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Nonprofits Who are Making A Difference Through Play

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One infamous example is Foldit , a protein-folding puzzle game that crowdsources potential real-world protein structures and solutions. In 2013 alone, the organization ran over 100 hours of programming in New York City. She previously worked with the Washington, D.C., Social Impact Through Digital Games.

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Cause Camp 2020 Speaker Lineup

NonProfit Hub

She has been featured in The Washington Post, CURRENTS magazine, The Chronicle of Philanthropy and other industry publications. She is a local government expert and recently founded Equity Agenda, a nonprofit project that helps cities work to achieve gender equity. Genevieve Piturro. Founder, Pajama Program. Heidi Gerbracht.

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What are the nonprofit management implications of Pay for Success programs?

ASU Lodestar Center

In June 2016 a bipartisan bill passed the House of Representatives to allocate $300 million for state and local SIBs over ten years (Wallace, 2015). If the SIB is structured with a lead organization dedicated to data collection and evaluation, a nonprofit manager needs to understand what will be expected of her team.

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Free Legal Services for Charities Anyone?

Tech Soup

Their Service Grant Program makes grants of professional consulting services, delivered pro bono by a team of business professionals who volunteer their time and expertise to help nonprofits in the Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, and Washington DC metro areas. In the U.S.,

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Guest Post: Dilenschneider on Workplace Core Values

Eric Jacobsen Blog

In an article titled "Where Lying Was Business as Usual," Business Week reviewed a book on the Wedtech Scandal, a Washington scandal of the late eighties in which a few government officials fed fat contracts to a dubious supplier. It is to help employees to adjust to the ever-shifting structure of priorities and demands.

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The 2016 - 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

Everyaction

State/Local / #MCNAC16 / @SmartNonprofits. State/Local. Affect is a new community event highlighting the diversity of work and design behind social change. Affect is a new community event highlighting the diversity of work and design behind social change. State/Local / #MadisonNonprofitDay / @nonprofitday.

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Bryant Terry: Eco-chef, Food Justice Activist, Author of Vegan Soul Kitchen

Have Fun - Do Good

When I think about what my grandparents ate, and what their parents ate, they ate food that was as fresh as being harvested that day, as local as their backyard garden, and as seasonal as whatever was in season. Harris, often says, "African-American cuisine is simply what black folks ate." They were sharing food and bartering.