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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. The losses from Helene went beyond infrastructure and financial losseslives, ecologically rich lands, and irreplaceable cultural sites.

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Undocumented and Unprotected: How Immigration Status Amplifies Climate Vulnerability

NonProfit Quarterly

Because of their immigration status, they rarely have access to jobs that pay a living wage or provide benefits like health insurance, leaving them without the resources, financial or otherwise, required to prepare for and recover from disaster. Disaster planning, response, and recovery is not part of their core mission.

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Infographic: Which Nonprofits are Rocking Social Media?

Care2

Disaster Relief. From August to October of 2011 the craigconnects team reviewed nonprofits by areas of focus to check out how they do social media and found out some great information. We investigated the top 5 nonprofits in the following categories based on total expenses provided by Charity Navigator: Animal. Environment.

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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.

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Mobile Fundraising: A Complete Overview — Pt. 2 of 3

NonProfit Hub

Health and wellness. Health and wellness advocacy groups often use mobile fundraising as a way to raise awareness as well as money. Disaster relief. When most people think of text-to-give technology, they think of disaster relief efforts. Arts and culture.

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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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What Is Volunteerism? A Guide to the History & Benefits

Bloomerang

One example is the Rotary Club, which was formed as a place for people of different backgrounds, cultures, and beliefs to come together and exchange valuable ideas, create friendships, and make a change. Volunteering is linked to improved mental and physical health outcomes. It also benefits volunteers themselves.