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Today, we're announcing a $6.67M capital fundraising round to support the charitable mission of @endaomentdotorg, the administration of our nonprofit protocol, and the furtherance of our smart-contract financial services!
📰 Press release → mirror.xyz/endaoment.eth/…
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📰 Press release → mirror.xyz/endaoment.eth/…
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(2/7) A huge thank you to these firms, as well as many notable angels, including:
@tferriss @pplpleasr1 @ArtOnBlockchain @NoahZinsmeister @adamnash @gregoireljda @NathanVDH0x
@tferriss @pplpleasr1 @ArtOnBlockchain @NoahZinsmeister @adamnash @gregoireljda @NathanVDH0x
(3/7) These funds enable @endaomentdotorg to continue providing world-class cryptocurrency donation options, and empower Endaoment∙Tech to push the functionality and capability of our protocol and its assets.
🧵The 2021 #GivingTuesday Impact report offers a peek into the groundswell of generosity that occurred on Nov 30. Learn why we’re more hopeful than ever in the opportunity to create a better future, together, through generosity. ❤️🔥
Full report here: bit.ly/GTImpact2021
Full report here: bit.ly/GTImpact2021
As both an annual celebration and a year-round global movement, #GivingTuesday continues to grow and evolve, with no leveling off of the ongoing innovation and creativity, from the smallest town to the largest countries to the newest coalitions or the youngest children
Our team is privileged to be able to witness humanity at its very finest every day: neighbor helping neighbor, stranger helping stranger, showing even in the darkest moments—especially in those moments—the kind of solidarity + care that transcends + transforms fear + isolation.
“There’s a cost to the long hours and high stress and high change environment, especially without support.” @jessamynlau joins #SSIRInstitute to discuss how #nonprofits and funders can work together to build healthy, thriving organizations that support staff well-being.
@jessamynlau “If #wellbeing has been an issue for such a long time, what has been stopping us from addressing it?” @jessamynlau suggests #nonprofits and #foundations need to build trust in order to address double standards and the melding of power and money. #SSIRInstitute
@jessamynlau “What kind of support for your staff would align with your organizational values?” At #SSIRInstitute, @jessamynlau helps nonprofit leaders map out a strategy for boosting #wellbeing. Read about how funders can support these efforts: ssir.org/articles/entry…
(Thread 1/4): With @Varneyco on @FoxBusiness - This political hit job against @POTUS45 is the kind of third world nonsense we see in countries like #Pakistan where former presidents are taken down using petty offenses. Well beneath the dignity of New York prosecutorial offices.
As a sector, we must integrate decolonization & advancing truth & #reconciliation in our work & continue to hold it as a priority. Here are 5 ways for #nonprofits to take action:
1. Learn more about residential schools & the devastating impact on communities & generations of Indigenous Peoples: (irsss.ca). You can also take a free @UAlberta course on Indigenous histories & contemporary issues: bit.ly/3fMity2
2. Read the Truth & Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action & commit to ways your organization will be accountable: bit.ly/TRC-CTAs.
A thread on #Nonprofits and the #SocialMedia platforms like #TikTok #instagram #Twitter #Facebook etc. 1/6
Getting attention from existing or prospective #nonprofit donors/volunteers on any mainstream Social Media platforms is identical. Sure, there are billions of daily actives. However, the sheer volume of user-generated content also generates enormous digital noise. 2/6
It’s 1000x more challenging than getting the attention of people in a busy marketplace; in addition to the countless storefronts, the ad banners, and the hustling salespersons, people have sensory distractions from the innumerable pictures and videos all around them. 3/6
What's in the $1.9 Trillion House COVID Relief Bill?
The House of Representatives passed the American Rescue Plan which the #USSenate is currently considering.
Nine of the 12 House committees have approved legislation. This thread will summarize the major elements.
The House of Representatives passed the American Rescue Plan which the #USSenate is currently considering.
