Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2022

The Awesome Foundation is a global community advancing the interest of “awesome in the universe,” mostly through providing $1,000 micro-grants. They focus funding on organizations that work on financial literacy for elementary and high school students (established programs only). Educational Assistance and Training Programs.

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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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Tech Soup

JUNE 18, 2013

The nonprofit helps children with severe physical impairments and complex communication needs. Casella, who has worked in special education for 50 years, discussed the different kinds of technology the Bridge School uses with its students. With advanced technology, the students are empowered with mobility, education, and communication.

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OCTOBER 1, 2022

crewtrust.org Earn to Learn Florida Empowers low- to moderate-income students to successfully complete college. earntolearnfl.org Friends of Foster Children Forever Providing foster children in Southwest Florida with targeted educational and enrichment opportunities to allow each child to fulfill his/her potential. Johns | co.st-johns.fl.us

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 28, 2014

TechSoup's annual storytelling campaign was created to help nonprofits and social good organizations communicate differently, to build community, and to educate on how to tell powerful and effective stories for a global audience. We were blown away by the global participation in this year's campaign. spanhidden.

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Candid

JANUARY 6, 2023

This guide illustrates how philanthropy support organizations (PSOs)—in partnership with funders, individuals, and nonprofits—can come together to better build global philanthropic support ecosystems that increase the social sector’s collective impact.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 11, 2021

For many students, these school closures could mean the end of their formal education. Remote learning for refugee children in Lebanon: Malala Fund Education Champion Nayla Fahed created Tabshoura, an award-winning e-learning platform that helps Syrian refugees and girls in vulnerable communities in Lebanon learn for free.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

Last winter, after Harry and I had a conversation about global warming (and quite a conversation it was for a then eight-year old), and we collaborated on a series of green videos. This new genre of video games are about solving real world problems such as environment, global hunger, poverty and disease. s World Food Programme.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Initially, we envisioned six solution line trails: Fundraise with Nonprofit Cloud , Manage Programs with Nonprofit Cloud , Engage Constituents with Nonprofit Cloud , Achieve Advancement Goals with Education Cloud , Build a Connected Campus with Education Cloud , Enroll Best-Fit Students with Education Cloud. What’s next? About the Author.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 29, 2021

We partnered with organizations like UNICEF in their critical work to prevent depression and anxiety in children. And we helped equip educators to better engage with thousands of students when classrooms had to become virtual. Get more insights into global 2021 trends for nonprofit organizations and educational institutions.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The global meeting of leaders, doers, and movement-makers saw new and varied community partnerships and announcements that push traditional boundaries and create cross-sector opportunities for many organizations and communities. If there was ever a moment for a call to action for climate change, it is in the wake of the COP26 conference.

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Cloud 4 Good

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Dana Genson – Executive Vice President, Services Cloud for Good emerged from 2020 with considerable momentum after exhibiting incredible resiliency in the face of global challenges. Cloud for Good emerged from 2020 with considerable momentum after exhibiting incredible resiliency in the face of global challenges.

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MAY 3, 2011

This year, TMWL is raising funds that will support the work of 4 passionate women who truly believe that everyone has something to give: “ Mama Lucy &# Kamptoni sold chickens in her Tanzanian village & turned her income into a primary school that now serves over 400 children.

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Cloud 4 Good

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Pencils of Promise (PoP) was founded in October 2008 to help build safe and healthy learning environments for young children worldwide. To date, Pencils of Promise has built nearly 600 schools worldwide, and over 130K students are currently enrolled in those schools. Understanding and catering to these needs are paramount.

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OCTOBER 31, 2016

Children's Literacy Initiative. The Children’s Literacy Initiative (CLI) began as a way to provide collections of excellent children’s books & trainings in reading-aloud to teachers in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods. Star Wars: Force for Change. Greenpeace. The Humane Society. Union of Concerned Scientists.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

The diverse crowd, made up of students, activists, government employees, and librarians, worked on datasets presented by the U.S. The projects varied from educational tools for children to energy efficiency. While some were very coding-focused, other events were focused on exchanging ideas and brainstorming solutions. Leonard Library.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, VP and General Manager, Benetech’s Global Literacy Program. That’s why braille is an important focus for us in Benetech’s Global Literacy Program — we know that we must keep braille relevant and make it more available. And today, braille is not being taught to most blind children.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2012

Globally, 1 in 3 girls around the world is denied an education by the daily realities of poverty, violence and discrimination. …more likely to be literate, healthy and survive into adulthood, as are her children. Every day, girls are taken out of school, married far too young, and subjected to violence in school.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 29, 2014

GivingTuesday is done it again with its K-12 Philanthropy Curriculum , a set of lesson plans that teachers can use to help their students participate in GivingTuesday by raising money for a local nonprofit. ” This generation is loosely defined as those born after 1995 and who are now 18 and under. The Giving 2.0

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Media Cause

JANUARY 26, 2024

Verve, a global insight consultancy, released a trends report November 2023 , finding that Gen Z is “pushing against expectations of productivity and polished perfection to embrace a messier, more chaotic style.” Despite dealing with something so heavy as grieving children, its social media presence is 10/10.

