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Your 2022 Guide to Blackbaud’s K-12 Conference

sgEngage

With opportunities for virtual peer networking and small group discussions, there will be tracks for admissions and enrollment, the business office, student and learning management, and technology and innovation. Shop Talk: Blackbaud Student Information System. Top Sessions Recommended by a School Registrar. Use the Tools.

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Nonprofit Advocacy Can Be a Force Multiplier for Social Change

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

For many years, people frequently suggested that Benetech , the nonprofit tech company I founded and lead, get more involved in Washington, DC policy and legislative action. We were up against immense political pressure to rescind the award. We didn’t have to convince them that students with disabilities had important needs.

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How Malala Fund’s Innovative Grantmaking is Revolutionizing Education for Girls

Saleforce Nonprofit

For many students, these school closures could mean the end of their formal education. To help keep girls learning, Malala Fund has awarded new grant funding to Champions leading pandemic response initiatives. To help keep girls learning, Malala Fund has awarded new grant funding to Champions leading pandemic response initiatives.

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Mr. Jim Goes to Washington (Again)

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

As part of the large national award we received from the Department of Education, we are spending a lot more time in Washington. I was surprised to find he was aware of the controversy around the big Bookshare.org award and asked sharp questions about how we were dealing with challenges around delivering on this.

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Receiving the 2013 Migel Medal

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The Migel Medal, often called the highest honor in the blindness field, is awarded annually to one or two individuals whose careers exemplify exceptional accomplishments in the field. Helen Keller, who worked for AFB for many years, was on the original award board for its first twenty years, starting in 1937. Washington?

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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Senior Care

Bloomerang

They award five scholarships, yearly, of up to $2000 to deserving caregivers who wish to further their education in a care-related field. The AARP® Purpose Prize award is a national award in the United States that celebrates people 50 and older who are using their life experience to make a difference. AARP Purpose Prize.

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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Education

Kindful

The educational goals for the funders in this list include increasing postsecondary and higher learning opportunities, advancing innovation inside the classroom, engaging more students in the arts, and enhancing early childhood development, just to name a few. Areas served: Worldwide. Carnegie Corporation of New York. The Kresge Foundation.

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