Fundraising

Posted by
Dave Gravina
March 4, 2009
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DIY Bushfire Appeal Widget

The eskimos wanted to contribute in some way to the Victorian bushfire effort and decided we could help by sending more people over to the Red Cross Bushfire Appeal. So we’ve been beavering away in between projects on this little DIY Bushfire Appeal widget (its not a Red Cross initiative).

The widget asks people to pledge an amount (which is recorded) and then links them across to the Red Cross site where the actual donation occurs with 100 % of funds going to the appeal.

You can see our appeal in action on the right. Feel free to donate!

If you’d like one for your site please email us and we’ll modify it for you and send you one to embed. You can then edit the amounts and so on easily with a text file.

With hundreds of lives destroyed by the fires they need every cent we can muster so the appeal is far from over. It would be great to have your support as the victims begin to rebuild their lives.
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Posted by
Dave Gravina
February 12, 2009
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Victorian Fire Appeals are in full effect

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The team at Digital Eskimo would like to offer our heartfelt condolences to the people of Victoria who have been affected by the horrific fires of the past week.

We’d like to do something to help so we’re working on a range of banners and buttons you can put on your websites. Send us an email if you’d like them when they are done or check back in the next few days.

Meanwhile go directly to the Red Cross Donation page, 100 % of the money goes into a Government managed fund for the appeal. Right on.
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Posted by
Grant Young
September 19, 2007
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Using social media for fundraising

Priscilla has posted about an interesting report looking at the use of “Web2.0″ tools by non-profits.

The crux is that non-profits are finding it hard to work out what might work to them. My experience is that fundraisers usually want to use these tools to cut to the chase and ask for money. Unfortunately, that rarely works.

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Posted by
Grant Young
May 30, 2007
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Tips when asking for money

Priscilla (hosting this weeks Carnival of nonprofit consultants) points to this quick post outlining the results of a study looking at the factors for success of a fundraising campaign.

Good tips based on my experience…

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