Best organization in NYC in which to participate in an angel tree kind of thing? I'm nannying a 8, almost 9 year old boy and he has expressed interest in buying something for a boy his age in need for the holidays.
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posted by greta simone
on Nov 14, 2012 -
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Can you name some digital marketing sales and marketing gurus in the non-profit, charity, NGO worlds?
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posted by metajc
on Mar 27, 2012 -
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I want to start a food company, similiar to Newman's Own, and donate all profits to charity. Assuming it will be profitable within a year or two, can the company be formed as a nonprofit corporation?
posted by Bushmiller
on Mar 13, 2012 -
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A friend of a friend is a painter in New York state involved in a project aimed at building parks aimed at improving communication between refugees and citizens. I have been asked how he might be able to organize an entity as a not-for-profit with a profit wing to encourage both private and public contributors. Anyone know of any standard ways of doing this?
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posted by vizsla
on Jan 14, 2012 -
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I'm looking for materials that can be used to help train people how to best use social media to help nonprofits engage the community.
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posted by reenum
on Jul 26, 2011 -
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I'm looking for a charitable organization that I can make a donation to that helps women get an education.
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posted by chrchr
on Jun 29, 2011 -
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How do we get a (music) celebrity to help promote an event in a YouTube-type video? Our community nonprofit is having a month-long event in June, and my daydream is to get some (recognizable) musician/band in a video that we could post on our very popular Facebook page. Ideally, he/she would say something like, "If I weren't on tour in [wherever] right now, I'd definitely be at [event name]! Don't miss it!" How do I even attempt this? I'm in a medium-sized city on the East Coast.
posted by trillian
on May 24, 2011 -
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I would like to create a non-profit fund / fundraising org earmarked towards jumpstarting community centers. I've heard that rather than trying to create a non-profit, it might be best to partner with an existing non-profit with similar interests, and see if they'd "host" the fund I want to create / help with the legal aspects, while allowing me to earmark and oversee the fund. I intend to do regular fundraising, and hope to create a lasting fund that attracts bequests. Does anyone know about the legalities involved here? Any advice as to how I might want to approach such a project?
posted by markkraft
on Apr 9, 2011 -
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We are planning a publicity stunt that is likely to get national media attention. The catch is that we need the cooperation of a charitable organization with a sense of humor. We've had no luck finding one. Any ideas where to look?
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posted by phonepimpster
on Mar 28, 2011 -
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After 28 years of existance and 5 years of working toward this goal, my community band became a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization six months ago. Yay! Now... How can we start getting donations?
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posted by LolaGeek
on Apr 2, 2009 -
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Help me find, buy or build a donor-friendly online giving management system for our non-profit.
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posted by Milkman Dan
on Oct 7, 2008 -
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I'm developing a site for a new nonprofit that would like to accept online donations. I'd love advice on which sites I can sign them up with to accept donations with the least amount of fees. Is there anything better than PayPal - perhaps a site specifically dedicated to nonprofits? Thanks!
posted by AONeal79
on Aug 18, 2008 -
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If you have filed for exemption with the IRS for a nonprofit you are starting and your status is pending while they review, I understand that you can still solicit donations and generally when your exemption is granted your exempt status applies retroactively to your date of incorporation. But how are the donor's charitable contributions treated? Can they deduct the tax year they donate or do they have to wait until the tax year in which exemption is granted (if the pending period lasts until a new tax year)? Or is it also retroactive and they would have to amend their previous tax return once the nonprofit gains exempt status?
posted by Falconetti
on Jul 21, 2008 -
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I am currently involved in setting up a website, and it is proving to be a Herculean task. However, thanks to an instilled sense of guilt and a desire to feel worth
ful, for a change, I have decided to give back to those that may not be as lucky, as rich, or as pretty as me, namely New York’s starving (or just struggling) artists. My goal, through this website, is to give them a helping hand for free, but obviously need some sort of funding and business plan to move forwards with. I have no experience with any of this. Please help!
My main concerns, not having ever done this before, are worrying about how to get funding/donations, whether I need to turn it into an NPO, and whether I should be worried about business-minded people stealing my idea, commercializing it, and basically shoving me out of the way.
The following are a list of problems for the immediate future. I have listed them all here because of AskMetafilter’s one-week policy on posting new threads.
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posted by omnigut
on Jan 6, 2008 -
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What unique giving level names should we use to encourage higher major donations for a nonprofit animal related charity?
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posted by fieldtrip
on Aug 12, 2007 -
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Why would a retail chain want its stores to discard unsold clearance items rather than donate them to a charity that can use them?
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posted by IndigoSkye
on Aug 2, 2007 -
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My non-profit needs a better method of tracking our donors, what database programs are out there for us?
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posted by nerdcore
on Jun 29, 2007 -
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