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Electronic Resources and Libraries Annual Conference

Amy Sample Ward

Location : Austin, TX. Date : February 28th-March 2nd, 2011. Topic : Keynote. Description : Libraries, whether associated with a school, government, agency or geography, serve a community. And when the community changes, there’s an opportunity for the institution and the service to change or not to change.

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Weekly update from PND

Candid

Austin Russell creates $70 million fund at Central Florida Foundation. The Central Florida Foundation in Orlando has announced a $70 million contribution from Luminar Technologies founder and CEO Austin Russell to create a charitable fund. A weekly update with the latest news from PND. December 30, 2021.

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Legacy of Hope Austin: Dreams for Kids with Special Needs

Tech Soup

… "Even if the finances are there, often the opportunity is not there because either the service is not available or there are more urgent care issues that take up the families' time and resources." " Armed with this vision, Carr secured a private grant and launched Legacy of Hope Austin (LOH) in 2010.

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Some Little Known Faith-Based Technology Resources

Tech Soup

We’ve been talking to folks from some of the 350,000 congregations around the country and have been hearing that they’d like more coverage of IT resources for religious oriented charities on TechSoup. Her office provides resources, staff trainings, and coordinates state events for 200 churches around the state.

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SXSW 2022: Using Data to Advance Racial Equity featuring Ann Mei Chang and Meme Styles

Candid

At the same time, small community-based nonprofits across the country are desperately seeking resources. In the second half of the talk, Meme Styles, founder and president of MEASURE , shares how having a Candid profile and adding to this broader data has improved funding and equity for the small nonprofits she works with in Austin. .

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Kickstart a successful fundraising year with Candid Seals of Transparency 

Candid

However, many nonprofits are constrained by limited resources and struggle to prioritize marketing and communications efforts to increase their visibility. Jamie Austin, a board member of Village Enterprise Fund, says, “The Platinum Seal helps us stand out since there are so many nonprofits for donors to choose from.”

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In conversation: using data and education to advance racial equity at MEASURE

Candid

Candid's team reached out to Meme recently to learn more about the work MEASURE is doing in Austin, TX. Our goals with this initiative were to defeat the adultification bias of Black girls in the community, and we also wanted to provide clinical partners, Black mentors, and resources to educate and empower Black girls.

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