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Great reads from around the web on May 17th

Amy Sample Ward

million grant from the Stanton Foundation to work with academic experts on Wikipedia articles related to public policy, which could include everything from political theory to legislative history and issues such as health reform and science. Here are five tips from some of the best in the non-profit business."

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Grantmaking Foundations Can Now Register with TechSoup

Tech Soup

From supporting arts and sciences to public health and community investment, foundations have been instrumental grantmakers in public life for decades. Paul Getty Trust, which operates the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, California and the Wikimedia Foundation, which operates Wikipedia. PLEASE NOTE: Public Grantmaking Foundations.

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Private Foundations Now Eligible to Receive Microsoft Software Donations!

Tech Soup

Paul Getty Trust, which operates the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, California and the Wikimedia Foundation, which operates Wikipedia. Public Grantmaking Foundations. Public grantmaking foundations (community foundations like the Silicon Valley Foundation, the San Francisco Foundation, and the New York Trust) should not.

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Private Foundations Are Now Eligible for Citrix Online Donations

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Paul Getty Trust, which operates the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, California and the Wikimedia Foundation, which operates Wikipedia. Public Grantmaking Foundations. These organizations rely on the public or multiple sources of funding. These organizations rely on the public or multiple sources of funding.

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Power Up Microsoft Office with Apps

Tech Soup

to see if your nonprofit, charity, foundation, or public library is eligible for the new Office. Wikipane (PowerPoint 2013, Word 2013) helps you look up answers quickly by bringing Wikipedia content available directly in a Microsoft Office task pane. Apps for Office. Read more about them in Microsoft's Bing Blog.

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Transparency and Authenticity: What do they mean for nonprofits?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A quick trip to the dictionary and Wikipedia: Authenticity refers to the truthfulness of origins, attributions, commitments, sincerity, devotion, and intentions. Transparency is not a term the nonprofit world typically associates with grant-making decisions. But, first I wanted to check on some formal definitions.

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Live Blogging ONG Web 2.0 Conference in Romania sponsored by the Soros Foundation in Bucharest

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He told the story of the founding of wikipedia and the meaning of the Hawaiin word - quickly, quickly. He talked about the growth of wikipedia. Through the Internet, they learned about the Rising Voices Grant. The participants will build personal blogs which are public or not depending on whether the blogger wants it public.

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