AFP Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Kickstarter Focuses Its Mission on Altruism Over Profit - The New York Times : "Instead, they announced on Sunday that Kickstarter was reincorporating as a “public benefit corporation,” a legal change they said would ensure that money — or the promise of it — would not corrupt their company’s mission of enabling creative projects to be funded." 'via

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DipJar

AUGUST 9, 2022

Public libraries are some of our favorites. They’re one of the only public spaces open to everyone and where pretty much everything is free. Not a librarian by training, she started her career in public relations before moving into nonprofits. At DipJar, we love our customers. They’re so much more than book museums.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 10, 2022

In September, I attended several events as part of Climate Week in New York City, all of which focused on sustainability and how to accelerate the ecopreneur revolution. After my week in New York, I was left with a sense of both optimism and urgency. Regulation is important—but collaboration is even more so.

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Action Technology New York South Africa 72

Saleforce Nonprofit

JANUARY 7, 2022

At the same time, I’d had an idea for a sci-fi novel knocking around in my head since I was 10 years old. Without my commute or trips around the city, I found myself with hours of extra time each week. New York 2140. New York 2140. It’s darker than others on this list, but absolutely worth the time.

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Candid

AUGUST 20, 2021

August 19, 2021 Lincoln Center in New York City has announced a $20 million gift from Lynne and Richard Pasculano to help revitalize opera, jazz, theater, and dance programming across its campus, the New York Times reports. Independence Public Media Foundation awards grants totaling $4 million.

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DipJar

JANUARY 3, 2023

Arnone joins the company at a propitious time. From helping the Food Bank for New York City fight hunger to celebrating Pride in Utah to supporting a public library in Providence , DipJar is committed to providing the technology needed to receive donor support in a fun, sustainable, and effective way. About DipJar.

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Classy

APRIL 20, 2021

McGruder, the Ford Foundation’s Chief Operating Officer and Treasurer, oversees Ford’s global operations and finances for its offices in New York, Africa, Asia, and Latin America. With M.O.B.B. United, I’ve been in the driver’s seat of building a nonprofit from the ground up and trying to create a path to funding.

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Kindful

OCTOBER 1, 2021

And with the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on mental health, there has never been a more important time than now to address mental health conditions. . The New York Community Trust. Areas served: New York (western), Massachusetts (eastern). Areas served: New Hampshire. The Colorado Health Foundation.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

And with the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on mental health, there has never been a more important time than now to address mental health conditions. . The New York Community Trust. Areas served: New York (western), Massachusetts (eastern). Areas served: New Hampshire. The Colorado Health Foundation.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

As has been the case for some time, science and health organizations have the highest overall median executive compensation at $196K, while religious institutions ($65K), animal-related organizations ($86K), and the arts ($92K) continue to have some of the lowest overall executive compensation. . View a sample report . [1]

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Candid

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Helmsley Charitable Trust , the first in a series of three Poverty Tracker reports, Health and Health Care in New York City (36 pages, PDF), found that more than two million New Yorkers have high healthcare needs and are more likely to live in poverty. Chicago Public Media raises $61 million to acquire Chicago Sun-Times.

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EveryAction

JUNE 21, 2023

To illustrate, by the time 2023 Pride began on June 1, there were already over 500 pieces of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation proposed or passed in state legislatures across the country. While there’s often increased attention on issues affecting the community during Pride month, meaningful and lasting change happens when advocacy happens year-round.

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Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2021

Nick Bilton, a tech columnist for The New York Times , wrote that we could find ourselves in a situation where a medical AI that is programmed to eliminate cancer decides that the way to do it is by exterminating humans who are prone to the disease. The public demands it, and because of it, governments are responding. .

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See3

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

Marc Andreessen, the founder of Netscape, Ning and an internet thinker (and billionaire), wrote a post today on his blog called Inaugurating the New York Times Deathwatch. He shows vividly how the New York Times business has eroded, how their ad revenues are way down, circulation is down, etc.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 2, 2015

The Internet was primarily a desktop PC or laptop experience and reading news and sending and receiving email accounted for the majority of time spent online. Today, social media consumes the most time spent on the Internet and the majority of that browsing occurs on a smartphone or tablet. New York Public Library 2015.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The Jean Griswold Foundation is a public, non-profit foundation whose primary goal is to support caregivers and better their lives. The Eisner Foundation supports organizations in Los Angeles County and New York City offering intergenerational solutions to society’s greatest challenges. Areas served: New York.

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Whole Whale

JANUARY 17, 2024

Turns out a little bit of plastic dumped into the ocean over time adds up and comes back to hurt us. However, it has been shown that these models can be ‘tricked’ into revealing training data, something that the New York Times based their lawsuit on ( How to trick GPTs into releasing training data ).

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Kindful

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

They accept applications at any time. Areas served: Mexico, Haiti, US (priority: Michigan, Mississippi, New Mexico, New Orleans). Robin Hood is New York City’s largest poverty-fighting organization. Areas served: New York City. There are no deadlines or specific grantmaking cycles. Areas served: US.