Nine of the 12 House committees have approved legislation. This thread will summarize the major elements.
American Rescue Plan - Ways & Means $923B
👉$1,400 stimulus $422B
👉unemployment $246B
👉Tax Credit $143B
👉pension grants $58B
👉ACA 2021/2022 $45B
👉sick leave / retention credit $14B
👉COBRA coverage $8B
👉foreign subsidiaries $22B
👉Other policies $9B
👉$1,400 stimulus $422B
👉unemployment $246B
👉Tax Credit $143B
👉pension grants $58B
👉ACA 2021/2022 $45B
👉sick leave / retention credit $14B
👉COBRA coverage $8B
👉foreign subsidiaries $22B
👉Other policies $9B
American Rescue Plan - Oversight & Reform$350B
👉Provide money to state governments $195B
👉Provide money to local governments, territories, and tribes $155B
👉Create paid #COVID19 leave for federal workers and other policies $0.4B
#CovidReliefBill
👉Provide money to state governments $195B
👉Provide money to local governments, territories, and tribes $155B
👉Create paid #COVID19 leave for federal workers and other policies $0.4B
#CovidReliefBill
Did some prep for a workshop and upcoming talks around benchmarks and #nonprofit #email #fundraising in particular. Here's some of what I found.... this thread is for you #fundraisingtwitter... 1/
Online giving was up 21% in 2020 according to @blackbaud's Charitable Giving Report (institute.blackbaud.com/charitable-giv…) and broke through to be 13% of all giving 2/
Remember that % from online isn't a great way to measure the impact of digital. If a donor gets an email, sells stock w/ @Wealthsimple, moves it into their DAF w/ @VC_Giving & wires it to your bank this 'digital only' experience inspired by your email won't be 'online' 3/
Dear #MarketingTwitter Colleagues,
The data-driven argument for continued growth in #digital activity and online behavior is flimsy and needs to be scrutinized. (👀@eMarketer & @Merkle)
Let us tell you why:
The data-driven argument for continued growth in #digital activity and online behavior is flimsy and needs to be scrutinized. (👀@eMarketer & @Merkle)
Let us tell you why:
At the @Merkle #DigitalMarketing event today, we posed this question:
How probable is a reversal in digital activity totals in 2021 Q3&4? How confident can we be in projections for digital behavior in the post-pandemic period if data is based exceptional pandemic-era behavior?
How probable is a reversal in digital activity totals in 2021 Q3&4? How confident can we be in projections for digital behavior in the post-pandemic period if data is based exceptional pandemic-era behavior?
Appreciate @Merkle VP Ryan Gibson’s bottom-line answer:
Time for a thread about the Blackbaud breach mess. The lessons here are for ALL #nonprofits, not just clients of Blackbaud.
But we'll start with this:
If I was a #charity client of Blackbaud, I'd be pissed.
But we'll start with this:
If I was a #charity client of Blackbaud, I'd be pissed.
2) Blackbaud had a security breach. Someone hacked into their system and spent time there from February until May. Blackbaud paid the hacker's ransom price and they had reassurances from the hacker that no personal data was lifted from the system. (Sure, if you believe a hacker.)
3) However, Blackbaud 😡 didn't tell its #nonprofit clients about the breach until JULY 😡 and only because it was about to become public. Their emails to NPOs revealing the news were impersonal, full of legalese and with almost no apology.
1832communications.com/blog/customer-…
1832communications.com/blog/customer-…
#HeroesAct2 — LiveTweeting Legislation
Like many #smallbiz attorneys and advocates, I’m spending most of tonight and tomorrow reading over the Democrats newly-released #COVID19 #stimulus package. As I review, I’ll share some insights and discoveries. Stay tuned!
Like many #smallbiz attorneys and advocates, I’m spending most of tonight and tomorrow reading over the Democrats newly-released #COVID19 #stimulus package. As I review, I’ll share some insights and discoveries. Stay tuned!
