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Giving Trends in Brazil: How Crowdfunding & Social Entrepreneurs Are Transforming the Nonprofit Sector

Nonprofit Tech for Good

An Interview with Ruy Fortini , Founder and CEO of Doare and official partner of the 2018 Global Trends in Giving Report. According to the Institute of Applied Economic Research , there are 820,000 existing NGOs, also know as ONGs (organizaciónes no gubernamentales), in Brazil.

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Call for Partners! The 2020 Global Trends in Giving Report

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The third edition of the Global Trends in Giving Report (the sister report to the 2019 Global NGO Technology Report ) will be published September 15, 2020 , and for the first time, we are conducting an open call for partners worldwide. Example 3: You are a crowdfunding website in Brazil. Benefits of Partnership.

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Spotlighting the Benefits of the Stakeholder Economy at Davos 2022

Saleforce Nonprofit

An important part of what we do at Salesforce.org is to convene those who can push the needle on improving the state of the world, and Davos was an ideal opportunity for us to engage inspiring speakers on pressing issues such as mental health, climate change, inequality, and global health. Jack Harries understands the power of storytelling.

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Welcome to TechSoup Brazil!

Tech Soup

TechSoup Brazil , a collaborative effort of Associação Telecentro de Informação e Negócios (ATN) and TechSoup Global, was launched has just officially launched after many months of planning. If you work with nonprofits or NGOs in Brazil or want to learn more, check out their site (in Portugese). Welcome, Brazil!

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Fair Trade Certified: An Interview with Paul Rice of TransFair USA

Have Fun - Do Good

At the heart of Fair Trade is the notion of direct trade, kind of like a farmer's market gone global. That, I would argue, is the other big benefit for consumers of Fair Trade. PR: I was in Brazil a few months ago, and in this village in Brazil there are about eighty or ninety families that are all very small coffee growers.

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[VIDEO] Using WhatsApp to Increase Engagement with Multicultural Communities

Bloomerang

So I’m really happy that she’s been so gracious to carve this into her schedule because she’s got a lot of really cool perspectives that, honestly, us Americans, I know not all of you were Americans listening on, but we need to hear this stuff and we’ll benefit from it. It started only in Brazil. ” Right?

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Taking Local Currency Digital: A New Experiment Emerges

Non Profit Quarterly

There are now over 200 local currencies in use worldwide, according to a database maintained by the Schumacher Center, with popularity greatest in Europe and Brazil. A handful of America’s largest financial corporations are also leading investors in global fossil fuel extraction. Now 15 years in, BerkShares, Inc.

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