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How we all benefit from nonprofits every day 

Candid

Childrens services: Children across the United States are engaged, entertained, and educated by nonprofit programs like clubs, scouting, zoos, childrens museums, educational TV programs, and STEM curriculum nonprofits develop and provide for teachers.

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Lessons from the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season: What philanthropy can do better

Candid

In Sarasota County, it destroyed million-dollar homes on barrier islands, impacting the donors nonprofits and foundations rely on for disaster relief funding. On average, over 50% of disaster relief funding goes to immediate response and relief, while just 10% goes to reconstruction and recovery.

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How To Help After Hurricane Helene

Bloomerang

The Volunteer Florida Foundation has launched the Florida Disaster Fund as the State of Florida’s official private fund to support communities as they recover from the storm and to aid response and recovery activities. To support those in Virginia impacted by Hurricane Helene, you can donate to the Virginia Disaster Relief Fund.

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Powerful, Not Powerless: Emerging Approaches to Massive Action

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Games like Freerice (noted above), Sea Hero Quest (over 4 million players whose activities contribute to Alzheimers research), and Foldit (over 600,000 players who solve protein-folding puzzles to contribute to disease research) have all accomplished this. Group Buys: Here, individuals pool money to buy or build things with social value (e.g.,

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Two Looks At Nonprofit Social Media

The Agitator

For a macroview, The Nonprofit Quarterly reported recently on a Craigconnect study of fifty top US charities using social media, grouped in these focus categories — Animal, Children, Cultural, Disaster Relief, Environment, Health, Veterans & Military, and Women. ” My answer — Not yet!

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Research: Just how much do faith, ethnicity, politics and age affect giving?

Nonprofit Marketing Blog

“In fact, donors who attend religious services are more likely to have given toward disaster relief (68%), domestic hunger or poverty relief (66%), helping people with disabilities (56%), health care or medical research (54%), and veterans’ causes (52%) than they are to have supported specifically religious work,&# the study notes.

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Unlocking The Power Of A Donor Thank You: Feeding America’s Approach

Bloomerang

Many of their partnerships respond to food insecurity concerns and disaster relief efforts. Their network reaches children, seniors, and families no matter where they live or spend time. We are actively feeding America!” They support a network of 200 food banks and 60,000 food pantries and meal programs nationwide.

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