Nonprofits on the Classy Platform Are On Track to Raise Over $900 Million in 2020, Amidst Pandemic
In the face of COVID-19 s impact on the economy and record-breaking unemployment rates, generous donors showed up in big ways for the social sector
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SAN DIEGO, Dec. 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ Despite the challenges of 2020,
Classy, creator of world-class online fundraising software for nonprofits, revealed that nonprofit organizations on its platform are on track to collectively raise over
$900 million for social good in 2020, with the biggest giving day of the year, December 31, still to come. This year has already been the largest fundraising year on the platform to date.
CERFLUX Announces Breast Cancer Research Foundation of Alabama Award
Share Article BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (PRWEB) December 18, 2020 CerFlux, creators of an advanced personalized medicine solutions to identify the most efficient and effective cancer treatments for each patient on an individualized basis, announced today the receipt of a $50,000 Breast Cancer Research Foundation of Alabama (BCRFA) grant to help fund new imaging technology at the CerFlux lab in downtown Birmingham.
This imaging technology will provide the added efficiency critical for processing breast cancer tumor specimens in the CerFlux Personalized Oncology Efficacy Test (POET). The personalized medicine approach at the heart of POET addresses the critical, urgent, and unmet need for accessible and affordable predictive tools that identify optimal systemic therapy regimens and eliminate ineffective options. By providing an individualized treatment pla
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AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ In honor of December s month of giving, leading lifestyle organization brand, EC Design, parent company of Erin Condren, announced giveback totals for 2020 reaching almost half of a million dollars in monetary and product donations. The brand donated $225,000 in financial contributions and over $250,000 in product donations to a variety of non-profits dedicated to social justice, education, first responders, cancer research, and many more. This year has been a challenging one for so many. Along with the challenges presented by 2020, have also come opportunities to step up and make a difference. As a brand, it became extremely clear that it was our responsibility to give back wherever and whenever we could, in ways both large and small, said Tonia Misvaer, Erin Condren CEO. These giveback and social justice initiatives are core to what the Erin Condren brand stands for and are an important part
$60,000 given to child kidney cancer research at Hormel Institute
(Left to right): Dr. Liang Liu, Dr. Rendong Yang, Gail Dennison, Dr. Sergio Gradilone, Elizabeth Fedie, Brenda Potach, Dr. Kurt Potach, Dr. Robert Clarke, Dr. Leena Hilakivi-Clarke
Karl Potach Foundation has given the Institute over $700,000 since 2008.
Posted: Dec 15, 2020 12:14 PM
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AUSTIN, Minn. – The Karl Potach Foundation has giving $60,000 to The Hormel Institute for Wilms’ tumor research.
“We were not able to have our normal golf tournament and live auction, so we did not expect to be able to gift this amount at all,” says Dr. Kurt Potach. He and his wife Brenda lost their son Karl to Wilms Tumor in 1997 and friends, family members and the community turned the August “Karl’s Tourney” into a major cancer research fundraiser for 23 years. “This donation to further research is a reflection of our generous friends and community who made this happen, even during COVID-19 an