Qgiv

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

February is Black History Month in many countries in the United States and Canada, an annual observance dedicated to honoring and acknowledging the valuable contributions of Black people in both nations. Take the time to educate yourself about the contributions of Black communities to the history of your nation.

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Kindful

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

If your nonprofit serves other areas, check out the other funder lists I recently wrote, including ones on Education , Arts & Culture , and Environment & Conservation. For that reason, your organization and its activities will not be of interest to most of the funders out there. . Funding Priority: Youth Programs. Good Sports.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

This blog aims to examine these challenges and offer all nonprofits leaders methods to increase diversity and BIPOC participation in their organizations. However, BIPOC-led organizations are at a statistical disadvantage when it comes to securing funding, particularly from philanthropic sources.

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VisionLink

MARCH 13, 2014

"Between 1970 and 2009, undergraduate enrollment in the United States more than doubled, while the completion rate has been virtually unchanged. We’ve made progress in giving students from all backgrounds access to college – but we haven’t finished the all-important job of helping them achieve a degree.

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Qgiv

MAY 1, 2023

Mineta introduced a United States House of Representatives resolution to proclaim the first ten days of May as Asian-Pacific Heritage Week. The first was that May 7, 1843 marked the arrival of the first Japanese immigrant into the United States. You can even visit virtual museums or look up educational resources online.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Many of them live in California’s San Francisco Bay Area, which ranks among the most expensive cities in the United States, with average downtown home prices exceeding $1 million. In 2014, Salesforce and Habitat joined forces to transform how the organization operates.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 29, 2023

Then, we’ll review how your organization can promote volunteerism in your community and manage volunteers effectively. Volunteerism definition Volunteerism is the act of contributing free labor to conduct community service or support a nonprofit organization. This is why volunteerism has played such a major role throughout history.

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Nimble AMS

AUGUST 19, 2022

According to the Community Brands 2022 Association Trends Study , digital innovation is crucial to the success of your organization. Majorities of association members and professionals agree that organizations must digitally transform to survive. Becoming a trailblazing association means solving problems within your organization.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Nonprofit action In the face of these troubling trends, nonprofit organizations are pivotal in the Press Forward funders views of what’s needed. Collaborative reporting: Nonprofits can facilitate partnerships between different news organizations to pool resources, share content, and cover stories more effectively.

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Candid

AUGUST 9, 2023

To college students, it might mean the start of a new year of knowledge and self-discovery. She found that small nonprofits fared better in their fundraising when their mission statements had positive, hopeful messages; while larger organizations fared better when their missions focused on the problems they are trying to solve.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 19, 2022

This creates both a demand and opportunity for organizations whose focus is primarily serving this target group. If this topic does not apply to your organization, explore my other funder lists on Kindful as well as on Bloomerang.). by 2050, that number is expected to grow to almost 90 million. Funding Priority: Elder/Senior Care.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2015

It funds primarily organizations that serve the New York City metropolitan area or New York State. Frankly, it didn’t go as well as we had hoped, and Lavelle worked with us to retarget the grant to focus on students with visual impairments. This pilot paved the way for our work in the education field.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) is a student-governed, nonprofit organization headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia with chapters at universities all over the world. In 1971, two students–Edward E. The organization now boasts over 790 chapters worldwide. Background. Barnette, Jr. With advisor Arthur J.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 4, 2015

Tomorrow is an exciting day for our Bookshare online library for students with dyslexia or visual impairments. Tomorrow, Tuesday May 5, 2015, is Silicon Valley Gives day, where donors from around the world will find their contributions to organizations based here matched by local donors.

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Candid

APRIL 13, 2021

Bridging the digital divide has become essential during the pandemic as many communities, particularly rural ones, do not have sufficient access to Wi-Fi or computers for students. Libraries have helped fill the void by providing hot spot access and in some cases laptops computers to students.

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Candid

JUNE 16, 2022

For example, the guide shares how savvy education funders are considering the impact of learning loss on students who every year miss more and more days of instruction due to the climate crisis. organizations outside Europe and the United States) and to frontline organizations in the Global North. .

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EveryAction

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Each year, our staff marks the occasion by dressing up as some of our favorite nonprofit organizations as a way to recognize their incredible work and the start of end-of-year fundraising push with some fun. The Humane Society of the United States is the nation’s largest and most effective animal protection and advocacy organization.

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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 National Strategy for Suicide Prevention is a “call to action that is intended to guide suicide prevention actions in the United States over the next decade.”

