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Donor Spotlight: Lavelle Fund for the Blind

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One foundation that has been a committed supporter of our work is the Lavelle Fund for the Blind. The Lavelle Fund exemplifies the tremendous social return that bold philanthropy can create. Embracing measured risk, The Fund has been willing to make early bets on Benetech, and has repeatedly chosen to invest in our prototype projects.

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Leveraging Impact through Technology (LIT)

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In my Fall 2011 President's Update , I mentioned some of our incredible recent achievements in this core program, including the amazing milestones of our Bookshare library. This last September, Benetech won a 3 million dollar award over one year from OSEP for a project we call Leveraging Impact through Technology, or, very appropriately, LIT.

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10X: CEO’s Update: Spring 2014

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I have disruptive approaches to social innovation in mind, with an increasingly connected society where the cost of prototyping and deploying new products is extremely low, and where innovation is no longer the sole purview of well-funded for-profit corporations. Our Bookshare online library is continuing to multiply its impact.

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Outstanding Offers and New Products of 2014 (Bonus: Crossword Puzzle!)

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or Cary __; gas or train __ ( funding ) Answer. fast; contents of a library (accounting) Answer. Libraries can collect fees on them or lend them out. Bitdefender 2015 Award-Winning Security. Award-winning Bitdefender comes praised by PC Mag , AV-Test, AV-Comparatives, and others. “Home, home on the __.”

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150+ Creative Ways to Show Donors Appreciation

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Send a video or audio “thank you” through social media or email. Plaque or award. Name an award after them. Shout out to Get Fully Funded ! Snap a photo of the donor while at your facility or event and frame it and send it to them (also from Get Fully Funded ). This may be used as a surprise benefit. Hear me out.

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » The Chronicle of Philanthropy – Telling Moving Stories

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You need to subscribe to see the whole thing, but here’s an except: When the American Jewish World Service used to talk about using video to illustrate its overseas aid projects, it usually meant gathering enough footage for a seven-minute spot to be shown to the people who would attend its annual fund-raising dinners. Rosenberg says.

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » The Chronicle of Philanthropy – Telling Moving Stories

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You need to subscribe to see the whole thing, but here’s an except: When the American Jewish World Service used to talk about using video to illustrate its overseas aid projects, it usually meant gathering enough footage for a seven-minute spot to be shown to the people who would attend its annual fund-raising dinners. Rosenberg says.