Congress proposes three #setasides for #PPP funding:
(1) at least 10% for #smallbiz with fewer than 10 employees OR for certain loans made to biz in low- and mod-income areas
(2) < 30% for nonprofits, housing coops, and hotels/restaurants
(3) < 50% for supplemental PPP loans.
(1) at least 10% for #smallbiz with fewer than 10 employees OR for certain loans made to biz in low- and mod-income areas
(2) < 30% for nonprofits, housing coops, and hotels/restaurants
(3) < 50% for supplemental PPP loans.
Also similarly reserves the lesser of 25% or $15B of the unused #PPP loans appropriations for loans by Community Financial Institutions.
Same here. ❤️ #solidarity
I've worked in #ReproductiveHealth / #ReproductiveJustice for more than a decade — including multiple women's rights organizations (both internationally & domestically focused).
Disclosure: I know several current & former employees — including folks in leadership — of many ethnicities, including white folks, at IWHC.
Wow. Yeah, not sure their investors are going to like this. Excerpt: "A boycott of advertisers on social media is gaining momentum, and Facebook is the primary target."
nytimes.com/2020/06/29/bus…
nytimes.com/2020/06/29/bus…
If you're following the Facebook boycott, you may already know @NAACP, @ADL & others joined together to launch the #StopHateforProfit campaign. So far, @patagonia, @REI, @thenorthface and others have joined the boycott.
My firm helps a lot of nonprofits and small business owners build digital fundraising campaigns on Facebook, Google, and other platforms.
Just doing a little late night perusing of INGO's statements of solidarity with the Black community from this week... #DevCommsNerd
While some mentioned how important diversity was, NOT ONE mentioned starting where they are and changing their own governance and leadership. /1
While some mentioned how important diversity was, NOT ONE mentioned starting where they are and changing their own governance and leadership. /1
Not the biggies like @WorldVisionUSA, @CARE, @CatholicRelief, @SavetheChildren. Not the "cool" ones like @charitywater or @PIH or @Heifer or @Ashoka or @OxfamAmerica. Not the humanitarian ones like @mercycorps or @RESCUEorg or @MSF_USA. Not @PlanUSA. Not @PactWorld. Not @fhi360.
When it comes to anti-Black racism work and #globaldev or #socialgood work, we have to start right where we are.
No more "statements" and intellectualization and crappy DEI training, please. how-matters.org/2020/06/01/way… /3
No more "statements" and intellectualization and crappy DEI training, please. how-matters.org/2020/06/01/way… /3
"The @WFP spokesperson told @Devex “...Some people find it inspirational & it motivates them to become committed supporters to the organisation.”
Bullshit. Donors do not find it inspirational. Their guilt, pity & shame are used like cash machines. devex.com/news/world-foo… /1
Bullshit. Donors do not find it inspirational. Their guilt, pity & shame are used like cash machines. devex.com/news/world-foo… /1
Must we say it about #povertyporn yet again?
Yes we must:
Charitable portrayals of “helping” often conjure up victimhood and passivity in order to validate the assistance being given. #devcomms #comms4dev #comms4good #fundraising /2
Yes we must:
Charitable portrayals of “helping” often conjure up victimhood and passivity in order to validate the assistance being given. #devcomms #comms4dev #comms4good #fundraising /2
There is a growing awareness that these portrayals uphold - rather than counteract - historical, deeply colonial, and continually politicized notions of “the other.”
And it is not ok. /3
And it is not ok. /3
1) "Federal Reserve developed the #MainStreetLending Program to help credit flow to small and medium-sized businesses that were in sound financial condition before the pandemic."
2) after initial announcement of #MainStreetLending Program, Fed Reserve expanded it to: Create a 3rd loan option, w/increased risk sharing by lenders for borrowers with greater leverage &
Lowered the minimum loan size for certain loans to $500,000
federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pre…
Lowered the minimum loan size for certain loans to $500,000
federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pre…
3) this resulted in 3 loan (🍕) options: plain, pepperoni & mushroom: "termed new, priority, & expanded" 4 year loans:
New: $500K Minimum Loan Size
Priority: Ditto
Expanded: $10M Minimum Loan Size & up to a TON!
