Selfish Giving

AUGUST 15, 2018

140 businesses partnered with Pearl Jam to raise millions for Seattle's homeless. ??Why Brain food ???? ????? This is a great example of leveraging one, great asset (in this case a hugely popular rock band) into a cause marketing opportunity. Why your paper charity pinup should have coupons. ??You I really want to dig into this more.

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Homelessness Retail Recruitment Food 100

Selfish Giving

JANUARY 5, 2022

Corporate Relations Manager, Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program , ($56,300) 3. Brain Food 1. I really liked #5: #Whamageddon. ?? Cool Jobs in Cause 1. Sales Account Executive - Corporate Grantmaking, Blackbaud , Remote 2. Hit reply and share the job posting with me! I'm happy to post it here for FREE. ????

Public and Nonprofit Management 130

Public and Nonprofit Management Marketing Marketing Homelessness 130

The NonProfit Times

APRIL 24, 2024

Colorado Coalition for the Homeless workers say low pay and understaffing are contributing to high turnover, exacerbating what they contend are already difficult working conditions. What brought me back to the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless is our mission and the 800-plus people dedicated to work on this mission,” she said.

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Homelessness Medical Management Law 52

Candid

MARCH 27, 2024

February 2024 top 10 sub-category searches, human services Ranking Sub-category Main category 1 Group homes: Supportive housing Shelter and residential care 2 Senior assisted living: Elder housing Shelter and residential care 3 Homeless shelters Shelter and residential care 4 Foster care: Child welfare Family services 5 Child care: Child welfare Family (..)

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Culture Food Homelessness Education 52

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

DECEMBER 4, 2023

We see the hunger they alleviate, the education they provide, the homelessness they address, but the root causes remain, casting long shadows over countless lives. Imagine a nonprofit working with low-income families trapped in food deserts. The food insecurity example now translates into advocacy informing policy.

Public Policy 64

Public Policy Public and Social Policy Food Homelessness 64

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 6, 2023

Edmondson & Anahide Nahhal In 2019, Joyce Craig, the newly elected mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire, was grappling with two major crises : The city was reporting an opioid-related death every few days, and chronic homelessness was rising.

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Collaborations Homelessness Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management 97

NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 14, 2022

As part of Share Our Strength’s executive team, Singh will lead the organization’s initiative to engage structural inequities that create, sustain, and perpetuate food insecurity and persistent poverty for families. . Singh as its new Senior Vice President of Family Economic Opportunity.

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Poverty Food Homelessness 235

Bloomerang

APRIL 5, 2024

EXAMPLE: If you work at a food bank, you may believe the fact that you distribute food via pantries located in neighborhood schools, churches, and community centers is super important. As counter-intuitive as it may seem to you, most donors don’t want to know how the sausage gets made (or food gets delivered).

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Food Homelessness Poverty Education 96

Candid

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

that serve the homeless population. Candid made it easy for us to search for nonprofits that serve the homeless and have tax statements on file. That said, this research provides some food for thought and potential advice for nonprofits. So, it was a natural place to turn to for data to use for this research.

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Homelessness Nonprofits Associations Food 137

Getting Attention

DECEMBER 19, 2011

I’m all about the food truck right now. We have a number of food trucks here in Boston, and I just finished watching The Great Food Truck Race on The Food Network. I’m fascinated by the phenomenon and impressed by how food trucks market themselves via social media and other creative approaches.

Food 74

Food Marketing Marketing Homelessness 74

Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Breaking: Record number of homeless people need help in Atlanta . Veterans at risk of homelessness. Put our food pantry out of business! . Help a homeless person come in from the cold. How to make a difference for homeless cats. Help families break free from homelessness. By midnight ! By midnight on Friday!

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Homelessness Fundraising Fundraising Food 130

Selfish Giving

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

It’s amazing what Mark Hovarth has done with brands to help the homeless. Homelessness is not a natural a fit with cause marketing as causes involving women, troops abroad, kids and puppies tend to rule. Harpoon Grateful Harvest Cranberry Ale Supports Local Food Banks. Powerful stuff, Mark! Keep up the great work!

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Marketing Marketing Food Homelessness 278

Selfish Giving

DECEMBER 9, 2020

A gas station that is creating viral TikTok videos to collect donations for the homeless. ?? Vice President, Engagement, Food Bank of NYC , New York City 2. Brain Food 1. Nice round-up here of which beauty brands are turning to cause marketing for the holiday season. Marketing Your Cause 1. PODCAST] 3. Cool Jobs in Cause 1.

