Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 3, 2017

Rapid population growth and migration is dramatically changing societies and ecosystems worldwide and as this future unfolds nonprofits, NGOs, and charities will play a central role in safeguarding the world’s most vulnerable communities, the land upon which they live, and the wildlife that surrounds them. billion now. billion by 2050.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Impact Labs convenes community experts, or fellows, across sectors to co-create new technology solutions to support specific issue areas, including homelessness , equity in education , and climate justice. As a team, we discussed opportunity areas that emerged from our early conversations with the Community Fellows. Casper Stryndom.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Proceeds benefit First Book, a nonprofit that provides new books and educational resources to schools and programs in low-income communities. Proceeds go to both the talented artisans that create the beautifully crafted products in the UNICEF Market and to help UNICEF save and protect children. 8) Getty Store :: shop.getty.edu.

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Kindful

AUGUST 9, 2021

Global Fund For Children. California Community Foundation. Oregon Community Foundation. Arizona Community Foundation. Baltimore Community Foundation. Mellon foundation seeks to build just communities enriched by meaning and empowered by critical thinking, where ideas and imagination can thrive. The Andrew W.

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Candid

JANUARY 6, 2023

With all these options, we wanted to look back and highlight some of the Issue Lab community’s most popular publications in 2022, featuring a wide array of topics ranging from education to participatory grantmaking and beyond. Expanding Equity: Inclusion & Belonging Guidebook , by the W.K.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Our vision is to use this power to end violence, discrimination, and disadvantage for young people and children. Without the power of sport, they wouldn’t have had an opportunity to dream and be children again. Among its successes: 72,878 children and young people became less socially isolated.

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Candid

MAY 23, 2023

Panelists discussed the critical role of HBCUs in uplifting Black communities and explored new research on the disparately uneven philanthropic support for these institutions. She and my great-grandfather worked as sharecroppers while raising eight children.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 9, 2014

Investing in education has an incredible multiplier effect as it leads to increased prosperity not just for individuals, but also for their communities and societies. But the 2014 Global Philanthropy Forum clearly highlighted the role that the philanthropic community can play in affecting this shift. It provides returns for decades.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 15, 2012

The profits from the BeadforLife Store go into training and community programs in Uganda and education in North America. Global Goods Partners is dedicated to alleviating poverty by strengthening women led development initiatives in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. for our children’s future. promoting human rights.

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Candid

DECEMBER 10, 2021

million for clinical effectiveness research (CER) studies aimed at improving care for adults and children across a range of health conditions. The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute has announced grants totaling $49.5 The grants will fund nine new CER studies, including three focused on telehealth and mobile health strategies.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Proceeds benefit First Book, a nonprofit that provides new books and educational resources to schools and programs in low-income communities. Proceeds go to both the talented artisans that create the beautifully crafted products in the UNICEF Market and to help UNICEF save and protect children. 8) Getty Store :: shop.getty.edu.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 1, 2022

We spoke to several people living with HIV– including Connie Mudenda, an AIDS activist who lost three of her children to the disease. Where and How Do You Reach Communities Who Need To See These Campaigns and Be Part of the Movement for Change? In order to create change and reach communities, we need to meet people where they are.

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Qgiv

JULY 19, 2023

For example, Tyson Foods supplies grants for organizations that give back to their community, such as nonprofits that help provide food access. The four grant categories you can apply for are: education in America, democracy, international peace and security, and higher education and research in Africa.

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Kindful

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

See if any of these funders serve your community and if you qualify for funding. Oregon Community Foundation. The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee. Grand Rapids Community Foundation. Santa Fe Community Foundation. Areas served: Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, the Middle East.

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Everyaction

JUNE 20, 2018

In June of 2018, this mandate feels more pressing than ever, as thousands of families seeking asylum are torn apart and children are held in cages at the U.S. Their model of empowerment amplifies the voices of refugee communities, allowing them to act as their own champions. border, all during the ongoing Syrian refugee crisis.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2012

…more likely to be literate, healthy and survive into adulthood, as are her children. …more likely to reinvest her income back into her family, community and country. …more likely to understand her rights and be a force for change.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Uganda is no different except for one thing: its amazing NetSquared Regional Ambassador for East Africa, Robert Kibaya. For his day job, Robert runs Communications without Borders and the NGO Kikandwa Rural Communities Development Organization. Here in Uganda and Africa in general, governments do not provide for elderly people.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 6, 2015

Alongside Africa is a tiny nonprofit: half a dozen people generally working from their homes in the UK to support an even smaller handful based across Uganda. " Alongside Africa recently received a selection of Skype credit vouchers as a donation via Technology Trust , TechSoup Global's UK partner. Images: Alongside Africa'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Note from Beth: As a supporter of the work that the Sharing Foundation does for children in Cambodia, I’ve seen first hand the value of literacy programs in developing countries. Our connection to Kenya remains strong; we are also the guardians for one of the children from that orphanage, @sammyikua , who now studies in Maine.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

This blog originally appeared on the Huffington Post In December 1981 soldiers of the Salvadoran Army’s Atlacatl Battalion entered the village of El Mozote, where they murdered hundreds of men, women and children. I was aghast that it could take a dozen years for the world to believe the massacre had happened.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2012

And where is the local community in all of this? As activists, professionals in social good, and as storytellers, we have to move beyond engaging the community to really parsing out what is the right change and the effective path to the solution. The victims are Ugandan children. Has Invisible Children been transparent?