New: $500K Minimum Loan Size
Priority: Ditto
Expanded: $10M Minimum Loan Size & up to a TON!
#Rockefeller is rolling out the "largest public health testing program in American history" & aims to form a "#Pandemic Testing Board" that utilizes US national guard to deploy testing.
#COVID19 #Surveillance System
#digitalization
Thank you @hagarrish for the critical link.
#COVID19 #Surveillance System
#digitalization
Thank you @hagarrish for the critical link.
Embargoed until 12:01am EDT, Tuesday, April 21, 2020: The #Rockefeller Foundation has created a National #Covid19 Testing Action Plan intended to serve as a resource guide for the "largest public health testing program in American history".
"The effort will ultimately grow to billions of dollars per month although innovations in testing technology should eventually drop costs...Coordination of such a massive program should be treated as a wartime effort, with a public/private bipartisan #Pandemic Testing Board..."
CA's #nonprofits—our clinics, shelters, food banks, senior centers & more—are on the #COVID19 frontlines. Their services are needed now more than ever.
But they're struggling to raise what they need to serve.
Thread on why #DAFs must step up to help —nytimes.com/reuters/2020/0…
But they're struggling to raise what they need to serve.
Thread on why #DAFs must step up to help —nytimes.com/reuters/2020/0…
What's a donor-advised fund (#DAF)?
As @hasanminhaj explains—they're one of the fastest growing vehicles for charitable giving in the US.
They're appealing bc when you give to a DAF, you take the tax break now—w/out any legal requirement of $ to go to nonprofits. Indefinitely.
As @hasanminhaj explains—they're one of the fastest growing vehicles for charitable giving in the US.
They're appealing bc when you give to a DAF, you take the tax break now—w/out any legal requirement of $ to go to nonprofits. Indefinitely.
DAFs are exploding in popularity—almost *tripling* in total assets since 07.
A *huge* sum of donations go to DAFs. But unlike donations to private foundations, DAFs are *not* legally required to donate a min amount to charities—they get a tax break, w/out having to spend a dime.
A *huge* sum of donations go to DAFs. But unlike donations to private foundations, DAFs are *not* legally required to donate a min amount to charities—they get a tax break, w/out having to spend a dime.
Trump retweeted @JudicialWatch today. JW clogs the courts with conspiracy theories. @TomFitton is president of Judicial Watch, classified by the IRS as a #nonprofit. Judicial Watch pays no income tax on reported income of $127 million. Fitton makes $334K a year to shill for Trump
Here are salaries for Judicial Watch executives. They pay themselves to clog the court system with conspiracy theories on Trump's behalf. IRS tax docs here:
projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/dis… via @propublica
projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/dis… via @propublica
While Trump is tweeting about Judicial Watch today, airports are a disaster. Hotbeds for infectious spread of #coronavirus #COVIDー19
#caleg nerds who appreciate a thorough & thought-provoking cmte analysis that breaks down a wonky issue into why it really matters: I recommend Asm Judiciary's analysis of #AB1712 by @BuffyWicks for your Sun reading pleasure: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billAnal… cc @AnandWrites #DAFs👇👇
Selected excerpts from #AB1712 @BuffyWicks analysis: #DAFs: "a donor-advised fund is a form of charitable giving whereby a donor makes a charitable contribution to a fund that is managed by a fund sponsor." /1
"While the assets in the fund are technically no longer controlled by the donor, typically, the fund sponsor permits the donor to direct the sponsor’s charitable giving activities originating with the assets in the fund." #AB1712 /2
Wondering what’s happening with #socialassistance reform in Ontario?
Here’s a new report from @maytree_canada on Service Transformation in Ontario Works.
