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Donor Spotlight: Lavelle Fund for the Blind

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

In this grantmaking area, too, The Fund was key to Bookshare’s global expansion and to our ability to better serve low-income users, in developing and developed countries alike. We first extended Bookshare services internationally in 2008 with the launch of Bookshare in India. In 2013, with the most recent (and fourth!)

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Care2 Helps in Law of the Sea Win - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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This is a huge step forward for ocean conservation and international law. July 6, 2009 | Anwalt Copyright © 2008, Care2.com Care2 was honored to play a part in this effort, in partnership with CGI, by mobilizing thousands of Care2s civically active members to send emails to their senators in support of the treaty. Nice blog.

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Every Human Has Rights: Sign the Pledge for the Elders

Have Fun - Do Good

The law is the same for everyone; it should be applied in the same way to all. December 10, 2008 will mark the 60th anniversary of the General Assembly of the United Nations' adoption of the Declaration. . • You should be legally protected in the same way everywhere, and like everyone else. •

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Our Much Improved Tech Support In TechSoup's Refurbished Computer Initiative

Tech Soup

It became a commercial company in 2008. TechSoup Global has had a long association with PCRR. Willie Cade was also involved in the creation of the Illinois Electronic Waste Recycling Act , which is the model US recycling law with a defined flow of material that is designated for reuse and refurbishment.

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Congratulations to Nonprofit Campaigners on Three Recent Victories - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

House and Senate both have passed the bill, and President Obama is expected to sign it into law on April 21st. EarthJustice: Forcing EPA to Regulate Global Warming EarthJustice in recent years has led the fight to prod the EPA to regulate greenhouse gas emissions -- as required under the Clean Air Act. Congratulations, Civic Ventures!

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$100,000 Grant: Polls Still Open in the Peace Primary - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

Also in the running and campaigning hard are (in alphabetical order) Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation; Citizens for Global Solutions, Faithful Security; Genocide Intervention Network; Global Green USA; National Religious Campaign Against Torture; and Women’s Action for New Directions. Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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Are Social Enterprises Viable Models for Funding Nonprofits?

ASU Lodestar Center

Historically, federal and state laws have viewed nonprofit and for-profit entities as mutually exclusive organizations whose work rarely, if ever, overlapped. Started in 2009 in Florida, Clean the World Foundation began as a global humanitarian organization registered as a 501(c)(3). Banks were not lending.

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