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Insurance Children Homelessness Food 147

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 12, 2023

And I knew that unstable, unaffordable, and unsafe housing meant families had to choose between rent and food, utilities, medicines, and childcare. We need to address major issues like housing and homelessness in ways that impact the overall well-being of the people living in low-wealth communities, particularly people of color.

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Philanthropy Homelessness Public and Social Policy Foundations 100

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 1, 2023

10: World Homeless Day — #WorldHomelessDay. 16: World Food Day — #WorldFoodDay. 4: World Animal Day — #WorldAnimalDay. 4 : World Habitat Day — #WorldHabitatDay. 5: World Teachers Day — #WorldTeachersDay. 6 : World Cerebral Palsy Day — #WorldCPDay. 10: World Mental Health Day — #WorldMentalHealthDay.

Homelessness 144

Homelessness Poverty Health Nonprofits 144

Get Fully Funded

MAY 18, 2021

When you think about an inkind gift, you may think of stuff, such as bottled water and packaged snacks for events or hotel-sized shampoo and conditioner for a shelter serving homeless families. The company that donates surplus tote bags with their logo on them for families at your food pantry to use when shopping is an inkind donor.

Public and Social Policy 116

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Values Food 116

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Migration in Kenya is being fueled by what the organization Climate Refugees describes as a “ catastrophic food crisis ,” along with a loss of homes in areas that have also seen unprecedented flooding as water movement patterns change. Marchman also says that in the United States, climate migration is influenced by gentrification. “As

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Environmental Food Insurance Homelessness 102

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 28, 2023

July 11: WorldPopulationDay — #WorldPopulationDay 18: Nelson Mandela International Day — #MandelaDay 28: World Hepatitis Day — #WorldHepatitisDay 29: International Tiger Day — #InternationalTigerDay 30: World Day Against Trafficking in Persons — #EndHumanTrafficking August 9: Indigenous People’s Day — #IndigenousDay 10: World (..)

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Homelessness Poverty Health Nonprofits 90

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

To do so, the foundation focuses on improving housing stability, expanding the production or preservation of affordable housing for families, and ending youth homelessness. The situation for extremely low-income homeowners was no better. A new narrative will help change those perceptions.

Public and Social Policy 109

Public and Social Policy Homelessness Collaborations Foundations 109

Selfish Giving

OCTOBER 20, 2009

An example here in eastern Massachusetts, and I limit it to my area because I really don’t know what they do in other parts of the country, is Whole Foods. And for all the shortcomings of PCM, Whole Food does it pretty darn well. They practice what I call passive cause marketing (PCM). The pitch was in a great location.

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Activism Marketing Marketing Food 245

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 2, 2022

10: World Homeless Day — #WorldHomelessDay. 16: World Food Day — #WorldFoodDay. 10: World Homeless Day — #WorldHomelessDay. 16: World Food Day — #WorldFoodDay. 4: World Animal Day — #WorldAnimalDay. 4 : World Habitat Day — #WorldHabitatDay. 5: World Teachers Day — #WorldTeachersDay.

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Homelessness Poverty Health Nonprofits 143

Fundraiser Ideas

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

This is a fun fundraising idea , particularly in support of a homeless shelter or food bank. It is a great way to stock the shelves of a food bank very quickly. Organize your supporters into teams and give them a list of food items they must collect in order to complete the scavenger hunt. The possibilities are endless.

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Food Non-Profits Fundraising Fundraising 49

Bloomerang

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Their second subject line: “What is doubled-up homelessness?” . My friend Tom Ahern shared Healthcare for the Homeless in Baltimore who offer free dental care to the homeless, and the brainchild of their senior exec/fundraiser Keiren Havens. People who are unhoused do have jobs. Another gem she got?

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Homelessness Healthcare Recruitment Children 83

Candid

JULY 19, 2023

For example, several foundations prioritized funding to address basic needs and reach communities most impacted by inflation: “Due to the rise in homelessness and food insecurity in our country, grantmaking did lean more toward basic needs.” “We Inflation not only impacted giving dollars but also foundations’ giving strategies.

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Foundations Homelessness Values Children 98

Selfish Giving

DECEMBER 27, 2011

Program: Peapod Virtual Food Drive for The Food Bank for New York City. Details: Customers can create their own virtual food drive and invite friends, relatives and co-workers to support it. I’m a big fan of the Food Bank for NYC. Program: KFC, Dairy Queen Sell Pinups to Raise Money for Homeless.

