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Try a New P2P Challenge: Tips to Move Beyond Run-Walk-Bike Events

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However, we do know that donor demographics and fundraising methods are always changing. Pratt was a good bet for a quirky DIY distance challenge: He became a bit of a sensation in 2015 by unicycling 22,000 miles around the world , raising more than 300,000 for charity. So, theres nothing wrong with run-walk-bike events.

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75 Mobile Apps to Jump-Start Your Nonprofit's Productivity in 2015

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Esri offers a broad collection of apps for interacting with GIS, demographic, and touring data. Azavea's OpenTreeMap app allows individuals, governments, neighborhood organizations, and other groups to collaborate in mapping and exploring the urban forest ( iOS and Android ; free). ArcGIS ( iOS and Android ; free).

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Data to support the relentless pursuit of racial equity 

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Particularly, as many foundations have bolstered their efforts to collect demographic data from grantees, have changes in how we collect that data helped address inequitable funding practices and bring about systems transformation? In 2015, we began asking all grantseekers to provide demographic data. At the W.K.

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Highest Online Donations for Nonprofits in 2016

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For the first time, this fifth annual edition includes insights into donor demographics, retention trends, generational giving, and significant online donations in addition to charitable giving research. percent in 2016 compared to 2015. Key Findings from the Charitable Giving Report. Online giving grew 7.9 Online donations were 7.2

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Samaschool Uses Tech to Empower Low-Income People

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As the technological barrier to entry increases, those who are born in some demographics or geographic areas are being left behind. In 2014, Samaschool expanded globally to Nairobi, Kenya, and in 2015, it launched an online curriculum that teaches students what it takes to do digital work.

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Black leadership and Black experiences in the social sector

Candid

From 2015, the Ivies received a combined $5.5 And do factors such as board demographics or Black population served play a role? From 2002 to 2019, although foundations increased their total giving by 124%, funding to HBCUs declined by 30%. billion compared to HBCUs’ $303 million. But just how pervasive and extreme is this funding gap?

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Mobile for Good: Earth Month Edition

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A new pledge signed by the big names in the phone industry swears that after July 2015, users will be able to remotely brick and wipe their phones. The year-long study explains the habits, preferences, and demographic profiles of mobile readers in seven countries. A Better Way to Go Wireless.