fundraising

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If you’ve been following online news about social media fundraising—the practice of raising money using Facebook, Twitter, blogs and so on—you might have reason to feel confused. “Using Social Media Increases Fundraising by 40 Percent,” says one headline. “Raising Money Online Is Harder Than It Sounds,” says another.
If your youth-serving agency plans to apply for a Runaway and Homeless Youth Program grant (or grants) this spring, it’s not too early to start preparing.
There’s a hot new deal out there for charities looking to raise money for specific projects. And several youth-serving agencies have been among the first to snap it up.
Want to learn more about fundraising in the new year? NCFY's got a ton of resources to help youth workers raise money for their organizations.
Finding funding can be daunting. Finding funding that aligns perfectly with your program's mission can seem almost impossible. To make the task a little easier, two federal entities have developed tools to help human services organizations find the programs that fit and maximize their chances of being funded.
Here’s a fact: People – as opposed to corporations and foundations – give 80 percent of philanthropic dollars each year in the United States. And here’s a myth: People are giving less to charity because of the recession. Kim Klein, an Oakland, CA, fundraising consultant says that while corporate and foundation giving has dipped, individual giving has stayed constant...
Nothing gets people to understand what someone else is going through better than experiencing it for themselves. That’s why organizations across the country are asking people in their communities to spend a night sleeping out in the cold in a cardboard box.
The largest U.S. charity evaluator, Charity Navigator, has for the past ten years rated nonprofit organizations based on their financial health. This year, the evaluator added measures meant to rate “accountability and transparency,” a charity’s willingness to explain its actions to the public and make available information about its inner workings.
When Dennis Lundberg, who helps direct Yellow Brick Road Street Outreach in Portland, OR, started a blog for his program, he had one simple goal: connect with the increasingly online-savvy homeless youth population in his city. Five years later, the blog has grown to include everything from photos of nightly outreach efforts, links to relevant research and new job opportunities for youth.
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