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Higher Education Funding & Grant Resources

Bloomerang

The Awesome Foundation. New Earth Foundation. Cornell Douglas Foundation. International Game Technology. Kellogg Foundation. Whole Kids Foundation. Emeril Lagasse Foundation. The Barney Family Foundation. Change Happens Foundation. The Harry Chapin Foundation. Burkle Foundation.

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Council on Foundations

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I just returned from a couple of days at the Council on Foundations annual meeting in Seattle. I was part of a panel that included Orlando Ayala of Microsoft, Linda Segre of Google.org, Sally Osberg of the Skoll Foundation and was moderated by Akhtar Badshah of Microsoft. The title was "Changing Poverty through Profit."

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How Can Nonprofits Make the Most of Overhead Funds?

ASU Lodestar Center

These costs, referred to as “indirect” expenses, “general and administrative (G&A)” costs or “overhead,” include such outlays as salaries and employer related expenses, utilities, rent, computers, and information technology (IT). Heron Foundation, put it, ‘In the long run, you can’t have strong programs in weak organizations.’”

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Should CEOs and Executive Directors Use Social Media?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There is also the issue of comfort - both with the technology and being transparent. Here are some good examples of CEO and Executive Director use of social media in the US social sector: Holly Ross is the executive director of NTEN, the nonprofit technology network in the US. This is a good example of a "Blended profile.".

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Reflections from Networked Nonprofit Workshop for 300 People

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Chip Conley was the keynote speaker at last week’s Craigslist Foundation Bootcamp and one thing that he said that has been stuck in my head is: “ You can have a job, a career, or calling “ The latter, a calling, is when you can tap into an internal motivation that fuels and inspires you. It resonated.

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Guest Post by Stephanie McAuliffe: SoCap09 - Day 2 Roundup

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

An easy example is green technology. These ventures offer solid rates of return as well as environmental and/or social benefits, sometimes called blended value. Folks from Good and Ideo spoke up saying that they are looking at this issue, and they invited people to join them blogging this topic. link] [link].

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Not Business As Usual!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

An approach that puts social issues foremost; a strategy that delivers better results for far more people. I come out of the business sector and I admire what business can do in terms of creating jobs and new technology and new ways for people to communicate. Issues like education, health, employment, retirement.

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