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Nonprofit Management

Network for Good | June 17, 2022

New data released by nonprofit online charitable giving platform Network for Good reveals you can count on American generosity in times of crisis. Donations to support people during natural and man-made disasters, both in America and abroad, was consistently one of the most popular online giving categories over the course of the organization’s 20-year history, during which it has processed and disbursed more than $4.3 billion in donations to more than 350,000 U.S. charities. ...

Nonprofit Technology

Building Wishes | November 28, 2022

Both the Kindness Duck Project (KDP) and Building Wishes are excited to announce the approval of first steps in the Uvalde Memorial Park Project by Uvalde’s City Council Tuesday evening. Operating out of the Fort Worth/North Texas area, both organizations continue to expand their scope of building a better future for others through kindness. “This is a pain no one should endure, and many families' lives have been changed forever. KDP started a fundrai...

Financial Management

John Hancock | June 08, 2022

The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) has announced that $35.6 million was raised for more than 200 non-profit organizations through this year's 126th Boston Marathon on Monday, April 18. The B.A.A. Official Charity Program and the John Hancock Non-Profit Program have combined to raise more than $460 million since the charity program's inception at the 1989 Boston Marathon. The $35.6 million raised this year includes donations raised through the B.A.A.'s Official Ch...

Fundraising

THON | February 21, 2022

Penn State THON, the world's largest student-run philanthropy that provides yearlong financial and emotional support to families impacted by childhood cancer, announced that it raised an all-time annual high of $13,756,374.50 at the conclusion of the organization's 50th anniversary 46-hour dance marathon. THON's fundraising efforts benefit its sole beneficiary Four Diamonds, a national nonprofit gift fund that covers 100 percent of all medical expenses for families experiencing child...