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A Hearty Congratulations to TechSoup Members Winning Google Impact Challenge Awards

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Google Global Impact Award competitions have been held in India and the UK, and most recently in the San Francisco Bay Area. GLIDE is a faith-based homeless services program in San Francisco that supplies hot meals, violence prevention, and education services in one of worst neighborhoods.

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SOS: Save Our Site! How Libraries Can Preserve Local Online History

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This program is offered in partnership with WebJunction and with funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The Community Webs project is working with partners from Queens Public Library , Cleveland Public Library , and San Francisco Public Library. Register for webinar.

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Private Foundations Are Now Eligible for Citrix Online Donations

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Here in TechSoup’s San Francisco office, we use audio and video conferencing every day to talk with people working remotely in the Bay Area, New York, or Seattle, as well as with our partner nonprofits around the world. Qualification generally takes one to two weeks after document submission.

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Private Foundations Now Eligible to Receive Microsoft Software Donations!

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Most often, private operating foundations are organizations which operate museums and theater/arts centers, although any other charitable activity conducted directly by the foundation can qualify. Paul Getty Trust, which operates the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, California and the Wikimedia Foundation, which operates Wikipedia.

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Grantmaking Foundations Can Now Register with TechSoup

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Most often, private operating foundations are organizations which operate museums and theater/arts centers, although any other charitable activity conducted directly by the foundation can qualify. Paul Getty Trust, which operates the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, California and the Wikimedia Foundation, which operates Wikipedia.

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Another Exclusivity Paradox: Secret Gardens, Hidden Museums

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A few weeks ago, I gathered a group of creative folks in San Francisco and asked them, "what makes a social venue feel welcoming and friendly to you?" Taking pleasure in hidden things increases when you live in an environment where everything is available and highly documented.

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Community Science Workshops and Shared Authorship of Space: Interview with Emilyn Green

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The first one was started in 1991 by a San Francisco educator, Dan Sudran, in his garage. There are lots of great science museum resources, but not where these kids can walk after school. The Mission location is still a useful hub for San Francisco school programs. And it''s hard for us to document.

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