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Craigslist Foundation Bootcamp 2009

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Enjoyed my day in Berkeley yesterday at the Craigslist Foundation Bootcamp 2009. They had more than 1000 folks show up to talk about service, nonprofits and social action. I thought Arianna Huffington did a good job as the opening keynoter hitting on the service theme. Announcing All For Good was a big piece of the event, of course.

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Receiving the 2011 CASE Award for Enterprising Social Innovation

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CASE launched the ESI Award in 2009, and Benetech is proud to join the company of past award recipients. This landscape, named by scholars as the “new social economy,” is being dramatically reshaped by recent trends in the social sector that have led to a blurring of the distinctions between business, nonprofit, and government organizations.

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10X: CEO’s Update: Spring 2014

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This is especially true given that so many nonprofit and humanitarian groups are collecting private information that, even though intended to help, could inadvertently put the vulnerable populations they serve at risk of harm from repressive regimes, organized crime, and increasingly corporations.

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Zerodivide seeks new board members

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ZeroDivideâ„¢ Board of Directors Position Description ZeroDivide is seeking candidates for its Board of Directors to serve for a three-year term commencing on February 1, 2009. Entrepreneurship At ZeroDivide, we fund nonprofit organizations that employ new models of economic sustainability.

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Reply Comments on the Proposed Treaty for Access to Copyrighted Works

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December 4, 2009 Benetech’s Reply Comments in response to the Copyright Office Notice of Inquiry and Request for Comments on the Topic of Facilitating Access to Copyrighted Works for the Blind or Other Persons With Disabilities The issue all comes down to human rights vs. money.

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The Story in the Numbers

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As a nonprofit, different types of funding fuel our work. This, in part, is why a nonprofit’s financial statements can raise significant questions about its financial story. As with multi-year grants, this created an illusory surplus in 2008 and contributed to an illusory deficit of over $500,000 in each of the years 2009 through 2011.

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My Latest President's Update

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Summer 2009 Our growth over the last year has been so phenomenal that I wanted to use this summer update to highlight some of the great people working for Benetech: our interns, summer associates and fellows. Benetech has given Stan access to the nonprofit world and allowed him to gain more experience in marketing.