Cake Wrecks blog takes the cake for fundraising in 2010

The Cake Wrecks blog began their Christmas Charity Countdown (CCC) in 2009 to raise money for 12 different nonprofits in 12 days. As Cake Wrecks writes: “Many of you remember this crazy thing I did last year, when John and I skipped gifts and decorations and instead donated to a different charity each day for [...]

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Blog interview (Part 3) of the $55K Reddit Community Fundraiser

Charity inspires goodwill, as proven by a current fundraiser launched by the Christianity, Atheism, and Islam groups in the social news site reddit.com. Together, they’ve raised over $55,000 from among their group members. We asked redditor Ahmed Mahmood, of the subreddit group r/islam, if he could answer some questions about the fundraiser and the reddit challenge. This is part three of a three-part interview about this amazing fundraising collaboration and challenge.

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The Reddit fundraising challenge leverages $55K from Christians, Atheists and Muslims: Part 2 of 3

Charity inspires goodwill, as proven by a current fundraiser launched by the Christianity, Atheism, and Islam groups in the social news site reddit.com. Together, they’ve raised over $55,000 from among their group members. We asked redditor Jay Hazen, of the subreddit group r/aheism, if he could answer some questions about the fundraiser and the reddit challenge. This is part two of a three-part interview about this amazing fundraising collaboration and challenge.

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The Reddit fundraising challenge leverages $55K from Christians, Atheists and Muslims: Part 1 of 3

Charity inspires goodwill, as proven by a current fundraiser launched by the Christianity, Atheism, and Islam groups in the social news site reddit.com. Together, they’ve raised over $55,000 from among their group members. We asked redditor Margaret Crymes, a member of the subreddit group r/christianity, if she could answer some questions about the fundraiser and the reddit challenge. This is part one of a two-part interview about the amazing fundraising collaboration and challenge.

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Online fundraising ideas for colleges, universities, and hospitals

Fundraising ideas for colleges, universities, and hospitals

Online fundraising is often associated with exclusively cause-based events and campaigns (participate in a walk for animals, do a Polar Plunge for Special Olympics, run the Boston Marathon for autism awareness), however, it can also be a very effective tool for nonprofit organizations that more traditionally rely on gifts from supporters, such as colleges, universities, and hospitals.

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Fundraising ideas: Writing a great email appeal

Fundraising ideas - writing a great appeal

Time and time again, our most successful fundraisers tell us that their success started with a strong letter of appeal asking friends and family for donations. Learn more about their advice.

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How to Tell Your Nonprofit's Story with Video

Whether or not you are a nonprofit organization, or a free agent fundraiser creating your own FirstGiving fundraising event, video can tell the story of why you are raising money for a cause powerfully. This blog post is is reprinted with permission from Pamela’s Grantwriting Blog, and was originally posted on her blog here. The [...]

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