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Change.org Gets Large Grant
According to the Nonprofit Times, Change.org has received a grant from LinkedIn’s co Founder. The $30 million dollar grant will help Change increase its online platform.
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University Tech Leads to Nonprofit for Cancer Patients
Flourish3D uses technology evolved from the University of Notre Dame to help cancer patients, reports Inside Indiana. Flourish3D takes photos of native flowers and etches them onto crystals. The crystals are available to give as gifts to patients who cannot receive fresh flowers due to their illness.
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Chicago Nonprofit Wins Award
According to Chicago Inno, Brave Initiatives a chicago based nonprofit that runs girls tech training boot camps recently received a We Work Creator award. The $72,000 award will help Brave continue its program.
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Detroit Nonprofits Can Compete for Funds
New fundraising challenge in Detroit offers area nonprofits a chance at $100,000, reports Crain’s Detroit Business. The Rise Detroit Challenge asks nonprofits to register on CrowdRise and then raise funds via the platform. The charity that raises the most funds will get an additional $50,000 from the Rise Detroit sponsors.
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Fundraising Mistakes to Avoid
Donations are the lifeblood of any nonprofit, reports Forbes. But, often the nonprofit’s fundraising methods drive away more donations than they bring in. One way to ensure successful fundraising is to communicate with your donors consistently, not just when you want them to donate.
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Google Wants to Close Tech Gap
According to Ed Tech Magazine, Google has pledged $50 million dollars to help erase the tech gap among students. Over the next two years Google will distribute the money to nonprofits that are working to bring tech to underserved students.
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Cleveland Nonprofits Can Get Tech Help
According to Akronist.com, the Eighth Annual Cleveland GiveCamp will offer free tech help to nonprofits in need of website or software solutions.
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Nonprofit Falls Victim to Cyber Crooks
Even small nonprofits can fall victim to ransomware attacks, reports KUNC. A staffer at the Muncie based Cancer Services of East Central Indiana accidentally downloaded malware that allowed the cyber thieves to hold the nonprofit’s data hostage. They demanded a ransom of $43,000 to return the data to the nonprofit.
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Spam Filters Thwarting Nonprofits
According to the Nonprofit Times, a new study by EveryAction finds that nonprofits emails aren’t reaching their proper destinations. Instead of hitting inboxes they are getting caught in the spam filters. The 2017 Nonprofit Email Deliverability Study found nonprofit lost an average of $25,000 on due to undelivered emails.
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Nonprofits Increase Digital Advertising Budget
The yearly nonprofit digital activities benchmark report from M + R and NTEN is out, reports Business 2 Business. It shows that nonprofits increased spending on digital advertising by 69%.
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