Author: Tim Stirrup
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The Power of the Sustainability Fund
Creating Long-Term Impact with Your Donations Transforming Donations into Lasting Impact: Imagine a world where your donations provide immediate relief while also creating a lasting legacy. This vision is the heart of Better Giving’s Sustainability Fund. Through a carefully managed investment portfolio, we enable nonprofits to grow their resources and amplify their impact over…
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Better Giving Nonprofit Spotlight: Community Action for Sustainable Development Sierra Leone
We caught up with Brima Kabbah, the Executive Director of Community Action for Sustainable Development Sierra Leone, to discuss how digital or online giving has played a part in aiding the nonprofit with their fundraising and finances. What’s your role, and how did you/the charity get involved with digital or online giving? As the Executive…
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Is an endowment a realistic or even a good idea for a nonprofit? Big or small? And how can the Sustainability Fund help?
In the realm of philanthropy, nonprofits of all sizes strive to make a meaningful and lasting impact and the Better Giving Sustainability Fund is just one way more impact can be made, for more time! Let’s dig in. . While the primary focus often lies on fundraising and immediate needs, it is crucial for nonprofits,…
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Revolutionizing Giving: The Space Ape Society and Better Giving
How The Space Ape Society’s NFT community is revolutionizing giving and transforming lives with Angel Giving charitable donations. The Space Ape Society (TSAS) and their subcommunities, Crowned Space Apes (CSA) and Space Ape Cowboyz, have shown the power of the NFT space by using their project and community to create life-changing impact. As an essential…
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Impact and Innovation: Angel Giving’s April nonprofit newsletter.
Spring has sprung! (well, for some at least…) In the Northern Hemisphere, spring is here – and spring is all about new beginnings. Plants are transformed from apparently lifeless roots under the ground to green shoots of life, or colourful buds that dot trees. Lambs and calves gambol in the fields and the strange warmth…
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Angel Giving’s first nonprofit newsletter!
Welcome to Angel Giving’s first newsletter! OK, maybe not exactly the first we have ever written, but definitely the first as Angel Giving! Hopefully, you will have seen that the endowments for nonprofits & fundraising marketplace activities historically carried out through Angel Protocol have been rebranded to Angel Giving, which is a prime example of…
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Yellow Boat of Hope Foundation: How donating through Angel Giving makes a real impact to nonprofits
In times of hardship and disaster, the power of human connection and compassion shines brightest. We are proud to share the inspiring story of how the Yellow Boat of Hope Foundation, with the generous support of a $500,000 grant from the Angel Protocol Endowment, has brought hope and renewal to communities devastated by Super Typhoon…
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Angel Giving: New name – MORE impact
Angel Protocol launched in 2021. Since then, more than 160 nonprofits have benefitted to the tune of over $2.5m and as we launch Angel Giving, our hope is for a future where simplicity is key. Where donors and nonprofits build a longer, more engaged relationship and where endowments reduce the strain of building a long term financial…
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Blockchain transaction fees: The full story!
What are Blockchain transaction fees? These are a small amount of cryptocurrency that is required to be paid to the network in order for a transaction to be processed and confirmed. These fees are necessary to prevent spam and ensure that the network is able to process transactions in a timely manner. One example of…
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Surveillance Philanthropy: Advancing Nonprofit Transparency
Blockchain giving and surveillance philanthropy: Challenges and opportunities Blockchain technology is reshaping the way nonprofits conduct business. Blockchain participants represent a new donor pool that could prove attractive as a potential revenue source. According to a Fidelity survey, 45 percent of cryptocurrency investors donated $1,000 or more to charity in 2020—compared to 33 percent of…
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Update from the front line: Stories from Ukraine.
We have some news from the front line in Ukraine. Third Wave Volunteers are one of the charities benefitting from donations made earlier this year. The following, sent over a few days, can now be released as it is less sensitive than at the actual time. “We were with a local mayor who was captured…
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Angel Giving
“Win and help win.” These words — one of our touchstones at Angel Protocol — explain our approach to corporate social responsibility (CSR). Thus far in the 21st century, CSR has been more about unenforceable commitments (witness the numerous pledges to be carbon neutral by 2050). In the triple bottom line of “people-planet-profit”, profit continues…