ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 17, 2014

The foundation opened in 2005 when Nick Simons, a great lover and visitor of Nepal died. Nick Simons was keenly aware of the medical needs in high altitude low income countries such as Nepal. Click here to learn more Risk: Funding innovation requires foundations to take a risk.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 17, 2014

The foundation opened in 2005 when Nick Simons, a great lover and visitor of Nepal died. Nick Simons was keenly aware of the medical needs in high altitude low income countries such as Nepal. Risk: Funding innovation requires foundations to take a risk. The Nick Simons Foundation did not have a large staff.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 18, 2015

Drones in Nepal. After the destructive earthquake in Nepal, drones provided crucial assistance to aid workers. Funded by the Department of Homeland Security, this project is a 12-week program, which started June 8, for six start-ups ending with a demo day hosted by partner Wearable World in San Francisco.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 19, 2016

These challenges helped provide early publicity, support, collaboration opportunities, and funding for now-famous "tech for good" organizations such as Ushahidi , FrontlineSMS , and many others. million posts or testimonies on Ushahidi to benefit an estimated 20 million people in stricken areas like Haiti in 2010 and Nepal in 2015.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 14, 2016

This same sentiment is responsible for the boom of Donor Advised Funds (DAFs). Donor Advised Funds (DAFs). While the very first donor advised fund was created by the New York Community Trust in 1931, the second was not created until 1935. It’s not about deadlines, it’s about strategy. Data-driven philanthropy. 24/7 philanthropy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2008

Do you typically fund American projects? Two of my favorite projects, both of which hit on several key issues at once: Rescuing Young Girls from Bonded Labor in Nepal - this project buys a family in Nepal a pig to generate income so that they don't have to sell their daughter into servitude to pay for family expenses.

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