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Young philanthropists use birthdays for good causes

Quoted: In recent years, there’s been “an explosion of visible, public, and digital and crowd-sourced fundraising techniques for nonprofit, philanthropic, and community efforts,” said Mary Beth Collins, executive director of the Center for Community and Nonprofit Studies at UW-Madison.

“Every time we turn on the TV, watch a sporting event, go to the grocery store, and go on social media, we see information about worthy causes and ways that we can pitch in,” Collins said.