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The Meaning of Philanthropy, Not Fundraising – Part 1

Clairification

I’ve always insisted that no single person could possibly receive credit for a donation. “ Donors don’t give because of development staff ,” I’d tell program staff. “ They give because of the great work you do! This is exactly the premise of the groudbreaking report commissioned in 2016 by the Evelyn & Walter Haas, Jr.

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American Red Cross Sued Claiming Haitian Relief Funds Misused

The NonProfit Times

Money donated for Haiti earthquake relief went into a restricted account that could only be used for programs and services for Haiti. One of the named plaintiffs who donated an unspecified amount of money, Nathaniel Ballantyne, shares a last name with Renee A. Haitian Diaspora PAC is based in Washington, D.C.,

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Highest Online Donations for Nonprofits in 2016

Tech Soup

In 2016, overall charitable giving increased 1 percent and online giving was up 7.9 These results are based on the largest analysis of charitable giving data and come from the 2016 Charitable Giving Report. Overall giving grew approximately 1 percent in 2016. percent in 2016 compared to 2015. Online donations were 7.2

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Microsoft Office 2016 Is Now Available!

Tech Soup

The newest version of Office is now available as a donation through TechSoup! Eligible organizations can request the following Office 2016 products for Windows: Office Standard or Office Professional Plus. And for Mac, the 2016 versions of these products are available: Office for Mac. PowerPoint. Project or Project Professional.

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Does your nonprofit mission statement drive donations?

Candid

I was familiar with using data from Candid to evaluate a nonprofit as a prospective employee or when considering giving a donation—I love digging into a 990 ! from 2016–2018 and added a number of financial metrics to the spreadsheet. The post Does your nonprofit mission statement drive donations?

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10 Best Cause Marketing Promotions of 2016 [SLIDESHARE]

Selfish Giving

10 Best Cause Marketing Promotions of 2016 from Selfish Giving Welcome to my annual 10 Best Cause Marketing Promotions of 2016. DipJar is a Donation Box for Credit Cards * * *. We found out the answer last month when Patagonia kept their stores open on Black Friday and donated 100% of sales toward saving the environment.

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Storymakers 2016 Winners

Tech Soup

The Storymakers 2016 campaign surpassed all of our expectations. Now, without further ado, here are the winners of Storymakers 2016. TechSoup is particularly proud that Adobe products , available through our donation program, were used in the video's production. Thanks are due to many people involved in Storymakers 2016.