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Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

TechSoup Global's new Local Impact Map is a trove of information on what nonprofits, NGOs, and libraries around the world are doing with their TechSoup-procured IT to further their missions. 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.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 24, 2015

The Ordyslexie program, in combination with Les Ateliers du Bocage, has helped more than 1,500 dyslexic French students become more independent and confident in school. This program has improved academic performance and is loved by both students and parents. A Simple Solution for a Complex Problem. What is so special about Ordyslexie?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 28, 2008

I just received an update from KK Tse entitled The Most Inspiring Story from the Symposium on Social Entrepreneurship, talking about 1KG More, a social enterprise that implemented Voluntourism: combining backpacking with delivering books and other gifts for rural Chinese children. The owners of these two books will become a "twin".

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

APRIL 20, 2013

The other recipient this year was Kay Ferrell, Professor of Special Education at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, who won the Medal for her tremendous work with and on behalf of children and youth who are blind and visually impaired. That treaty should replicate the successful copyright exception here in the U.S.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 30, 2012

TechSoup Global's new Local Impact Map is a trove of information on what lots of nonprofits, NGOs, and libraries around the world are doing with their TechSoup-procured-IT to further their missions. By far, the biggest set of stories are the ones from organizations that serve youth and children. in Staatsburg, New York is doing.

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Qgiv

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

By this point, suicide was a global health issue, and the United Nations and World Health Organization had worked to establish guidelines for suicide prevention strategies. The foundation’s mission is to help people like Amber through their educational programs for students, parents, teachers, staff, and community members.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2012

.” Although “paragogy” is a more rationally derived word that extends “pedagogy” (teaching children) and “androgogy” (teaching adults), I’ve started calling it peeragogy because many people get the point as soon as I use the word.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 5, 2022

Leaders at companies, global brands, nonprofits, and everyone in between are asking that important question: what is a purpose-driven company? The global aviation industry produces around 2% of all human-induced carbon dioxide emissions. These days, purpose is becoming increasingly mainstream. What is a purpose-driven business?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2012

I did a post a few weeks ago on youth programs in TechSoup Global's new Local Impact Map and decided I hadn’t covered this resource nearly enough. demonstrates what nonprofits, NGOs, and libraries around the world are doing with their TechSoup Global software donations to further their missions. Our Local Impact Map.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 25, 2014

Millions of low-income students rely on free or low-cost school meals. households with children under 18 experienced food insecurity that year. households with hungry children. The app was created by Caravan Studios , a division of TechSoup Global, with financial support from Microsoft Citizenship. That's 3.9

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

By providing students with funds for school supplies, coats, eye care, class trips, test fees, and athletic gear, InvestED has encouraged over 16,500 youngsters to stay in school in the state of Washington. You can learn more about the m and how they use technology to further their missions on TechSoup Global’s Local Impact Map (LIM).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2015

The current population of Gen Z is estimated to be about 2 billion, or 27 percent of the global population. While there are larger numbers of Gen Z in India, China, and Nigeria compared to UK or US, they are truly a global organization. Be Prepared to Be Blown Away by Gen Z. And they are already blowing us away.

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Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2021

I’m not sure even the global scientists, engineers, and futurists have a full sense of where we’re heading with AI. Facebook, which is the dominant social networking platform globally with 2.4 Google, which is the most-used search engine globally, was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while both were Ph.D.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

To celebrate all of the good going on around us, they’ve created a huge, global image gallery of people, organizations and businesses doing good this holiday on their Facebook page – because they believe that #GoodSpotting is everywhere, and something everyone can do. With $250, you can make room for a student in a classroom.

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Bloomerang

MAY 24, 2021

Brian Solis , Global Innovation Evangelist and Digital Anthropologist, calls this Generation Novel, or Gen N. For example, if you’re a theater program that offers tickets to children, you might include education and youth services as options. And now we have global social upheaval layered on top. Pick the top 3 – 5].

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Note from Beth: As a supporter of the work that the Sharing Foundation does for children in Cambodia, I’ve seen first hand the value of literacy programs in developing countries. Our connection to Kenya remains strong; we are also the guardians for one of the children from that orphanage, @sammyikua , who now studies in Maine.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 4, 2012

continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit scholar, student, or professional to. This level of increased global philanthropy is worth a further look. Both papers serve as resources for this blog post, which touches on only a few aspects of this global generosity. posted by Pat Lewis , Senior Professional.

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