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A $500 Million Pledge to Support Local News

Non Profit Quarterly

Image credit: Jon Tyson on Unsplash The decades-long decimation of local news—and the dangers that the trend poses for public oversight, an informed citizenry, and democracy itself—remains very much underway. The MacArthur Foundation itself pledged $150 million to the new fund. Since 2005, some 2,200 local newspapers have closed.

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A Maryland nonprofit’s quest to bridge the gap between job seekers and employers

Candid

Maryland New Directions has helped motivate men and women in the greater Baltimore area find new career opportunities for nearly 50 years. But more than two years into this pandemic, for-profit and nonprofit employers alike are struggling to fill empty positions, proving that we still have much work to do.

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Participate in research on BC’s nonprofit workforce

Charity Village

Vantage Point and SPARC BC have received funding from the Ministry of Advanced Education, Skills and Training through the Sector Labour Market Partnership program to gather information on the not-for-profit sector in B.C. The post Participate in research on BC’s nonprofit workforce appeared first on CharityVillage.

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22 Online Gift Stores That Benefit Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

For nonprofits that have online stores or receive a percentage of profits from ethical retailers, it could be a banner year for online sales. The profits from the BeadforLife Store go into training and community programs in Uganda and education in North America. promoting human rights. BeadforLife Store.

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News in open source and open standards

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Adobe (yeah, Adobe ) joined the Linux Foundation , and released a Linux alpha of Air , their new application platform. { Adobe (yeah, Adobe ) joined the Linux Foundation , and released a Linux alpha of Air , their new application platform. {

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News from NTC ‘08

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology News from NTC ‘08 March 20, 2008 I’ve been having a great time here at NTC – running into lots of folks I’m happy to see again, and meet, learning about new things, being involved.

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More good news from Google: Open Handset Alliance

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Why is this good news for nonprofits? But they seem to realize that the key to their success is being open, and they are doing their best to move that into as many places as possible. And just like OpenSocial was a great answer to Facebook, this is a great answer to the iPhone.

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