Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 12, 2009

I am lucky to be able to contribute this passion to Benetech by providing outreach and membership support in Spanish to the commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Why shouldn’t visually impaired and disabled students in the United States have easy access to the study of the languages? This photo was taken in a library in San Juan.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Puerto Rico “ earthquake swarm.” Puerto Rico experienced a series of earthquakes beginning in December 2019. magnitude mainshock left nearly 1 million people without access to power. We identified $791,176 to date in earthquake funding for Puerto Rico. Programs shifted to virtual offerings (e.g.,

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Candid

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Putting this best practice into action, in 2019—two years after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico—the Amgen Foundation awarded $257,500 to the University of Puerto Rico for rebuilding efforts. . Funding community organizing efforts can activate and engage residents to change those systems. .

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Our latest Impact Lab cohort on climate justice built an open-source tool for climate community-based organizations to access grant funding more seamlessly with the Grants Content Kit. In 2021, 53 million Americans turned to food banks and community programs for help putting food on the table. Why Food Insecurity in the U.S.?

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VisionLink

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

VisionLink''s Role VisionLink customers are among those providing 2-1-1 services, from New York to Washington state, from Florida to Maine, and here in our own state of Colorado--and for many regional and metropolitan systems in between. 2-1-1 is an easy to remember phone number that connects individuals with resources in their community.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 7, 2023

We’re one of the nation’s oldest nonprofits really looking at health data and program data, trying to get to the current state of the maternal and child health crisis in this country. In 2022, we did all counties across the US showing the access to care and the continuing decline. You will see in that report that things are worsening.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 22, 2021

HandsOn Connect has an intuitive, user-friendly interface that provides volunteers access to search, filter, register and sign up for volunteer opportunities. The effort would not have been possible without the scale and robust capabilities of a volunteering system that could handle the demand. .

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