American Red Cross

Nonprofit fundraising for June Awareness Month

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Happy June from Firstgiving.com!  June brings us Flag Day, Father’s Day (also Prostate Cancer Awareness Day), Gay and Lesbian Pride Month, Aphasia Awareness Month, and the beginning of summer.  It also brings lots of opportunities for nonprofit fundraising, and we’ve put together a list of this month’s causes to get you going: Vision Research Month [...]

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Social media and the nonprofit world

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Five or six years ago, the social web was something few nonprofits had time to think about.  These days, says Beth Kanter, it’s a powerful force for change in the nonprofit sector, not to be ignored.  Many inside (and outside) the nonprofit world agree with her.  Beth recently posted an overview of nonprofit social media [...]

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March awareness month

Well, it’s that time of the month again. You know, the beginning of it, when we tell you about all the months causes and highlight NPOs that are doing good work in these areas. Also known for it’s Ides and Madness, March is. . . National Kidney Month National Kidney Foundation National MS Awareness and [...]

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Happy MLK Day (On) from Firstgiving

It’s the beginning of an exciting week, and the buzz about Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a call to action, urging us to “Make it a day ON, not a day OFF.”     Taking a cue, perhaps, from non-profit organizations (among which MLK Day observance is most popular), there’s been an initiative to [...]

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January Awareness Month

Inclement weather awareness month outside the FG office

Welcome to 2009!  Last year we helped 3,500 NPOs raise money online–more than $30 million from more than half a million donors.  And we, like you, have big plans for the new year’s online fundraising.  One of them is to create our own awareness month campaign: Ok, but seriously.   Below are the national causes of [...]

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