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Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2023

National Mentoring Month is a month-long campaign run by the MENTOR organization and its affiliates across the country. The organization recognized that having a mentor can improve young people’s academic, social, and economic prospects and works to close the mentoring gap that exists for 1 in 3 young people. Nonprofits to Donate to.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Wouldn’t it make more sense to make it easier for people with disabilities to get access to the books they need for education and employment? Our experience successfully building Bookshare under the United States copyright exception, which has no such commercial availability limitation, informs this strong opinion.

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Twenty Hats

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

We spoke with 181 volunteer managers that work in human service organizations, governmental agencies, higher education, hospitals, zoos, and more. Some have been with their organizations for 20 years or more, others only a couple of months. Some manage a handful of volunteers, others work with many thousands.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Salesforce’s technology donation program that provides 10 free licenses to eligible organizations, as well as other free and discounted products ? has been reimagined with a focus on helping nonprofit organizations and educational institutions start fundraising quickly. The Power of Us Program ?

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TechImpact

DECEMBER 9, 2013

William Kendima moved from Liberia to the United States in 2005. Each student enrolled in the highly competitive, free program works a 5 week internship, generally in the nonprofit sector. Here, the students get to flaunt their new skills in a professional environment. William Kendima, ITWorks graduate speaks at ceremony.

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Cloud 4 Good

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Finally, a great apprenticeship program provides an outlet by which the apprentice can contribute to the goods or services that the training organization is undertaking. Some who finish have found that there is very little applicability of their education to a good career. You’re right, universities can be very expensive.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 22, 2013

Each new content delivery system is eagerly tested by technically oriented blind individuals or the organizations serving them, often to result in disappointment and widespread advice to avoid wasting limited resources on inaccessible content. Amazon now ships more ebooks than print books in the United States.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

One of the biggest reasons is that among people who are blind, braille literacy has been linked with higher education levels, higher likelihood of employment and higher income. Data from the American Printing House for the Blind’s annual registry of legally blind students shows that in 2012 only 8.8% Accordingly, U.S.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 12, 2009

Why shouldn’t visually impaired and disabled students in the United States have easy access to the study of the languages? Why shouldn’t students in Puerto Rico benefit from our technology and services? Within these regions there are nine Service Centers for Special Education that train and service teachers and students.

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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. Washington? Isn’t that where good ideas go to die?” Thank you again for this honor!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

The publishing industry and disability organizations both agreed on this provision of copyright law. which get Bookshare at no cost when serving students with qualifying disabilities (thanks to funding from the Office of Special Education Programs at the U.S. Department of Education).

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

Literacy and access to knowledge underpins just about every social good, from education, to economic development, to health, to women’s empowerment, democracy and respect for human rights. We have over half a million readers in the United States, and over 625,000 different ebook titles available for instant download.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 14, 2014

Aid Afghanistan for Education and Peace has the lofty $10,000 goal to fund a school of 300 students for a month. Depending on what you donate, you'll receive notes, photos, or a calendar from the students. Amazingly, the organization has surpassed this goal and (as of this article) has raised $11,547.

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Qgiv

MARCH 30, 2022

From accountants to college students, from administrators working in construction offices to legal professionals, many are considering new career directions to gain more meaningful work and to serve the greater good in their communities. CA: Today, there are many grant writing courses and educational resources available.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Aid Afghanistan for Education and Peace has the lofty $10,000 goal to fund a school of 300 students for a month. Depending on what you donate, you'll receive notes, photos, or a calendar from the students. Amazingly, the organization has surpassed this goal and (as of this article) has raised $11,547.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 3, 2008

This is a guest blog from Anna Reid, an Amherst student who interned with Bookshare.org International this past summer. Article 19 of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights says that all people deserve "the right to seek, receive and impart information." Thanks to Anna for saying yes, and for sharing her experiences!

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Cloud 4 Good

JULY 27, 2021

Teach For America (TFA) is an education nonprofit operating in support of a vision that one day all children in the United States will have the opportunity to attain an equitable and excellent education. This issue led to an abnormally high unsubscribe rate that diluted the organization’s messaging effectiveness.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 17, 2008

My first day was hanging out at the Young Researchers seminar, which was organized by Professors Paul Blenkhorn (the UK's first professor of access tech) and the ICCHP host Klaus Miesenberger. It was fun to hear students and fresh Ph.Ds talking about their research. I gave the opening keynote, on my main new theme, Raising the Floor.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 17, 2017

Wake’s Tech2Empower program organizes delegations of volunteer Technology Advisors, women who work for Silicon Valley companies like Google, Salesforce, Mozilla, YouTube, GE Digital and IRC, to provide training for women’s rights and girls empowerment NGOs in developing countries and here in the United States.

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