Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 12, 2009

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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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Community Fellows posed the question: “How might we leverage the full power of the Salesforce ecosystem – employees, philanthropy, product, suppliers, and policy influence – to address food insecurity?” Melvin (Mel) hails from Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. Meet the Impact Lab Community Fellow Cohort on U.S. Food Insecurity.

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Hunger Impact Puerto Rico Arkansas 93

NonProfit Hub

JUNE 1, 2017

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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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

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?

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