It's lengthy, so I’ve tried to capture the threads with, well, this thread🧵. #onpoli
maytree.com/publications/s…
Here’s a new report from @maytree_canada on Service Transformation in Ontario Works.
It's lengthy, so I’ve tried to capture the threads with, well, this thread🧵. #onpoli
maytree.com/publications/s…
Though the gov repealed some of its early decisions on income support, there are significant changes underway on the service delivery side, in particular changes to the employment and skills training offered to #OntarioWorks recipients that we need to pay attention to.
Hey #activists & #nonprofits!!
"A 21-second video shared by the Trump War Room Twitter account featured the dramatic scene from Marvel's 'Avengers: Endgame' in which supervillain Thanos ..."
A 20 second (!!) video + pop culture.
You doing that?
washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/12…
"A 21-second video shared by the Trump War Room Twitter account featured the dramatic scene from Marvel's 'Avengers: Endgame' in which supervillain Thanos ..."
A 20 second (!!) video + pop culture.
You doing that?
washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/12…
Actually, I'll answer my own question: No. You're probably not.
The right has gotten better at digital strategy + psychographics.
#NatSec #DataScience
The right has gotten better at digital strategy + psychographics.
#NatSec #DataScience
The left? Not so much. I lead a digital marketing firm & I regularly give talks about how to leverage pop culture for #SocialGood. Why? Because that's where the people are.
brightsightgroup.com/p/twanna-hines…
brightsightgroup.com/p/twanna-hines…
Here is a social experiment.
Will I be reported to @Twitter for using offensive and demeaning language if I use -- correctly -- the word "#niggardly" -- in a sentence?
The Hawaii Supreme Court rejected the tax assessor's approach as a niggardly construction of the statute.
Will I be reported to @Twitter for using offensive and demeaning language if I use -- correctly -- the word "#niggardly" -- in a sentence?
The Hawaii Supreme Court rejected the tax assessor's approach as a niggardly construction of the statute.
I've been reviewing decisions of the #HawaiiSupremeCourt on the question of whether #nonprofits were properly charged a #generalexcise #tax under Hawaiian law for various activities and operations that produced #income to the organization.
Courts begin (and end) their principal analysis of such issues by examining an underlying tax law, code, rule, or regulation.
#THREAD
1} My Dear Friend Geri,
With all due respect to current #NonProfits serving Refugees & Immigrants - their Branding & Messaging are #Tragically #Weak.
#OurAmericanKids🇺🇸 are BEING #SCAPEGOATED & #WE, the Liberals of #OurCountry we call the United States of America...
1} My Dear Friend Geri,
With all due respect to current #NonProfits serving Refugees & Immigrants - their Branding & Messaging are #Tragically #Weak.
#OurAmericanKids🇺🇸 are BEING #SCAPEGOATED & #WE, the Liberals of #OurCountry we call the United States of America...
2} ...get OUR #Truthful-#Propaganda #LUNCH handed to us - #EVERY #DAMNED #TIME there's a watershed political issue.
My opinion as a 25-year #Duke MBA-trained-#Strategist, is that "Dreamers" is a well-intentioned, but desperately INEFFECTIVE MONIKER for #OurAmericanKids.
My opinion as a 25-year #Duke MBA-trained-#Strategist, is that "Dreamers" is a well-intentioned, but desperately INEFFECTIVE MONIKER for #OurAmericanKids.
3} My dog #Sadie is a very #Active #Dreamer. Hitler #Dreamed about ruling an #AryanPlanet.
Un-@realDonaldTrump dreams of building a wall "SO fucking HIGH," that planes can't #LAND in #Texas without traveling 100-miles North of our Southern Border - just to pull a #giant U-ey✈️
Un-@realDonaldTrump dreams of building a wall "SO fucking HIGH," that planes can't #LAND in #Texas without traveling 100-miles North of our Southern Border - just to pull a #giant U-ey✈️
