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Tapping into Millennial Market
New nonprofit platform If/Then wants to help nonprofits tap into the Millennial market. The platform lets nonprofits create fundraising campaigns that bases donations on whether an event happens or not. For example, donors would pledge to give to a homeless shelter every time temperatures dropped below -25 degrees.
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New Platform Helps Get Items to Humanitarian Aid Orgs
According to Treehugger.com, Level Market, a new online platform, hopes to streamline how humanitarian aid organizations procure items they need to forward their mission. Level Market wants to streamline both how the organizations search for their items and the pricing of the items.
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Ohio Nonprofit Changes Tech Focus
DigitalC, formerly the nonprofit CommunityOne, is ready to use technology to improve Northeast Ohio, reports Crain's Cleveland. One of its first initiatives is to build a platform that would serve as a clearinghouse for information that all nonprofits in the region could tap into to help them forward their mission.
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Nonprofits Need to Adjust to Millennial's Giving Methods
According to AdWeek, big nonprofits have to adjust to the way millennials give in order to remain competitive in today’s nonprofit marketplace. In order to get Millennials to give a nonprofit must make it as easy as possible for them to donate.
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Crowdfunding for Animal Medical Care
Buffalo Startup Week has helped launch a new crowdfunding platform, reports Buffalo Business First. The Pawraiser platform lets organizations that work with animals run crowdfunding campaigns to raise money to fund medical care for the animals.
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Michigan Nonprofit Leader in Sustainability
According to mLive, Appropriate Technology Collaborative, an Ann Arbor nonprofit that brings small scale solar lighting to rural Guatemala, has been recognized as one of the top 100 leaders in global sustainability.
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Financial Services Company Lets Users Redeem Points for Charity
Millennials give differently than older generations, reports the Credit Union Times. To align with how they choose to give TMG Financial Services allows their users to redeem their credit card points and gift them to one of three designated charities.
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Successful Crowdfunding Takes Planning
According to Business to Community, nonprofits can have a successful crowdfunding campaign by following these steps. The first step is to set the right donation tiers. Strategically setting your tiers will help you encourage donors to move up to the next tier.
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New Fundraising Platform Wants Donors to Go Viral
Doofl wants to make it to easy for donors to make viral videos to support their favorite organizations, reports ARL Now. The new virtual fundraising platform lets users select an organization and then create three dares or challenges that they will do in order to raise funds for their organization.
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Pat the Dog and Give to Charity
- Monday, 30 May 2016
- The Buzz
- Written by Kurt Martin
According to Charity Digital News, you can now pat a dog and give to charity. Blue Cross Pets is using dogs equipped with contactless payment systems to collect donations to their organization.
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