Fundraising

Dem Backers Step Up As Urgency Builds

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Super Pac, Video, House Majority PAC, House Democrats, Reuters, 112th Congress, Fundraising, Democrats, Super Pac Fundraising, Politics News

* House Majority PAC airms to win back House for Democrats * Democrats will need net gain of 25 seats to take it back * ...

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Real Life Lessons from Real Life DoGooders: Don't Get Down, Get Organized

Marc Ozburn | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: DoGooder Spotlight, thedogooder.com, Fanconi Anemia Fundraising, Change, Fanconi Anemia, Fundraising, Impact News
Marc Ozburn

This could have just been my individual experience, but the interaction with Occupy Wall Street helped me identify the Occupy movement as a missed opportunity to channel real anger into significant and valuable change.

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Implementation or the Lack Thereof

Michael Kaiser | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Arts Management, Implementation Plan, Institutional Marketing, Boards, Donors, Arts, Planning, Marketing, Fundraising, Culture News
Michael Kaiser

I know asking for money can be uncomfortable; I know looking for board members or planning an institutional marketing effort can be time-consuming and challenging. But unless one acts on a board development, marketing or fundraising plan, the effort to develop it is wasted.

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Winning in 2012: How to Mobilize Donors, Voters and Volunteers with Online Tools

Colin Delany | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Fundraising, Campaigning, Election 2012 Campaigning, Mobilizing Donors, Campaigning Social Media, Voters Election 2012, Election 2012, Voter Recruitment, Recruiting Voters, Politics News
Colin Delany

But to get someone to act, first you almost always have to ask -- and their answer determines whether or not you've succeeded. Therein lies the complexity -- how, when and what do we ask of people to help them realize their true political potential?

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Nancy Pelosi: 'Just Win, Baby'

ABC/Yahoo! News | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: 112th Congress, Congress, Democratic Fundraising, Democrats, Fundraising, Campaign Fundraising, Nancy Pelosi, Politics News

Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., became the most powerful woman in American history when she was sworn in as Speaker of the House in 2007. She lost that p...

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GOP-Backed Group Hopes To Take Key Voters From Obama

AP | JACK GILLUM | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Politics News, Video, Obama Youth Vote, 2012 Election, Super PACs, Mitt Romney 2012, Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Barack Obama 2012, Fundraising, Barack Obama, Obama 2012, Politics News

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama counted on the support of younger voters four years ago. Now, a new Republican-leaning "super" political com...

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Obama Gets Major Boost From Hollywood Star

Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Politics News, George Clooney, Obama Fundraising, Video, Fundraising, Barack Obama 2012, Obama George Clooney, Slidepollajax, Barack Obama, Politics News

George Clooney's high-profile fundraiser for President Barack Obama has sold out, raising an estimated $12 million for the president's re-election cam...

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Entrepreneurial Lessons From a 9-Year-Old Boy

Katie Hawkes | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Scholarships, Small Business, Young Entrepreneurs, Starting a Business, Entrepreneurs, Business, Entrepreneurship, Fundraising, Entrepreneur, Los Angeles, Caine's Arcade, Small Business News
Katie Hawkes

While we can't all invest in cardboard arcades and plan to make enough cash to pay off mortgages, student loans and/or bankruptcy fees, we can take a few cues from Caine.

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Jon Ward

Haley Barbour Warns Of Danger To Mitt Romney In Lead Up To Convention

HuffingtonPost.com | Jon Ward | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Video, Karl Rove, Haley Barbour, 2012 Election, Super PACs, Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, Fundraising, Barack Obama, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R) said Thursday he expects President Obama's reelection campaign and their allies to try to capi...

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Astoria Characters: The Flamboyant Fund-Raiser

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Carnival of Love, Astoria, Elena Kess, Astoria Culture, Astoria Shops, Astoria Characters, Fundraising, New York News
Nancy Ruhling

Elena Kess is wearing 6-inch lizard-skin stilettos the color of a moonless midnight. She's so high off the ground that she's tiptoeing rather than walking across 30th Avenue.

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Paul Blumenthal

Mitt Romney Raises Big Money

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Video, 2012 Republican Primary, Fundraising, 2012 Election, Mitt Romney 2012, Campaign Finance, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The presumptive Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney had his best fundraising month yet in March, raising $12.6 million, accord...

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Obama Event Hits Million Dollar Mark

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Politics News, Video, 2012 Election, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Elections 2012, Obama Fundraising, Fundraising, Barack Obama 2012, Campaign Finance, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is hauling in about $1 million for his campaign and for Democratic Party groups. The president was fundraising T...

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DSCC Raises Record Amount In First Quarter

The Huffington Post | Ariel Edwards-Levy | Posted 04.19.2012

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The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee announced Thursday that it had raised a record $17.7 million in its first quarter. "We have just concl...

