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Indian American Giving in Silicon Valley

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Indian American Giving in Silicon Valley : The Silicon Valley Community Foundation recently published a research paper on the philanthropy within the Indian American community of Silicon Valley. The report looks at the roots of giving in India, a history of the Indian American community in the U.S. and then describes the vision and values of Indian American philanthropists in Silicon Valley.

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Attendees at Austin's SXSW Interactive give big - Austin Business Journal

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Attendees at Austin's SXSW Interactive give big - Austin Business Journal : Convio Inc. (Nasdaq: CNVO), an Austin-based fundraising technology company, conducted a survey of SXSW Interactive participants and found more than 87 percent of attendees donate to charity. The top giving categories for the interactive crowd includes children, disaster relief, faith-based and human and social services.

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Online Donations Bring the Middle East and Africa Closer to American Donors | Wamda.com

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Online Donations Bring the Middle East and Africa Closer to American Donors | Wamda.com : The good news is this figure has also been steadily increasing in the last few years. The knock-on effect is that regions far away from the U.S., such as the Middle East and Africa, could potentially benefit if the Internet can help bring international causes closer to American donors.

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Amicus Wants To Socialize Nonprofit Fundraising And Outreach, Raises $580K Itself | TechCrunch

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Amicus Wants To Socialize Nonprofit Fundraising And Outreach, Raises $580K Itself | TechCrunch : You can see Amicus’ founders demonstrate the product in the video below, but the basic idea is that fundraising phone calls and emails are a lot more effective when they come from someone you know. If you’ve ever been contacted by some random person asking you to donate to a good cause, you can probably relate.

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Charity e-petition reaches 100,000 signatures - Civil Society - Finance - News - providing news and in-depth coverage of charities, voluntary organisations and not-for-profits

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Charity e-petition reaches 100,000 signatures - Civil Society - Finance - News - providing news and in-depth coverage of charities, voluntary organisations and not-for-profits : An e-petition calling on the government to return the VAT on fuel payments for air ambulances is the first such petition to gain more than 100,000 signatures, making it eligible for debate in Parliament.

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massnonprofit.org :: : Recommendations—summarized in a report titled Unleashing Innovation: Using Everyday Technology to Improve Nonprofit Services researched and written for MAP for Nonprofits, a management consultancy, by Idealware, which advises nonprofits on software decisions—were based on a survey of Minnesota human service nonprofits and detailed follow-up interviews.

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Survey Yields Suggestions for Nonprofits’ Use of Technology

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massnonprofit.org :: : Survey Yields Suggestions for Nonprofits’ Use of Technology March 16, 2012 — Nonprofits can take better advantage of available technologies to improve the services they deliver and the ways they deliver them, according to a recently completed assessment of 180 nonprofits. Recommendations—summarized in a report titled Unleashing Innovation: Using Everyday Technology to Improve Nonprofit Services researched and written for MAP for Nonprofits, a management consultancy, by Ide

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