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5 things to know about philanthropy to HBCUs

Candid

For a more “apples to apples” funding comparison, we also examined foundation funding to higher education institutions with similar attributes to HBCUs along five key dimensions: size, geographic region, institution type, locale, and specialization. By comparison, funding to HBCUs averaged $61 million from 2015 through 2019.

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Giving Trends in Kenya: How the Growth of Mobile Payments Are Transforming Community Giving

Nonprofit Tech for Good

According to the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law , there are 6,500+ NGOs registered with the NGOs Coordination Board in Kenya. This is because the process to open a bank account is very tedious in comparison to getting a sim card and adding cash through a local M-Pesa agent. 39% of donors in Kenya give tribute gifts.

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Free Report on Nonprofits and Copyright

Tech Soup

Technology in the Arts recently released an excellent report on copyright law. One noteworthy part of the report is a comparison among three performance companies, the Metropolitan Opera , Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theatre , and Misnomer Dance Theater. I find the three companies' stories interesting.

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Why Nonprofits Are Needed in the Sharing Economy

Tech Soup

My TechSoup Global colleague Lewis Haidt was at the conference as well and penned Nonprofits Imagine a Better Sharing Economy , which provides a good primer on what it is and how a nonprofit-centric sharing economy can benefit all of us. Where Are Nonprofits and Libraries on Sharing? Our responsibility is to demand that seat at the table.

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The Coming Wave of Web 2.0 Consultants and Vendors - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

As Wikipedia becomes more mainstream as a reference source, there might be substantial benefits from helping ensure it frames the debate in a truly balanced manner (and presents your organization’s critical information, of course). How about Digg ? Will there be conferences for Orkut experts to exchange best practices?

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The Coming Wave of Web 2.0 Consultants and Vendors - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Care2

As Wikipedia becomes more mainstream as a reference source, there might be substantial benefits from helping ensure it frames the debate in a truly balanced manner (and presents your organization’s critical information, of course). How about Digg ? Will there be conferences for Orkut experts to exchange best practices?

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How to Train and Develop Millennials Today?

Gyrus

Everywhere you look there are posts about millennials, mainly focusing on their abilities in comparison to their predecessors. Their entire lives have been placed on display for your viewing pleasure via social media, and strangely, have managed to benefit from the situation entirely. How to Train and Develop Millennials.