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How Do Your Nonprofit's Online Numbers Compare?

Bill Wasserman | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Nonprofits, Nonprofit Grants, Fundraising, Enonprofit Benchmarks Study, Impact News
Bill Wasserman

Nonprofit online fundraising grew for a second year in a row, driven largely by an increase in gifts to rights-based nonprofits. Are you seeing the same levels of growth?

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Becoming the Sustainabilitity We Seek

Rich Tafel | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Government Spending, Politics, Social Entrepreneur, Social Entrepreneurs, Policy, Fundraising, Social Entrepreneurship, Politics News
Rich Tafel

It is time for the nonprofit sector to change the rules that change the world. It must become the sustainability it seeks from others. Until there's a shift from scarcity to sustainability, we will never drain the swamp.

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Ohio Senator's Big Fundraising Numbers

The Huffington Post | Amanda Terkel | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Video, Sen. Sherrod Brown, Josh Mandel, Sherrod Brown, 2012 Election, Elections 2012, Fundraising, Ohio Senate 2012, Ohio Senate, Politics News

Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) raised an impressive $2.4 million in the first fundraising quarter of 2012, leaving him with nearly $6.3 million in the ba...

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Watch To Watch: iPhone Watch Storms Kickstarter

The Huffington Post | Andres Jauregui | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Watch Apps, Pebble, Iphone Watch Sync, Android, Iphone Watch, Inpulse, Kickstarter, Eric Migicovsky, Fundraising, Technology News

Kickstarter is the ultimate meritocracy. For every dozen navel-gazing "fund my album" projects that flounder and die well before their deadlines, ther...

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Dropping the "F" Bomb

Enid Borden | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Hunger, Aging, Non-Profit, Senior Hunger, Homelessness, Fundraising, Meals on Wheels, Impact News
Enid Borden

It's always that time of year. Those of us who beg for loose change have to drop that bomb on an almost daily basis: the Fundraising Bomb. Today the role of the non-profit is more urgent and more important than ever. And yet that work is harder and harder than ever.

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Nonprofits: Are You Just Asking for Money, or Sharing a Vision?

Phil Cooke, Ph.D. | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Social Causes, Nonprofit, Christian Ministry, Social Change, Fundraising, Finances, Impact News
Phil Cooke, Ph.D.

Look at your media presentations, videos, live events, print materials, and in-person contacts. What do they say? What story are they telling?

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One Step That Can Solve A Critical Health Problem In Africa

Richard Turner | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Nonprofits, Kerosene Lamps Africa, Fundraising, Charity, Kerosene Lamps, Hult Global Case Challenge, Africa, Environment, Solaraid, Impact News
Richard Turner

At the end of February I attended the Regional Finals of the Hult Global Case Challenge in Boston as a judge for the nonprofit SolarAid. It was an ext...

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Funding Innovation for Skoll Social Entrepreneurs

Jim Fruchterman | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Benetech, Social Innovation, Charity, Social Entrepreneurship, Nonprofit, water.org, Clean Water, Water for People, Skoll World Forum, Matt Damon, Social Entrepreneur, Oxford, Skoll Foundation, Fundraising, Oxford University, Impact News
Jim Fruchterman

The constant theme is raising money for our social enterprises. But not just any money -- we talk about the most difficult money to raise: the unrestricted funding that is the lifeblood for a social entrepreneur.

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Wanted: Stronger Relationships Between Black Churches and Black Colleges

Marybeth Gasman | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Alumni Giving, Higher Education, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Fundraising, Black Church, Education, Holidays, Black Voices News
Marybeth Gasman

Black colleges need Black churches. Through support of Black colleges, Black churches can make change at a much larger level. They can assist with the education of African Americans committed to social justice and positive change throughout the world.

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Rand Paul: GOP Establishment Like 'Sharks Smelling Blood' Who 'Can't Wait' To Kill

The Huffington Post | Paige Lavender | Posted 03.31.2012

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Rand Paul compared the "old guard" Republican establishment to "sharks smelling blood in the water" who "can’t wait to close in for the kill." Pa...

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Newt Gingrich Charges For Photos Ops

The Huffington Post | Ariel Edwards-Levy | Posted 03.27.2012

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Increasingly pressed for cash, Newt Gingrich's campaign is trying out a new fundraising tactic: charging supporters $50 for a photo with the candidate...

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McCain To Help Bachmann Get Out Of Trouble

Minnesota Public Radio | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Elections 2012, Gop, Politics News, John McCain, Michele Bachmann, Fundraising, Michele Bachmann 2012, 2012 Election, Politics News

Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann's campaign says 2008 GOP presidential nominee Sen. John McCain is going to help her raise money and help retire $1 mi...

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