The Technology Assisted Children’s Home Prog (TACHP) serves and supports families with technology-assisted children through advocacy, education, coaching and referrals to support the provision of in-home care. TACHP needed a way to efficiently collect feedback from caregivers on the in-home care provided by nurses and decided on a mobile app solution from MilkCrate.
Read MoreAre you looking for ways to incentivize your members to stay loyal to your zoo? The MilkCrate app can help you increase your revenue while giving your members additional value to create a unique zoo experience tailored to their liking.
Read MoreWith MilkCrate’s templated app, nonprofits can transition to a mobile platform while saving hundreds of thousands of dollars. One client experienced a first year return on investment by replacing SMS with the MilkCrate app and push notifications. SMS can cost up to $2,000 a month, but with the MilkCrate app, you can do more at half the price.
Read MoreIt has been a time of major changes in all of our lives. In the last two years I got married, moved MilkCrate to be fully remote, and became a mother…
A few weeks ago I was on a webinar with a breakout room topic of “Digital Communication and Engagement for Nonprofits” - I was excited because this is what MilkCrate is all about. Imagine my surprise and a touch of disappointment when the only topics and tools being shared were social media platforms.
Read MoreInner Strength was established in 2014 to foster inner strength for outer stability in today’s youth. They provide in-school trauma-sensitive resources and whole-person wellness programs to support teens with life-changing perspectives and skillsets.
Read MoreIf “Farm Gleaning” is a new term for you, the practice is the act of harvesting excess crops directly from farmers’ fields to share with those in need. The volunteers that help harvest and distribute the surplus crops are called gleaners.
Read MoreBipartisan legislation to alter charitable gift tax laws, ensuring that philanthropic funds are made available to operating nonprofits in a timely manner, introducing the Accelerating Charitable Efforts (ACE) Act led by Senators Angus King (I-Maine) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa).
Read MoreTechnology has made it easier to expand nonprofits' reach to intended audiences and also allowed nonprofits to better market their products and services to the world. Here you will find a list we have compiled of the best free tech tools for nonprofits. This list of tools is organized into three categories: Content, Teams, and Security.
Read MoreAre you considering building an app for your nonprofit organization? Part of our job at MilkCrate, besides building a great app platform, is helping organizations assess their technology needs. So here are the questions we have seen prove incredibly useful when deciding if an app might make sense for your organization.
Read MoreAs we kick off 2021, it seems more difficult than ever to imagine what the next year will hold - especially for nonprofit organizations around the world. Candid’s team collected data to produce a range of possible futures for nonprofits -- estimating anywhere from 3%, at their most optimistic, to 38%, approximately 119,517 organizations, at the worst, will close their doors. Given that daunting outlook it’s more important now more than ever for MilkCrate to continue helping organizations reach their maximum potential AND proving it to funders. We realize that budgets are much tighter, and technology only grows increasingly important to keep nonprofits connected, organized and funded to support their mission.
Read MoreMuch has been made of Tim Cook's lambaste against Facebook. We've all had our own issues with the company over the years, ranging from having to help our parents figure out how to use it to realizing that the social media monolith is part of the reason conspiracy theories are spreading faster than science these days. As nonprofit professionals, people often find themselves relying on tools not because they're the best or share their organizational values but because they're free and familiar. This is often the case when a nonprofit creates a group for volunteers or program participants in Facebook to be able to send updates and share content. But there are some serious shortcomings with this approach that I want to review here, again some small and some much more serious.
Read MoreTaking these steps to roll out your new MilkCrate nonprofit app can make a significant difference in how well people receive the new tool and how many people start using it. This process may take longer than simply announcing a new app, but the results will be better over the long-run.
Read MoreBefore our award-winning solution was available, organizations had to choose between expensive and time-intensive custom build projects with development firms that would bill by the hour - and those projects would often take years before they could launch a stable and useful product. MilkCrate clients spend on average less than 1/10 the cost and at 1/10 the time of building an app from scratch! Our mission is to help nonprofits run better programs with transparent results by providing the most valuable and cost-effective solution for nonprofit program engagement and participation tracking.
Read MoreAccording to Pew Research Center data, smartphone access is incredibly common amongst almost every demographic including; race, gender, income, education level, and geography.
Read MoreEnter MilkCrate’s First Annual Ugly Spreadsheet Contest for a chance to win free consultative services - and a guaranteed laugh when we share all the submissions!
Read MoreAdapting to the unique needs of non-profit organizations is nothing new to the MilkCrate team. In fact, it’s what we do best: providing engagement solutions for nonprofits. Our top priority is to thoroughly understand our clients needs as they navigate bumps in the road - and 2020 has been a bumpy ride.
Read MoreThis year has been unlike any other, and in many ways that has been for negative even gut-wrenching reasons. And thankfully, some of those reasons are being addressed head on - by vaccines, legislation, elections and community service. Some of the things that I’ve witnessed that give me hope…
Read MoreWhat the world needs is a little bit more compassion and that is exactly what Jersey Cares is doing with their Senior Shopper Program.
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