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Nonprofits Source

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Corporate giving allows nonprofits to maximize community support by leveraging nonprofit-oriented programs that companies have already established. Community Grants Some companies offer community grants to help out local nonprofits in need. Disney Disney is committed to helping children and families around the world.

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Tech Soup

MAY 1, 2017

National Volunteer Week has come and gone, but I ask you to join me every week in celebrating the amazing contributions of TechSoup's NetSquared community. If you're holding monthly events gathering the #nptech community, let me know , and I'll include you in the next community calendar. Africa and Middle East.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

TechSoup Global's vice president for Africa David Barnard did. David Barnard has completed six of these grueling races: The Kalahari Desert in Botswana and South Africa (its name is derived from a Tswana word meaning "the great thirst"). This includes approximately 200 deaths of young children every year.

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CauseVox

JUNE 28, 2021

It got a ton of community engagement, brought attention to their work, and brought on individual fundraisers. Is there a local celebrity, well-known personality, or local expert in your community that believes in your cause and can speak to it? Invite the community by advertising on social media , print media, email, and direct mail.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 16, 2010

I've had some posts in pipeline following up on social media metrics and the Chase Community Giving Contest second phase, but wanted to share these two stories from Haiti from on the ground and a bird's eye view. An Orphanage Destroyed, Children Still Alive. Here's more about their haiti platform.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

The Second Harvest Food Bank promotes that a $50 gift provides 180 meals for hungry families, children, and seniors. International Development Exchange touts that a $100 donation initiates a rural women’s organic farming collective inSouth Africa. before their communities were ready. Inspire first; ask later.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 14, 2010

Just a few weeks ago, we put out the call to nonprofits and libraries in the United States and Canada to demonstrate how their innovative use of Adobe software acquired through the TechSoup product donation program helped them change lives, communities, and the world for the better. Other Media.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

Photo by Life in Africa For this week's BlogHer Holiday Guide post, I needed to come up with a list of nonprofit organizations or causes that BlogHer readers may consider making a donation to as part of their year-end giving. I have two favorites: The Sharing Foundation which supports children in Cambodia and Creative Commons.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 10, 2013

The church sponsors the Beardstown Christian Academy , which is a pre-K through 8 elementary school that serves 110 children. The First Christian Church of Beardstown is a non-sectarian Christian church in rural west-central Illinois. It has 300 members. Charity Technology in the Heartland. It has a population of about 6,000 people.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2013

Apps are a powerful way for everyday people to act for social good, making their lives, and the lives of their communities, stronger. Read about how your community can breathe new life into an old story from Connecting Up, our Australian partner. We have partners in Asia, Africa, and all over Europe. TechSoup for Libraries.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 22, 2010

It’s everything you’d expect from a tiny, community-built museum: a couple small rooms, a haphazard collection of objects, labels typed on printer paper and laminated or stuck to the wall. My favorite part was a wall of photos and transcribed oral histories from local elderly community members. It was for their unique, small community.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 10, 2013

The challenges included connecting African farmers to markets, creating an online networking space for women veterans, mapping Africa’s natural resources, and a few others. The projects varied from educational tools for children to energy efficiency. Census Bureau and the Peace Corps. freespace], San Francisco.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2008

A number of nonprofit organizations are promoting Valentine's Day giving opportunities, here's a few: A Day for Hearts is an opportunity to raise awareness about congenital heart defects, a lethal constellation of birth defects of the heart that affect millions of newborn infants and children worldwide.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Symantec gives a lot back to the nonprofit and library community through their donation program here at TechSoup — See what organizations like yours are saying about their donated Symantec products. As a company, they works to have a positive impact on the local communities around the world where it has offices.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 27, 2008

Children's book depicting breastfeeding babies and toddlers b. Meaningful Education in Africa for the Average Child: Lead Now Fellows f. Each month the Ideablob.com community votes for the ideas they like the best. Which do you think is a better idea? Elmidae: An eco-friendly intellectual clothing line c.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 2, 2005

My friend Gabriela Masala sent me some more good giftie ideas: For the children on her list, she bought High in the Clouds a children's book by Sir Paul McCartney, Geoff Dunbar and Phillip Ardagh. She and her husband and their local community also "adopted" a village in Africa of approximately 3,600 people.

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