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Philanthropy’s response to the Turkey and Syria earthquake 

Candid

Disaster relief giving by individuals and family foundations Candid’s Philanthropy News Digest (PND) has been tracking news about support efforts. This figure encompasses contributions of £5 million ($6 million) from the UK government and the British royal family; and the Turkish Philanthropy Funds (TPF), which raised $11.2

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Money talks: Why tuning into the Giving Pledge matters 

Candid

However, their philanthropic gestures are executed with millions, if not billions, of dollars that move global markets and spur governments to action. Moreover, when their foundation announced a dramatic increase in annual spending, it made national news. In that sense, they’re just like the rest of us.

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Data Digest: Building the YouTube of Data, Big Data and Global Development, and Data Resources

Tech Soup

Data Digest is a weekly round-up of the latest news on data-related projects in the nonprofit sector, compiled and authored by Keisha Taylor of GuideStar International and TechSoup Global. Big Data and Global Development. It was originally published on NetSquared.

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Is Privacy for Everyone (Including Donors) Dead?

Bloomerang

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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Introducing the 2021 Classy Awards Leadership Council

Classy

The Fletcher School & Tisch College of Civic Life, Tufts University. His work examines the challenges of performance measurement, accountability, and governance facing organizations with a social purpose . Senior Vice President for Military, Veteran and Government Affairs. National University. Global Movement.

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Bookshare without Borders: #2/3

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Together with our partners in the nonprofit, technology, government, academic and publishing sectors, we participate in new cultural and technological movements, deriving new knowledge that we apply for social gain. These relationships generate countless ideas for using technology for social good.

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Bringing Millions of Books to Billions of People: Making the Book Truly Accessible

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Third, the print book is not universally accessible. By this, I am not just talking about the publishing business, but also the nonprofit libraries committed to universal accessibility. He came back the next day and gave me unbelievably positive news. Many books are never published because of the costs.