Photo by Beth Kanter Fundraising contests can be fun and exciting. They can also result in a significant amount of good able to be accomplished. As the America’s Giving Challenge rolls into the final week, it is turning out to be one of the exciting contests. I told you in my last blog post about…
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Donating Time and Money
H&R Block has recently launched an interactive financial site called Digits. I was contacted and asked to start a conversation related to finance and giving. Click here to view the topic exploring where and why people donate time and money. Be sure to leave a text or video comment while you are there.
The Fundraising Houseparty
Have you considered throwing a party with a theme that revolves around your favorite cause? Are you interested in raising funds for that important cause in an entertaining way and without fear? If so, you are ready to throw a fundraising houseparty. Morrie Warshawski, author of Shaking The Money Tree: How to Get Grants and…
400 Donors and $11,140 For The Sharing Foundation To Date
You have asked how we are doing in raising funds for the Sharing Foundation as a part of the America’s Giving Challenge. As I sat at my computer this morning to write this blog post, I watched the number of donors rise to 400 and current donations total $11,140! This challenge is now moving faster…
Change A Child’s Life In Cambodia Through Literacy
Photo by Beth Kanter You can help change the life of a child in Cambodia. Literacy is key to interrupting a lifetime of living in poverty. The Sharing Foundation understands this. The Foundation today serves over 1,500 orphaned and seriously disadvantaged Cambodian children daily through numerous ongoing programs. These programs include teaching Khmer and English…
Giving beyond yourself
My wife and I recently went to Chipotle for dinner. If you’re not familiar with this restaurant, it’s a fast food place where you can get burritos the size of a small country, packed with rice, beans, chicken, and so on. I added a picture to this post. While eating, I noticed writing on my…
Playing the Stock Market with Nonprofits
It is extremely difficult to select individual stocks that increase our net worth. This is true even though we examine financial statements, annual reports, online ratings and financial magazines before making our decisions. A monkey has even done better than many of us at picking winners. If it is tough predicting the future performance of…
Only 3 Days Left To Make Donations In 2007
If you can see this, your browser doesn’t understand IFRAME. However, we’ll still link you to the file. The last week of the calendar year is traditionally the biggest for charitable donations. There are only 3 days left for you to make that year-end donation. Would you like a suggestion on where you can give?…
How Much Does the Leadership of an Executive Director or CEO Affect Fundraising?
The December Giving Carnival is on the topic of Leadership. Specifically, the question being asked is "How much does the leadership of an Executive Director or CEO affect fundraising?" Understanding this top nonprofit executive’s responsibilities is required before we are able to answer this question. What Does the Nonprofit Executive Director or CEO Do? To…
Tin Man Follows the Yellow Brick Road to Habitat For Humanity
Where did Kathleen Robertson get those work shoes? Did you watch the first episode of Tin Man last night on the SCI FI Channel? I took a break to watch it and now I am hooked. Tin Man is a SCI FI Channel mini-series that takes “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” to a new realm….