Philanthropy: "love of humanity" in the sense of caring, nourishing, developing and enhancing "what it is to be human" on both the benefactors' (by identifying and exercising their values in giving and volunteering) and beneficiaries' (by benefiting) parts.
Instances of philanthropy commonly overlap with instances of charity, though not all charity is philanthropy, or vice versa. The difference commonly cited is that charity relieves the pains of social problems, whereas philanthropy attempts to solve those problems at their root causes (the difference between giving a hungry person a fish, and teaching them how to fish). A person who practices philanthropy is called a philanthropist.
There were multiple forms of printed and verbal communication used to spread the word about social causes. With the advent of the web, it became easier to inform the entire world of any causes of which one felt passionately.
There were newspapers, advertisements (print, radio, television), and word-of-mouth. Some churches might let their members know about some charity work they planned to do. Individuals may have gone door-to-door, or stood on the street or in a park, giving a speach about anything they deemed important.
The web has created easier access for people looking for new social causes to back, as well as helping these causes and organizations find new supporters. It is a new world for fundraising!
Rather than relying on the people you can reach in-person, the web has access to billions of people around the world, who can help fund your causes. There is no longer a barrier due to distance between people and the places these cause call home. You can look at issues all around the world in just moments.
1) 41% of nonprofits attribute their social media success to having developed a detailed social media strategy.
2) 47% of Americans learn about causes via social media and online channels.
3) Animals, children, and health & wellness are the most shared and talked about causes on social media.
4) 56% of those that support nonprofits on the Social Web confirm that compelling storytelling is what motivates them to take action on behalf of nonprofits.
5) 55% of those who engage with nonprofits via social media have been inspired to take further action.
6) 57% of Facebook Fans “Like” a charity on Facebook because they want to publicly display their support of the nonprofit to their friends.
7) 43% of Facebook Fans “Unlike” a charity on Facebook because they posted too often.
8) For every 1,000 e-newsletter subscriber, nonprofits have 149 Facebook Fans.
9) The number of followers nonprofits have on Twitter grew by 264% s in 2012.
10) In an average peer-to-peer fundraising campaign, 15-18% of donations are referred directly from Facebook.
11) The average social media donation is $59 and growing each year.
12) Using Twitter during fundraising events can result in 10X more money raised online.
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