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Marketing Marketing Homelessness Food 239

Selfish Giving

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Santander’s Someone Else's Shoes shows the misunderstood realities of homelessness [VIDEO]. For every download, the bank is donating $1 to organizations like Boston-based Heading Home that aid the homeless. Brain Food 1. The initiative includes an app with AR technology that puts the viewer in the subject's shoes.

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Homelessness Retail Medical Food 100

Twenty Hats

OCTOBER 19, 2021

I became the volunteer manager at a non-profit, FACETS , that works with people struggling with homelessness and poverty. FACETS staff had shared their frustration about having work interruptions when they needed to get supplies from the shared food pantry. The job had been vacant for about two months (and is a team of one!).

Homelessness 69

Homelessness Poverty Non-Profits Food 69

Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 1, 2021

10: World Homeless Day — #WorldHomelessDay. 16: World Food Day — #WorldFoodDay. 10: World Homeless Day — #WorldHomelessDay. 16: World Food Day — #WorldFoodDay. 4: World Animal Day — #WorldAnimalDay. 4 : World Habitat Day — #WorldHabitatDay. 5: World Teachers Day — #WorldTeachersDay.

Homelessness 145

Homelessness Poverty Health Nonprofits 145

Bloomerang

AUGUST 18, 2021

For example, you could ask donors to provide meals for kids for the summer; this is a great idea because the cause is timely and the need is urgent as children impacted by food insecurity no longer have access to school lunches. Make sure the need is compelling and that you can tie it in with a specific dollar amount. .

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Fundraising Fundraising Homelessness Medical 138

The Agitator

JUNE 25, 2018

Here are some of the titles of journal articles that faced me: Pictures of me: user views on their representation in homelessness fundraising appeals. The ethical dimension of fundraising in the homelessness sector. People with food security issues are hungry. That’s just on the first couple of pages.

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Homelessness Food Children Ethics 65

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Despite multiple warnings, fines, and legal notices directing them to leave, they had stayed because they were otherwise homeless. A Broader Crisis: Criminalizing Homelessness Homelessness is, of course, a national problem with broad scope.

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Homelessness Law Public Policy Public and Nonprofit Management 104

Getting Attention

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

The Mission is sheltering twice the normal number of guests but is without power and is getting low on food. 2) Elizabeth Coalition to House the Homeless. This wonderful service for homeless and near-homeless in Union County NJ never gives up. 3) Community Food Bank of New Jersey (via Feeding America).

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Homelessness Food Marketing Marketing 77

Selfish Giving

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

A great new campaign from Maxwell House Coffee to help homeless vets. Brain Food 1. But we too can heal if, as Lincoln said, we choose the better angels of our nature. ???? ?? Partnership Notes 1. Check out other examples of cause products. What is a cause product? Great question! Hit reply and share your job listing with me!

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Production Activism Homelessness Energy 130

The Kindful Blog

MARCH 1, 2021

Donate hygiene, cleaning, or non-perishable food items. Mission: Helping Women Period is committed to supplying menstrual health products to people that menstruate who are either homeless or low-income. Host a supply drive. Learn more about Crossroads for Women. Helping Women Period. Impacting: Menstrual health.

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Poverty Health Philanthropy Education 121

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

For example, one analysis found that most people losing SNAP benefits due to work requirements are those facing the largest barriers to work —such as homelessness or disability—and, therefore, the least likely to be able to earn enough to exceed the income limits. In effect, SNAP acts as a fiscal stimulus during periods of recession.

Public and Social Policy 107

Public and Social Policy Poverty Social Policy Children 107

Ann Green

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

For example – Thanks to your generous donation of $50, a family can get a box of groceries at the Westside Community Food Bank. Yes, you may have changed the protocols (possibly several times depending on COVID positivity rates) at your homeless shelter, but that’s because you needed to continue to offer a safe place to those who need it.

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Communication Homelessness Retention Food 59

Selfish Giving

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Collect candy for the poor, homeless or troops abroad. Collect food and coats. Spirit Halloween, which has 900 temporary stores from Labor Day to early November, has already raised $2.5 million for children’s hospitals this month. It’s worth looking in to. The Good Scout Blog has some good suggestions on who you can help.

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Fundraising Fundraising Homelessness Recruitment 248