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M+R

MARCH 14, 2024

Read time: 7 minutes If you’re a professional fundraiser, every day is giving day. Unfortunately, not all of our donors are themselves professional fundraisers — so creating a special, attention-grabbing Giving Day that gets your audiences excited and engaged can be a big boost during an otherwise quiet time of year.

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Candid

APRIL 19, 2022

We were overwhelmed by these questions combined with the work it took to maintain a herd of horses, with no events or public programs. . We had no time to plan, so we got creative and looked for alternative revenue sources. It may sound simple but allow yourself to be creative and try new ways to fund your programs.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 26, 2015

Time: 9-9:30 am EDT (New York), 2pm BST (London), 4pm EAT (Nairobi). After four years of planning and hard work, on May 6 the Public Interest Registry and OnGood will release the new.NGO and.ONG domains worldwide. Date: May 6. Hashtag: # NGOtechchat. Hosts: @NonprofitOrgs.

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Non Profit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Then in July, just weeks after that last CCDH report, the organization received a letter from X Corp threatening to sue the group and accusing it of making “a series of troubling and baseless claims that appear calculated to harm Twitter generally, and its digital advertising business specifically,” as first reported by the New York Times.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

For more than a decade, Nadine has worked at the intersection of policy and media in major markets including New York, Chicago and Washington, DC. She was the Assistant Director of Communications at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and then head of media for Foreign Affairs magazine in New York.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 10, 2022

Please sign up for Nonprofit Tech for Good’s email newsletter to be alerted of new posts. It’s a social network that requires a lot of time and content, but more importantly, a social media manager who enjoys being active on Twitter and understands Twitter’s extensive toolset. Twitter is not for every nonprofit.

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NTEN

MARCH 15, 2010

Even non- conspiracy theorists would likely have a hard time summoning up "transparent" as one of the top three adjectives to describe our government. The New York State Senate has a Twitter feed. The New York State Senate website is built on Drupal. The public will help you get it the rest of the way."

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Candid

MAY 31, 2023

It’s the perfect time to relax, get away, and kick back to enjoy some good books from Candid’s free nonprofit eBook collection. We have several quick reads that will give your skills a boost—with minimal time and effort: Nonprofit Quick Guides by Joanne Oppelt and Linda Lysakowski. Don’t have time to read a book cover to cover?

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 5, 2018

I recently returned from New York City, where I was able to spend two incredible days with 72 fellow global nonprofit leaders selected to attend the fourth annual American Express Leadership Academy Global Alumni Summit. The theme of the summit was Leadership in Times of Transition.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

The Real-Time Web and Its Future , a new report from ReadWriteWeb , focused on the changing ecosystem of the Web, one that runs in real-time. “For the following report, we interviewed 50 companies, developers and executives building or leveraging real-time Web technology. Probably middle of 2008.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 5, 2020

Their work has been featured in The New York Times, NPR, CNN and AdWeek and Doug is a guest lecturer at Stanford University on the power of storytelling for nonprofit organizations. Emotional reactions captured in real-time. By Doug Scott , the founder of Tectonic Video , a leading video agency for nonprofits.

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DipJar

MARCH 17, 2022

Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City. It is a great example of a storied institution finding new ways to support the community it serves and provide new ways – including DipJar – for the community to support its good work. DipJar is also part of this new approach. Visits to the Cathedral also plummeted.

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Kindful

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

These are the three components that make up “public narrative,” but this storytelling framework can help to shape all of your organization’s public communications—from social media and web content to emails and letters to interpersonal interactions with donors and other supporters. Let’s dive into the storytelling framework below!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 19, 2009

This time around I limited the list to individuals bloggers, rather than blogs maintained by associations, publications, PR firms, etc. Katrin Verclas: @Katrinskaya from New York, NY. Nancy Schwartz: @NancySchwartz from New York, NY. Allison Fine: @Afine from New York, NY. Please follow: 1.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Social Media for Social Good: A How-To Guide for Nonprofits is now fully released to the public in both print and digital format. Also, because technology is constantly in flux, the training content will speak to current trends occurring on the Social and Mobile Web at the time the training is given. 9/29: New York, NY.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 9, 2020

Alan Adamson , co-author of the book, Shift Ahead , says that “the ability for companies and organizations to stay relevant is being significantly challenged by the accelerating pace of change – and new ways of doing things – that are emerging with every passing day.” Turn threats into new ways to extend a band’s promise.

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Change Blackberry New York Case Study 52

Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

Elaine Charnov – The NY Public Library. Elaine Cohen: The New York Public Library. 100 Years of the flagship library in New York. Staged a major exhibition celebrating the spectrum of what is in the library, public programs partners with The Moth. Jason Eppink – Museum of the Moving Image.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

On-demand trainings can be taken any time, with recent topics including fostering an inclusive culture , finding funding , and writing grant proposal budgets. Finding funding will always be part of a nonprofit professional's job, and PND helps reduce time and effort needed to find opportunities by putting them all in one place. .

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Candid

APRIL 16, 2021

I would see him several times a year, at a workshop, gala, for a drink or a meeting in his office. To enter Vartan’s office was to travel back to a time when the sheer mass of books in a room made the walls vibrate with the power of knowledge and ideas.

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