proposal to reduce broadband standards and consider one’s Internet connection through a mobile device as a “fixed” broadband connection. Read more...

Bitcoin is for Charity

Monday, 08 January 2018
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An anonymous bitcoin millionaire is giving bitcoin away to nonprofits, reports the Guardian. The Pineapple Fund has distributed $7 million dollars in bitcoin to nonprofits around the world. Read more...

Paper works for Salvation Army

Monday, 08 January 2018
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According to the Dispatch-Argus, the Salvation Army still hasn’t found a way to make their iconic red kettles cashless. There isn’t an existing technology that is as quick, easy and secure as sliding a dollar into the red kettle. Read more...

Women Step Up for #GivingTuesday

Monday, 01 January 2018
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According to the Nonprofit Times, women are significant donors to #GivingTuesday. A report finds that they contributed 63 percent of the total number of donations on #GivingTuesday 2016. Read more...

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