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Facebook Reveals New Fundraising Tool

Sunday, 21 February 2016
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Facebook has a new tool to help nonprofits raise money, reports Tech Crunch. The Facebook for Nonprofits site has tools and tips to help nonprofits raise awareness and funds. Read more...
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Teaming Up to Help Alaskans Get Benefits

Sunday, 21 February 2016
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According to Alaska Dispatch News, volunteers and staff members from mRelief, a Chicago based software company, are teaming up to help Alaska residents get SNAP (supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits.  Read more...
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Google Grant Helps Boston Nonprofit

Sunday, 21 February 2016
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Boston’s Tech Goes Home, a nonprofit that provides low income community members with free internet training and discounted computers, has received a grant from Google. The $150,000 grant will let the nonprofit service an additional 300 people. Read more...
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Microsoft Employees Raise Record Amount

Monday, 15 February 2016
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Microsoft employees raised a record amount for charity in 2015, reports Neowin. The Employee Giving Program distributed $125 million dollars for various charities worldwide, according to Microsoft. Read more...
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YouTube Now Lets Viewers Make Donations

Monday, 15 February 2016
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According to TechRepulic, YouTube is helping nonprofits raise funds with new donation cards. During the video a donation card will appear that viewers can use to make a donation to the suggested charity. The processing fees are handled by Google with the donation running through Network for Good. Read more...
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Niche Fundraising Helps Small Farmers

Monday, 15 February 2016
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Small farmers and slow food producers are getting a funding boost from crowdfunding, reports Forbes. The site Barnraiser, is a crowdfunding platform specifically for sustainable and healthy food companies. Read more...
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Super Bowl Works with Host City to Donate to Charity

Monday, 08 February 2016
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The Bay Area, which is the 2015 Super Bowl’s host city, is dedicating 25% of the money contributed by sponsors such as Apple and Google to charitable giving. The giving program is headed by the Tipping Community and so far has distributed $2.5 million to local nonprofits prior to the Super Bowl, with an expected $5 million more after the game. Read more...
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13 Year Old Uses 3-D Printer to Help Nonprofit

Monday, 08 February 2016
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A Tucson boy is using his 3-D printer to help the disabled, reports Tucson.com. The 13 year old prints & assembles prosthetic hands and gives them to a, e-NABLE a network of volunteers for the Enable Community Foundation. The volunteers distribute the prosthetic hands worldwide. Read more...
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Paypal Gets World Record for Fundraising

Monday, 08 February 2016
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According to the Nonprofit Times, Paypal is a Guinness Book of World Records winner. Paypal won for ‘Most money raised online for charity in 24 hours’. During 2015’s Giving Tuesday Paypal raised $45.8 million dollars globally. Read more...
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Millennials Go for Crowdfunding

Monday, 01 February 2016
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According to the Reno Gazette-Journal, crowdfunding is expected to grow to 34.4 billion in 2015. Experts believe that millennials are responsible for the surge in crowdfunding. In 2014, 84 percent of millennials gave to a charitable organization, with many of them choosing to make their donation via crowdfunding platforms. Read more...
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