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We Have An Urgent Need For Our Angel Food Assistance Fund - Please Donate One of our most important programs is our Angel Food Assistance Fund. This fund provides immediate assistance for families struggling with food insecurity. We currently have 13 applications with emergency food needs, but our Angel Food Assistance Fund is running low. We need to raise $2,000 today in order to meet the critical needs of these 13 families and their children to ensure they don't go to bed hungry tonight. Donate today, and a child eats tonight. Will you please make a donation of $25 or more tonight to help us reach our goal? If just 1% of the people who see this message today make a tax-deductible donation, it will make a huge difference in this lives of these families. Donate: https://lnkd.in/eaYyd5Q9 #nonprofit #charity #foodinsecurity #familycharity #foodassistance

🤝 Are you a charity organization involved in food donation? Do you want to increase the quantities of food donated? Here are some tips and tricks to reach this! 🤲 Let's make clear that what stewardship is. It is no more or less than responsible management of relationships with donors, ensuring trust, satisfaction, and lasting partnerships. The effective stewardship requires: clear communication, transparency, and accountability to maximize donor retention and support. 🧐 You can see an effective plan about it on the poster: #resfood #erasmusplus #stewardship #donation

To mark ‘Giving Tuesday’, a global day of generosity, the Fundraising Regulator, Charity Commission for England and Wales and Action Fraud join forces to remind people how to give with confidence. The campaign comes at the start of the festive season, during which people across the UK are more likely to donate to charity than in the rest of the year. A recent study by the Charities Aid Foundation found that 67 per cent of people in the UK had donated money to charitable causes in the past month. Last year, charities’ overall income amounted to £90.5bn, enabling them to deliver crucial services and assistance to individuals and communities, invest in medical research and campaign against inequalities, to name just a few causes. https://lnkd.in/eBdcyxkV

If DOING GOOD FEELS GOOD, then does GIVING LIFE MAKE YOU FEEL ALIVE??? 🤔 Please respond with your thoughts in the comments

Stop treating your donors like pigs. 🐷 Well, specifically...piggie banks.  Your donors are much more valuable and integral to your charity’s mission than simply being a source of dosh.  Your donors are your partners, your advocates, your community. They deserve to be informed, thanked, included and celebrated. Successful fundraising is relational, not transactional. 💝 What are some of the best ways you have shown or experienced donor appreciation? #charity #fundraising #supporters  

Making Donations to Legitimate Organizations When an emergency strikes, many of us want to help however we can. Our first reaction is to donate to major non-profits or disaster relief organizations, but those aren't always the best use of your money. Often, those organizations take a large portion of a donation to cover operating costs, and the people who need help the most see the least amount of money. To learn more about how to find out if a non-profit is a worthwhile organization, go to https://lnkd.in/eqBSPZxT ProPublica. How to check out a charity before you donate. 30 September 2024. ProPublica. https://lnkd.in/eqBSPZxT #UntilJusticeDataPartners #UJDP #PublicHealth #EnvironmentalJustice #SocialJustice #ClimateJustice #HealthEquity

In 2024, the American Water Charitable Foundation awarded a combined total of $5.4 million to organizations across the U.S., supporting communities served by American Water. Read more: https://ow.ly/YE6550UtE2k Highlights: ⭐ $4.7 million was awarded to over 400 eligible non-profit organizations across the country through the Foundation’s Keep Communities Flowing Grant Program ⭐ Over 4,000 employees participated in the Foundation’s Employee Matching Gift and Rewards Program with over $700,000 donated to more than 2,200 charities Learn more about the Foundation: https://ow.ly/4o3u50UtEcF

October 10, DAF Day, is a Day of Giving from Donor Advised Funds. What is a DAF? A DAF (Donor Advised Fund) is a meaningful way to support charitable organizations, by offering donors tax-advantaged giving through a charitable giving account. Learn more about the benefits of a DAF gift to Have Dreams, and consider supporting Have Dreams with a DAF gift on October 10th, or any day during this upcoming season of giving! https://lnkd.in/gEZ9qjYf

At First Steps ED, we know that recovery is a journey, not a destination. Whether someone is just beginning to recognise their eating difficulties or already on their recovery journey, early intervention can make all the difference. Your donation offers vital support to anyone who needs it, ensuring that more people in the UK - no matter their age, gender, background, or stage in their recovery - receive the care they deserve. Together, we can make sure no one faces their journey alone. Donate today and be a part of someone’s first steps: https://lnkd.in/e38dWJYr #EatingDifficulties #EatingDissorders #Charity #Donate #Support #Recovery #DonateNow #YouAreNotAlone #FirstSteps

I have been working at Marrickville Legal Centre for 9 years and have never witnessed the type of demand for our services that we are experiencing now. Conditions are hard out there and they're becoming increasingly harder for those that are already struggling. We have an amazing group of staff and volunteers who go above and beyond to try to meet this need but sadly, like many community legal centres, we do not have the resources to help everyone. This isn't fair. People should be able to engage effectively with our justice system irrespective of their level of income. This is why we launched the Low Bono Legal Service (LBLS) in 2020. The LBLS service model offers affordable fixed-fee representation for those who cannot afford private lawyers but are ineligible to access free legal support. Since its inception, the LBLS has assisted 364 clients, recovering $3.4 million in entitlements. The fees generated through this service have enabled MLC to employ an additional lawyer, which means we can help more people. We are also working closely with Women's Legal Service QLD, the EDO and Microsoft Gold Partner, Barhead Solutions, to develop a new legal practice management system called Consensus for Purpose. Built on Microsoft’s Dynamics 365, Consensus for Purpose will streamline the entire client journey and reduce the administrative burden through automation and AI. This will free up our limited resources to focus on legal work and speed up the process for those needing help. These projects capture the innovative culture at MLC that is forever exploring new ways to help more people. We will never receive enough funds from government or donations to meet demand, which is why we need to be more creative in how to do more with less. This year we’re asking for donations to help advance these projects. Every dollar donated to MLC goes further, ensuring that more individuals receive the legal support they desperately need. Your tax-deductible donation will not only make a difference in the lives of those MLC serves but also helps drive the innovation needed to bridge the justice gap in Australia.   We’ve had a very generous offer to match every donation up to the value of $10,000. All donations received through to 30 June will be matched dollar-for-dollar, so your impact will be doubled!   Please consider donating to Marrickville Legal Centre today by heading to mlc.org.au/donate