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Bookshare en Puerto Rico

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I am lucky to be able to contribute this passion to Benetech by providing outreach and membership support in Spanish to the commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Why shouldn’t students in Puerto Rico benefit from our technology and services? This photo was taken in a library in San Juan.

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Announcing Our First Impact Labs Cohort on Zero Hunger: Addressing Food Insecurity in the U.S.

Saleforce Nonprofit

Melvin (Mel) hails from Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. As one of the largest food banks in the nation, our organization nearly doubled in size during the pandemic and we continue to see unprecedented levels of need as we all learn to live in this “new normal.” Meet the Impact Lab Community Fellow Cohort on U.S.

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A Jargon-Free Guide to Low-Profit Limited Liability Companies (L3C)

NonProfit Hub

So you want to start an organization that benefits a specific cause. Or is something that benefits both the owners and the cause more up your alley? An L3C, though, is a hybrid of an LLC and nonprofit business model, which is where an organization operates to benefit the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive.

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What Should I Do About Junk Hardware Donations?

Tech Soup

A good network of nonprofits in your area can benefit everyone by ensuring goods with a use get used. national recycling system or law, so in some Midwestern, western and southern states, recyclers tend to charge something to properly dispose of IT discards. and Puerto Rico, so they’re convenient to most locations.

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4 Keys to Engaging Employees in Your Company’s Matching Gifts Program

Connection Cafe

Would Millennials care or was this benefit a more “traditional” offering that appealed to Gen Xers like me? Later, I learned that the national median for participation that year was 7% , meaning we were starting ahead of the game! Ease of Adoption – Making the benefit easy to use is also a must. And guess what?