September 2012
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5 Socially Conscious Startups You Need to Know... →
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100CAMERAS: GIVE PHOTOGRAPHY, CHANGE A COMMUNITY →
100cameras identifies children living in unjust conditions and gives them cameras to document their lives. Their photo narratives are used to raise awareness and capital to meet physical needs and empower sustainable growth within their community.
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A beautiful video by Sevenly reminds us the importance of giving, especially secret giving.
June 2012
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Book of Beards
Called Book of Beards, this project of non-profit book has been launched by Justin James Muir. All proceeds from the first pressing will go to help one of his friend fight cancer.
May 2012
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The People of Burning Man
Julian Cash’s The People of Burning Man is a beautifully produced photo-portrait book shot over many consecutive years at Burning Man that takes place every summer in Nevada’s Black Rock desert. Some crazy shots here.
April 2012
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The 5 Words That Made Women Give 20% More →
We’ve heard it’s not what we say, it’s how we say it. But could specific words actually prompt donors to give more money?
A recent study shows that female donors gave significantly more — 21% — when they heard one of these adjectives on a solicitation call: caring, friendly, kind, compassionate and helpful.
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Hello Somebody
Check out Hello Somebody, a cool nonprofit brand that exists to feed and educate children and to bring positive worldwide change through the love, passion and creativity of common people.
Baaaaa.
March 2012
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February 2012
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Five Pinterest Best Practices for Nonprofits →
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Snap a photo of your meal for a good cause
Art House, who initiates collaborative and virtual art projects, is launching The Meal. On February 24th at 12pm EST, they’re inviting you to join thousands of people around the world in a simultaneous global meal. Snap a photo of yourself and your meal and mail it to Art House — in partnership with Action Against Hunger, they’ll create an exhibition from these self-portraits,...
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The Sound of Amnesty →
An innovative campaign by Amnesty International France in partnership with Shazam. Click and watch the video, it’s in English, the rest is in French:)
January 2012
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2012 Nonprofit Communications Trends →
The Beauty Bus - Glam for the Sick →
Being pampered feels great, especially since it’s a rare treat for most people due to money and time. In some cases, illness gets in the way and those suffering from disease are unable to leave their homes even for much needed TLC. That’s why The Beauty Bus Foundation was created - two…
December 2011
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November 2011
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KarmaGoat in the LA Times! →
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KarmaGoat in Front Page of the Los Angeles... →
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In November, Let Your Moustache Grow for a Good...
The Movember’s movement is responsible for the sprouting of moustaches on thousands of men’s faces, in the US and around the world since 2004. Each year during the month of November, men let their moustache grow to raise vital funds and awareness for prostate cancer and other cancers that affect men.
How it works? Once registered at www.movember.com, men start Movember 1st clean shaven....
October 2011
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Own a Color, Help Save a Child's Life
Dulux and Unicef have teamed up to launch OwnAColour. For a donation of £1 or more, you can own a color among 16.7 colors available and name it. The money will go to support Unicef and help save a child’s life.
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New Promising LA-based Startup Recruiting a...
KarmaGoat.com, a new website described by ReadWriteWeb as “Craigslist for charity,” is recruiting a freelance web designer!
Launched in May 2011, KarmaGoat.com is an online marketplace where users transform their unwanted stuff and special skills into money for a good cause, such as giving a goat to an African family living in poverty.
We are looking for a talented freelance web designer to...
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New Promising LA-based Startup Recruiting a...
KarmaGoat.com, a new website described as “Craigslist for charity,” is recruiting a freelance graphic designer!
Launched in May 2011, KarmaGoat.com is an online marketplace where users transform their unwanted stuff and special skills into money for a good cause, such as giving a goat to an African family living in poverty.
We’re looking for a talented freelance graphic designer to work on...
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When a Sense of Humor is the Only Thing Left
Many of them have lost everything, except their dignity and that precious yet intangible thing: a sense of humor.
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MODELS GIVE BACK
Model Freja Beha Erichsen lends her face and voice to our Starved For Attention campaign, asking fans to help her rewrite the story of malnutrition for 195 million children around the world.
Freja also released this personal message urging fellow models to donate a day’s salary on Oct. 4 to support the work of Doctors Without Borders around the world.
September 2011
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The New Craigslist for Social Good →
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WatchHow a simple Krochet hat sold in the US can create a sustainable cycle of employment and empowerment in Uganda…
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A design student creates a coat-bag for homeless...
Read this inspiring initative of Veronika Scott, a design student who has imagined a coat who turns into a sleeping bag at night to help homeless people in Detroit.
You can also watch this CNN video. The girl is simply amazing.
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Homeless Portraits
These are but a few of Lee Jeffries’ amazing black and white captures of homeless people. The Manchester UK-based photographer began his career capturing football games when he met a homeless woman living in the streets of London and it changed his life forever. He has since dedicated himself to taking gripping portraits of the disenfranchised.
You may not be a talented...
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Bellstrike – new platform allows nonprofits to built sleek websites instantly, much-needed solution given the general hapless-to-atrocious spectrum of nonprofit site design (via)
August 2011
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12 Incredible Internet Activists Changing the... →
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Fighting Poverty in Los Angeles
Did you know that Los Angeles is the homeless capital of the nation? That 1 in 5 of the children live there in poverty? That only 60% of the students graduate from high school on time? And that nearly 1/3 of the full-time workers earn less than $25,000?
United Way of Greater Los Angeles’s mission is to fight the roots of this poverty across LA by focusing on 3 interconnected areas:
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Kids of Kilimanjaro
For George Namkung, an accomplished entrepreneur, giving back has always been a necessity. In 2004, after fulfilling his dream of visiting Africa and reaching the top of Mt Kilimanjaro, he toured in local Tanzanian schools and decided to start Kids of Kilimanjaro. This non-profit school lunch program serves 15,000 students at 48 schools in Tanzania. Since its founding in 2005, Kids of...
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America's Most Promising Social Entrepreneurs 2011 →
July 2011
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Somalia Famine: How to Help →
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