sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Operating reserves provide an internal financial safety net when day-to-day operating cash flow is low, unreliable, or if reimbursable grant payments are coming late. This thought has led nonprofits to shy away from building up their cash because it might weaken their position in grant applications.

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Qgiv

MAY 26, 2021

Achieve was founded in 2008 and started off working in the nonprofit sector primarily in research, strategy, and fundraising. Given that they were the children of the financial crisis of 2008-2009, they didn’t have the income to support significant giving. Qgiv has been fortunate to make wonderful friends over the years.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 19, 2008

Here are the results for the 2008 Innovator Awards: Advocacy campaign or program. Offer $100k grant to organization with the most votes in their "Peace Primary". Each year, at the annual Convio Summit, Convio honors a few of their clients who have pushed the envelope with their online campaigns. Online Fundraising Campaign or Program.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 29, 2011

It provides an overview of the size and scope of philanthropic activities in our state, based on 2008 IRS data. Total grants made by all Arizona-based grantmaking entities (including corporate foundations) in 2008 amounted to a bit more than $653 million, with 72% ($470 million) going to Arizona nonprofits. How's our blogging?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2015

Twelve years ago, the Fund made its first grant to Benetech, in support of the then newly launched Bookshare , our accessible online library for people with disabilities that get in the way of reading print, including visual impairments and dyslexia. This pilot paved the way for our work in the education field.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Here are the results for the 2008 Innovator Awards: Advocacy campaign or program Honorable Mention: National Parks Conservation Association Winner: Freepress for their StopBigMedia.com campaign Over 200,000 comments sent to the FCC and Senate and overturned and FCC ruling to block monopolies in media companies. All rights reserved.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 24, 2010

They also offer free advertising to nonprofits through their Google Grants Program. Flickr partnered with TechSoup in 2008 to launch Flickr for Good. They also offer a tech-centric Facebook Fellowship Program for Ph.D. 2) Google/YouTube. Google donated $1,000,000 to Haiti. A complete list of the services can be found at Google.org.

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NetWits

JUNE 9, 2011

Will funding come in the form of grants, traditional event revenue, donations, or something more radical? billion in 2008, the council’s fourth annual “Run Walk Ride Thirty” study reports. According to stats from the RUN. conference of 2010 [1] the top thirty “ thon ” (i.e. The collective $133.9

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2012

Last conducted in 2008, this study of primarily US foundations found that there was little to no change in the degree to which grantmakers incorporated practices deemed important to the success of grantees. The survey can help convince trustees who, for example, still object to the idea of making grants for general operating support.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Guest Post By Heather McLeod Grant. Silicon Valley philanthropy is increasing: Individual giving rose 150 percent between 2008 and 2013, from $1.9 Creating Healthy Nonprofits in Silicon Valley. Why are Silicon Valley community-based nonprofits struggling to meet demand, and having a hard time maintaining their organizational health?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 10, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology My Theory of Practice July 10, 2008 I finally had the reason to begin to more completely articulate my theory of practice. My theory of practice is different than my consulting philosophy. 2 admin 07.11.08

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 1, 2007

In general, it seems like most models depend on some sort of up-front funding, whether it be an investment or a grant, to fund the initial writing of a large amount of content. I was the note-taker for the session, and I feel like there are a lot of great ideas out there.

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Robert Weiner

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

Sarah granted me permission to share her findings with the world. The information below was current as of December 15, 2008. In September 2007 M:Metrics, a mobile advertising analysis firm, observed, "[W]hile the volume of SMS ads is lowest in the United States, with only 17.2

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 5, 2020

Because nonprofit organizations rely so heavily on the ability to connect to local communities in order to generate precious donations and grants, it is vital to their continued relevancy as change-agents to be able to connect to diverse communities. in History from Arizona State University in 2008 and earned an M.A. He earned a B.A.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

In part one of this post, I discussed the first steps the National Women’s Law Center took when we initially received our Google Grant, and some of the challenges we faced getting started. Today, I’ll go into more detail on how we’ve maximized the use of our grant, and some of the benefits we’ve seen from it.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 20, 2015

In 2008, we were the first customer of Samasource as they were getting started. Carol shared that they had received an Impact Sourcing grant from the Rockefeller Foundation and scaled up their capacity. We go way back with her firm. Samasource connected us with Daproim in Nairobi to proofread books for our Bookshare project.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 30, 2011

He will also talk about how a GrantStation membership can provide you with full access to the website, including a searchable database of thousands of private, corporate, and international grantmakers, as well as a list of current federal grant programs. Just who is Jeremy Smith?

