Candid

OCTOBER 1, 2021

170 million in challenge grants for low-income, undocumented students. September 30, 2021 The Schuler Education Foundation has awarded a first round of challenge grants totaling $170 million to five colleges in support of financial aid for low-income and/or undocumented students. A weekly update with the latest news from PND.

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The Nerdy NonProfit

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Students with limited resources can benefit tremendously from remote classroom access by educational nonprofits. A mere nine percent of children from America’s most low-income families graduate – this is compared to 77 percent from the wealthiest families. Interactive games. Affordable resource for interaction.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 12, 2021

Tech solutions combined with forward-thinking, inspired, and innovative community leaders like Gita Rampersad, vice president of healthcare partnerships and nutrition at Feeding America, and Dr. Kyla Johnson-Trammell, superintendent of Oakland Unified School District (OUSD), offer a model for how to tackle complex issues.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 11, 2021

It’s being re-published today in honor of International Day of the Girl to highlight Malala Fund’s important work around education for girls. For many students, these school closures could mean the end of their formal education. Syrian refugees and Lebanese students learn for free. . . This is especially true for girls.

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Everyaction

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

DACA paved the way for these children of immigrants to obtain work authorization and relief from deportation, enabling them to go on to universities and build careers and families. For those currently in the program, their work permits and legal status will begin expiring March 2018. Check out more of their amazing work.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Because there’s too much work to be done! How hard is your nonprofit working? Here are signs your work may be in the danger (red) or caution (yellow) zone, rather than full speed ahead (green) zone: Your budget has stayed the same for quite some time, or it has shrunk. This has never been the case. First, assess where you are.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

In what is known as the “ braille provision ,” the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) of 2004 mandates that the teams who help write educational plans for students with disabilities presume that all blind and visually impaired children should be taught Braille unless it is determined to be inappropriate.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2008

I launched a bloggers campaign as part of the Sharing Foundation's America Giving Challenge. The children sat at their desks, quietly writing the khmer letters on their little chalk boards. The children sat at their desks, quietly writing the khmer letters on their little chalk boards. I want to mention a few recent posts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 2, 2012

One of the first schools was launched in Bangalore, catering to working parents in its technology industry who are seeking high quality pre-school. The profits from the daycare support the school. The teacher introduced me as a visitor from America and asked if there the children wanted to ask me any questions.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2014

Millions of low-income students rely on free or low-cost school meals. And there's a new free mobile app called Range that helps libraries, nonprofits, faith-based organizations, and others working with youth locate those free meal sites this summer. The statistics on hunger in America are startling: 14.5% That's 3.9

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2012

…more likely to be literate, healthy and survive into adulthood, as are her children. She is working two jobs, one is at the Bamboo Indochine store at the airport. …more likely to reinvest her income back into her family, community and country. …more likely to understand her rights and be a force for change.

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Did you know that actively disengaged employees cost the organizations they work for $483-$605 billion per year ? Plus, 71% of employees say it’s important to them to work at a company that contributes to nonprofits, demonstrating that corporate giving programs can help businesses retain their employees.

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

By far, the biggest set of stories are the ones from organizations that serve youth and children. Support for Autistic Children in the U.S. One that jumped out at me is the work that Anderson Center for Autism (ACA) in Staatsburg, New York is doing. Here is just a sampling of what we have collected so far.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 25, 2021

If the answer is “not too upset” and you don’t want to cease to exist, you’ve got some work to do! . Here’s how you can start this critical work. . In the Broadway musical “Hamilton,” Alexander Hamilton sings about who he and America are meant to be. Like America, he is “young, scrappy, and hungry.” Dream bigger. .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 15, 2007

She earns a monthly wage working for the Sharing Foundation 's Sewing Project, a vocational program run by the Foundation that trains young women so they can earn a sustainable living wage with a home-based sewing business or a better paying job in Cambodia???s The selected students are paid from their first day in sewing school.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2012

By far, the biggest set of stories are the ones from organizations that serve youth and children. Support for Autistic Children in the U.S. One that jumped out at me is the work that Anderson Center for Autism (ACA). It’s America's fastest growing serious developmental disability.

