giving from the ground up part 2
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A look at how individuals and institutions are finding new and innovative ways to give both time and money in communities.TRANSCRIPT
Giving from the Ground Up
Craigslist Foundation Bootcamp Lucy Bernholz
2010 Joe CullinaneBen Rigby
Diane Sanchez
Figure 2: The Long Tail of ReceivingDonations to large nonprofits greatly exceed donations to small nonprofits
(not to scale)
Salvation Army
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Nonprofits
Total donations received by the 147,858nonprofits with assets greater than $250,000$310.3 billion in 2008
Total donations received by the 206,751nonprofits with assets less than $250,000$18.0 billion in 2008
United Way
Source: National Center for Charitable Statistics
Assets greater than $250,000 Assets less than $250,000
Figure 1: The Long Tail of GivingDonations by the largest institutional and individual givers are
exceeded by donations from everyone else(not to scale)
Gates Foundation
Ford Foundation
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Donors
Top 400 foundations,top 60 individuals
Other foundations and individuals
Total donations by the top 400 foundationsplus the top 60 individuals givers$32.8 billion in 2008
Total donations by everyone else$274.9 billion in 2008
Sources: Foundation Center, Slate
SV2: Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund
SV2 is a partnership for giving.
www.sv2.org [email protected] 650.454.6264
Micro-VolunteeringTHE EXTRAORDINARIES, INC.
(Ben Rigby, CTO)
74% of U.S. Citizens don’t volunteer.
Most people cite a lack of time as the main reason.
Source: 2005 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Survey
Source: CNCS
GLOBALLY, WE:
GLOBALLY, WE:
Watch 1 billion YouTube videos…
GLOBALLY, WE:
Watch 1 billion YouTube videos…Spend 274 million hours on Facebook…
GLOBALLY, WE:
Watch 1 billion YouTube videos…Spend 274 million hours on Facebook…
EVERY. SINGLE. DAY.
It took ONE YEAR and SEVEN MILLION HOURS to build the
Empire State Building.
It took ONE YEAR and SEVEN MILLION HOURS to build the
Empire State Building.
With the amount of time we spend on Facebook, WE COULD BUILD 40 EMPIRE STATE BUILDINGS EVERY SINGLE DAY.
WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF HOURS
OF SPARE TIME EACH YEAR.
HOWEVER, this time comes in brief moments throughout
our daily lives.
INTRODUCING:
MICRO-VOLUNTEERING!
(small bits of time add up to something big)
• EASIER TO ENGAGE VOLUNTEERS
• MUCH LESS MANAGEMENT OVERHEAD
• MORE VALUE FROM EXISTING SUPPORTERS
KEY VALUE PROPOSITIONS FOR NONPROFITS: