Kindful

MARCH 5, 2021

As we celebrate Women’s History Month, honoring the countless contributions women have made and continue to make in our country and around the world, it’s important to recognize the many organizations whose focus and missions revolve around helping women. Activities can be local, regional, or, in some instances, statewide.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Our Time (Facebook) is a nonprofit dedicated to youth empowerment through the voting process. ClassTalk was made through Code for America , a nonprofit that connects app developers with civic leaders to solve city problems. Youth APPLab is a Washington, DC-based organization that helps high school students build their own Android apps.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 8, 2013

Bank of America ($222 million cash). In the case of Microsoft, their current mission is youth empowerment. They are looking for a handful of charities like Boys & Girls Clubs of America that can make a big impact. In developing a prospect list of potential corporate donors start locally. Chevron ($262 million cash).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

I’ve had a lot of experience with online contests, both as a participant (winner) and working two reflection papers for the Case Foundation ‘s America’s Giving Challenge. Some tips to build capacity and benefiting from a fundraising contest: Get organized both online and offline. Designate a cheer leader.

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Tech Soup

MAY 11, 2015

They're also a useful way for nonprofits to connect with local developers if they're interested in building an app. This project began as a Code for America project in Detroit. The data was compiled using service information from San Francisco homeless organizations. Data Collecting and Mapping. Referral Services.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 8, 2013

Bank of America ($222 million cash). In the case of Microsoft, their current mission is youth empowerment. They are looking for a handful of charities like Boys & Girls Clubs of America that can make a big impact. In developing a prospect list of potential corporate donors start locally. Chevron ($262 million cash).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2010

Elevate America a workforce development program, that provides one million vouchers for Microsoft e-learning courses and select certification exams at no cost to recipients. Take for example deploying 200 sensors throughout the Brazilian rainforest to measure and visualize the effects of climate change.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 29, 2015

We are unapologetic about focusing local. Focusing local helps us define our community by identity. We have partnered with the county-wide community assessment project to learn more about the demographics, interests, and needs of local residents. Let’s start with empowerment. We bond with people who are like us.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

Grantees will engage in peer discussions about integrating social media effectively into their communications strategies and will learn from each other – from challenges and missteps as much as from accomplishments and wins – so success means organizations sharing both. Grantee organizations will measure what matters.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 15, 2010

rootwork : In terms of #s, the easiest things to measure (FB fans, Twitter followers, web hits) seem least useful in online organizing. engagejoe : Hmm…What about ‘using webby tools 2 organize ppl for impact on an array of issues, w/the goal of creating real world change?’ Specific goals help focus.

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Cloud 4 Good

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Cloud for Good has helped thousands of organizations create transformational value through the Salesforce platform. The company took intentional steps to ensure that our award-winning Salesforce consulting services were provided to the organizations most in need of the technology to help improve the communities they serve.

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Media Cause

JUNE 16, 2022

Organizations to Connect With. Whether you’re looking for educational resources or want to get involved, these organizations are a great place to start. Black Youth Project — BYP has various local chapters. Color Of Change —Color Of Change is the nation’s largest online racial justice organization.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 28, 2006

Melinda Kramer: Women's Global Green Action Network is an international organization that is linking and empowering women working in environmental sustainability around the world. It's a slow sand water filter that is made up of all local materials, so it is very easy to make once you learn how to do it, and it is very easy to train others.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2011

While I faced a difficult decision culling winners from the forty focused initiatives described in the entries, I selected the following based on their innovative and courageous approaches to a variety of social issues, from new types of housing for the underserved, to animal welfare, to women’s empowerment. We’re the Safe America Foundation.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 2, 2007

I am the CEO and co-founder of World of Good , and also World of Good Development Organization , which is our non-profit sister organization. We are seeing this in the food industry, with things like the growth of the organic movement. You can hear the interview on the Big Vision Podcast , or read the transcript below.

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Non Profit Quarterly

MARCH 2, 2022

In the face of this drive to make them obsolete, workers are organizing to resist platform hegemony and create new forms of cooperation. These organizations have emerged out of the everyday experience of platform economy workers who want to put a stop to their exploitation. Workers Respond: The Rise of Platform Cooperatives.

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EveryAction

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

There's a long fight ahead, but for issues that stir you, one simple, positive thing you can do today is give - your time, money, voice, or attention - because so many organizations need your urgent support. That’s why we empower local leaders to build a strong movement for equality that secures critical grassroots wins at every level.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 2, 2013

That said, in 2012 I had the opportunity to travel to Africa and Asia and from those travel experiences three themes emerged that inspired the selection of this year’s nonprofits: 1) Women’s and girls empowerment; 2) Conservation of wildlife and wild lands; and 3) Access to medical care. MomsRising :: @ MomsRising.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 29, 2009

SC: I'd started working with an organization called YouthAIDS which provides services and products to children worldwide who are affected by the HIV/AIDS crisis. It really became a win-win for everyone, because I won't sponsor an organization, or a company unless they're willing to tie the money to a cause or crisis.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

I think what makes us unique is that we are really investing in women's leadership and women's creativity in developing local solutions to some of the world's most challenging problems. Each year we receive over 3,500 proposals from women's organizations all around the world. It works in over 160 countries around the world.

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