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

nonprofits like Teach for America take on the hard work of rebuilding and reinventing education in places where schools have failed or where dropout rates among low-income children are very high. They’re now to the point where each student has access to an individual computer workstation during classes.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 5, 2022

Any area of the company that would be directly impacted had a seat at the table, connecting purpose and strategy to the people working in the stores. “We Employees in our stores, in our mail rooms, and in finance — they should all be able to see how their work is helping people on their path to better health.”.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 9, 2008

So, in Hong Kong and in Beijing we saw sensory stimulation rooms for these children. These were quite familiar to folks like Frank Simpson of the Lavelle School in New York and Miki Jordan of the Junior Blind of America in Los Angeles. We enjoyed getting a chance to chat with a couple of the students who were impressively fluent.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 10, 2015

In a country that generally prides itself on offering the opportunity for everyone to succeed, one in four children grow up without learning to read. Pamela began by homeschooling her own children, and then transitioning into a leadership role in the charter schools of northern Ohio. Not every student can be reached in person.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 11, 2006

They typically run out of steam when the funding runs out, assuming they worked at all. I had just read a paper about the LINCOS project in Central America, so this was fresh in my mind. This school is run by an NGO (a nonprofit) and provides free education to children who come from disadvantaged backgrounds.

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Cloud 4 Good

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Riley Children’s Foundation serves as the fundraising arm of Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health and the founding organization that opened Riley Hospital in 1924. Not only does this save the operations team time, but it also allows the development team to quickly retrieve information themselves without having to work through IT.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

nonprofits like Teach for America take on the hard work of rebuilding and reinventing education in places where schools have failed or where dropout rates among low-income children are very high. They’re now to the point where each student has access to an individual computer workstation during classes.

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Tech Soup

MAY 15, 2012

More than 15 million children. Idle unsupervised children of all ages can really get in to trouble. Idle unsupervised children of all ages can really get in to trouble. After school programs do important nonprofit work, and it is largely a non-commercial field. YouthBuild Boston's Work.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2015

Over the past year, we've been doing TechSoup Impact stories about nonprofits, churches, and libraries doing great work with TechSoup product donations. million people through national media outreach, including an appearance on "Good Morning America." Here are the ones we especially liked from the past year!

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Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

In early education, children learn the fundamentals of reading and writing in order to communicate, collaborate, and contribute in the world. Libraries, nonprofits, and schools are already working hard to teach digital skills and competency, but they need support of the entire community to help people thrive in the technology age.

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Tech Soup

JULY 13, 2015

The Mary Ball Washington Museum and Library (MBWML) was established in 1958 and named to honor the mother of America's first president. The library gets a mix of both general public visitors looking up family history as well as graduate students, writers, historians, and other professionals. Celebrating a Region Rich with History.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

Since I was a first year college student at UC Berkeley, I have been working with students and schools in low-income communities and have grown increasingly aware of how educational disparities keep children from reaching their potential. Tell me about you Education is my passion.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 29, 2008

My friend Beth Kanter, of Beth's Blog , is working hard to win $50,000 for the Sharing Foundation by January 31, 2008 as part of the Case Foundation's America's Giving Challenge. Beth is on the Board of the Foundation, and she and her husband have two children, Harry and Sara, who were adopted as orphans from Cambodia.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

The weekend event was organized by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy , Code for America , Random Hacks of Kindness , and many other organizations and companies. The diverse crowd, made up of students, activists, government employees, and librarians, worked on datasets presented by the U.S. Leonard Library.

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CauseVox

OCTOBER 11, 2021

This guide will help you to outline and develop a year-end fundraising campaign that works for your organization and your donors, specifically curated to your needs in 2021. SOS Children’s Villages Illinois acquired 75% of their new donors for the entire year with their year-end peer-to-peer fundraising campaign.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 13, 2008

Wanna Kahn is a Cambodian college student studying engineering in Vietnam. He's working on his thesis and a little stressed. Meanwhile, I am so proud that he put the Sharing Foundation's America's Giving Challenge widget on his blog. Meet Wanna. I've know Wanna virtually for over three years. any advice to offer him?

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 23, 2009

According to the article, the Zoo Boise has a Poop of the Month calendar that features different species and their feces. Cross-posted from BlogHer.com.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2007

Here's how it works. 826 National is a family of seven nonprofit organizations dedicated to helping students, ages 6-18, with expository and creative writing. Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America , founded in June 2004, is the nation's first and largest group dedicated to the Troops and Veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 11, 2020

Q: What led you to working in higher education? A: What “led” me to working in higher education and “why” I’ve remained in the field have two different answers. I am deeply blessed to come to work every day believing, at a deep level, that I am contributing to the lives of others. My how time flies! That is satisfying to me.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Hesitancy to work in customer-facing jobs during a global pandemic, homeschooling children who are still learning virtually, and the unequal burden that falls on women to keep a household functioning when seemingly nothing else is, are all good explanations for why many aren’t returning to work. Still, students are strapped.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 2, 2005

Having managed adult volunteers to work with the young people in Streetside Stories workshops for many years, I know what a difference adult tutors and mentors can make in a young person's life and I appreciate Daniel's creating an online space for them to nework and share experiences. The answer is simple, but powerful.

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