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A clarion call to invest in historically Black colleges and universities

Candid

Prior to the Civil War, the education of Black Americans was prohibited in most states and discouraged in others, leaving many Black communities without access to the educational resources to build quality lives, much less wealth. Over 185 years later, HBCUs continue to be the backbone of Black America. We were so excited!

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Announcing Our First Impact Labs Cohort on Zero Hunger: Addressing Food Insecurity in the U.S.

Saleforce Nonprofit

Our latest Impact Lab cohort on climate justice built an open-source tool for climate community-based organizations to access grant funding more seamlessly with the Grants Content Kit. The cohort of Community Fellows posed provocations like: How might we leverage each other’s innovations to make accessing food more streamlined?

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14+ Excellent Nonprofit Annual Reports

Whole Whale

Based in Bangladesh, BRAC is one of the largest international development organizations in the world, and their 2018 Annual Report uses innovative design elements to present their numerous programs and initiatives in an accessible way. Donate Life America. Donate Life America helps Americans easily register to be an organ donor.

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11 Holiday Gift Programs that Benefit Nonprofits and Make the World A Better Place

Nonprofit Tech for Good

You have Internet access, a computer, a roof over your head, and likely planning some holiday shopping this year. Oxfam America Unwrapped: Unique charitable gifts that do good. If you are reading this now, then of the world’s 6.8 billion people , you are likely one of the lucky ones. Is that a legacy we want to leave behind?

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Feeding a Need: New App Helps Youth Find Free Summer Meals

Tech Soup

This means youth who had access to nutritious meals during the school year may be undernourished or hungry over the summer. The statistics on hunger in America are startling: 14.5% Millions of low-income students rely on free or low-cost school meals. But when summer vacation starts, the school meals end.

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Youth Programs Featured in TechSoup Global’s Local Impact Map

Tech Soup

It’s America's fastest growing serious developmental disability and the cost of lifelong care can be reduced by 2/3 with early diagnosis and intervention. Because computers in classrooms are so important for disabled children, they make optimum use of the accessibility features in Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office.

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The Triple Bottom Line in India: Software, Quality Education, and Early Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The teacher introduced me as a visitor from America and asked if there the children wanted to ask me any questions. How many beaches does America have? There are computers and large monitors in each classroom, Internet access, and of course, the software development. At the Sujaya School, I visited a second grade art class.

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