Wiser.org Blog

Following Wiser.org‘s successful end of year fundraising campaign, we spent time collecting surveys from donors and talking with fundraisers to identify important takeaways for future campaigns. We’ve managed to boil it down to our top 8 fundraising lessons, which we hope other nonprofits might find useful in their own fundraising efforts. 1.  Leverage the talents [...]

We did it!  We reached – and surpassed – our goal of $30,000 and will receive our matching grant for a grand total of $60,000. Our year-end fundraising campaign was a success! Thank you so much for your amazing generosity of time, spirit, expertise, and personal donations this year.  Wiser.org relies heavily on individual donors, [...]

A special note from Peggy Duvette, Wiser.org Executive Director: Dear friends and colleagues, The beginning of 2013 is just around the corner, and 100′s of amazing people have been sharing their support for Wiser.org’s work… but we are really going to need your help to reach our goal of $30,000 and support our collaborative nonprofit [...]

Bar none, the #1 complaint about the original movie – The Story of Stuff – is that it was long on problems but short on solutions. Maybe you yourself got to the end of the movie and wondered, “alright Annie, now what?” Well, this coming spring they’ve got the answer! Over the last several weeks, Annie Leonard and her [...]

Have you ever taken the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) test? It’s an assessment of one’s personality type based on the psychological theories of renowned psychologist Carl Jung, who believed that humans behave is very consistent ways that are based on how an individual innately uses their perception and judgment. The test results in 4 out [...]

Most of us don’t think of our savings accounts or monthly loan payments as a luxury. But for over half the world’s population who cannot access formal banks, that’s exactly what these financial services are. In the 1980s, economist Muhummad Yunus found out just how catastrophic going “unbanked” really is. Yunus’ research revealed that all [...]

With the capability to create so many incredible technologies for consumers (smartphones, interactive TV, apps, etc.), the world needs the same brilliant minds creating low tech solutions for those lacking access to basic needs, such as clean water, healthcare, housing and energy resources. That is why the Siemens Stiftung launched the “empowering people.Award” competition at [...]