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 8, 2013

The latest Chronicle of Philanthropy survey of American corporate giving essentially finds that companies are still giving out cash grants, but are putting more energy into product or in-kind philanthropy. For instance, 2006 saw a surge in corporate giving , while the recession year of 2008 had a gloomy giving outlook. percent in 2012.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 19, 2013

Granted, this is an audacious goal, but Majora’s unique approach to urban renewal has already led to successful revitalization initiatives in her native South Bronx, N.Y., Majora Carter is on a quest to save the world one community at a time. and she’s well underway bringing positive change to many more communities.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 13, 2007

Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. (In Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

I even remember writing a grant to some federal agency that probably no longer exists to help create a local infrastructure to get nonprofits online. It was, at the time, the only affordable way to do it – there was no broadband, and a T1 was far outside of the realm of affordability for nonprofits. When was that?

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 19, 2018

Like many years in the past, 2017 continued to bring significant change to the way foundations approach their grantmaking, collaborate with each other, collaborate with their grant partners, collaborate with the public and private sectors and how they are utilizing technology and data to drive their strategy forward.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 13, 2020

America has a long and rich history of national service, often turning to it as a powerful lever in times of crisis, as it did after 9/11, Hurricane Katrina and the Great Recession of 2008. Now should be no different. A massive expansion of service is required to meet today’s challenges.

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Tech Soup

JULY 5, 2012

After foundation endowments and many corporations were battered by the 2008 recession, the buzz moved away from grantseeking as a viable long-term income source. Those stories have translated into powerful case statements and proposals that have led to multi-million dollar grants from the nation's largest funders.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 8, 2019

Since 2008, SEFCU’s Community Support Program has helped more than seven million people within its branch footprint – which includes upstate New York’s Capital Region, Binghamton, Syracuse and Buffalo areas – through funding vital nonprofit organizations. Monitor outcome progress throughout the grant term. with more than $3.7

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 18, 2007

Of course, we all know that many of these patents were dubious to begin with – UI and business process patents that had no business being granted to anyone in the first place. &# Microsoft this week has started saber-rattling against Linux and other open source projects, by suggesting that they infringe on 235 patents that they hold.

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Care2

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

Today, I’ll go into more detail on how we’ve maximized the use of our grant, and some of the benefits we’ve seen from it. Today, I’ll go into more detail on how we’ve maximized the use of our grant, and some of the benefits we’ve seen from it. What tips do you have for optimizing your Google Grant?

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sgEngage

JUNE 22, 2011

Total charitable giving has increased in current dollars in every year since tracking began in 1954 with the exception of three: 1987, 2008, and 2009. Family foundations provided approximately 48% of all grants by independent, community, and operating foundations in 2010. seen in 2000 and 2005. and Linda H.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 19, 2016

Ushahidi got its start in early 2008. Founder Erik Hersman and a group of fellow Kenyan bloggers were frustrated by the lack of accurate information or media coverage of the violence surrounding the 2008 Kenyan election. Ushahidi entered our legendary third NetSquared Mashup Challenge in Santa Clara, California in May 2008.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 10, 2005

At the same time as the patent office is granting business method patents that everyone knows have tons of prior art, they are busy rejecting trademarks, based on who knows what, exactly. Case in point: the organization " Dykes on Bikes " was denied a trademark of their name because the word "dyke" was vulgar.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 11, 2013

With the recent scarcity of grant funding, excellent program evaluation practices are becoming a distinguishing element of effective and grant-competitive nonprofit organizations. Funders are increasingly conditioning grants upon the delivery of specific measures. As part of a. inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 29, 2012

In 2008, Will was named a John D. MacArthur Foundation Fellow, a "genius grant," only the second farmer ever to be so honored. He is now the CEO of Growing Power , an organization that develops community food systems. and Katherine T.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 14, 2009

We also have a few major grants to continue working on this integration stuff, expanding it to include other complimentary services such as online advocacy and more. Jon Stahl – I never thought of applying for grants to get this project done. I’d love to see similar code released for Drupal. 10 Tompkins Spann 01.23.09

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2009

You also ignore my argument about the 2008 security audits of Drupal that resulted in numerous vulnerability reports, but more on that later. Tagged as: CMS , drupal , idealware , plone , security { 1 trackback } Confluence: Office of the CTO 04.13.09 at 1:55 pm { 7 comments… read them below or add one } 1 David Strauss 04.03.09

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

At Omidyar Network there’s been an effort to write proposals for 9 $5,000 grants. Technorati Tags: media , opensource , economics , peer2peer { 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 John Powers 11.16.06 at 2:54 pm Just checking in to say how much I enjoy your blog. I found it through Beth’s Blog.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 5, 2022

We did a survey of hundreds of professionals during the 2008 and 2009 downturn, and found that often wasn’t the case. For example, if a company leverages other philanthropic efforts, such as grants, and seeks out organizations in those cause areas, they create additional touch points. LG: Definitely.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2013

Department of Commerce (NTIA) stimulus grants in 2008 and 2009 and so it has had no government funding and has been struggling to successfully get off the ground. How the Project Got Going. The project just had it's national launch fairly recently.

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