Candid

DECEMBER 23, 2021

I was hired to work for Ford Foundation in 1991 as a program officer in Brazil, when Frank was still President. On that same trip Frank and Susan took to Brazil, we had organized a series of events and workshops so that they could meet grantees and understand the challenging transition Brazil was undergoing from dictatorship to democracy.

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Charity Village

JULY 8, 2021

The global employment nonprofit organisation Generation has published Meeting The World’s Midcareer Challenge, a research report based on a survey of 3,800 employed and unemployed people, and 1,404 hiring managers to reveal global employment trends.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 1, 2021

In April of 2020, Charity Navigator surveyed over 4,000 nonprofit representatives and learned that of those surveyed, 83% reported suffering financial hardship due to the pandemic and the economic shut down. Natalia’s family is originally from Brazil and she lives in Carmel Valley, California, with her husband and two small children.

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Candid

MAY 23, 2023

Fittingly, the university hosted the session “A Report on Philanthropic Funding to Historically Black Colleges and Universities.” Panelists from Brazil, Kenya, and Jamaica discussed the importance of empowering communities in the African diaspora. Panelist Dr. Steven E.

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Givinga

MAY 4, 2021

We thank the editors and reporters at Fast Company for including us as a finalist for this prestigious award.”. A panel of eminent Fast Company editors and reporters selected winners and finalists for the World Changing Ideas Awards from a pool of more than 4,000 entries.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Earlier this month, Candid and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) released the eighth edition of our annual Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy report. We invite you to dive into key findings from the report and explore granular data on our funding map. . report and funding map, visit our?

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AFP Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Using Mobile Phones to Map the Slums of Brazil | PBS: "A new project by Rede Jovem, a Brazilian non-profit that loosely translates to 'Youth Net,' seeks to change that. With the help of five young 'wiki-reporters' and GPS-equipped mobile phones, the non-profit is building a map of five Brazilian favelas: Complexo do Alema?o,

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NTEN

DECEMBER 23, 2014

Here''s a quick report on where the 2015 NTEN Challenge campaign is at today: we have raised $20,258 toward our goal of $50,000 to represent the 50,000 members of this community. It was also fun to have João Paulo Vergueiro sharing how Brazil was joining the Giving Tuesday celebration.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

I’ve just returned from keynoting the first Social Good Brazil conference that took place in Florianapolis, sometimes referred to the “Silicon Valley” of Brasil and where the nonprofit, social good, innovation, and technology community is leading the social change movement. ” Philantroteens.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 12, 2015

I worked remotely full-time during much of 2014 when my husband and I relocated to Brazil for nine months. During my time in Brazil, I participated in meetings as much if not more frequently than when I am in the home office. In this series of blog posts, TechSoup staff will share our telework experience.

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AFP Blog

JANUARY 29, 2014

Latest global social, digital, mobile data for ya : his report presents all the key statistics, data and behavioural indicators for social, digital and mobile channels around the world. For other reports in this series, please visit [link] H/T to Social Fish'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 21, 2012

But it is more than the technology, it is also their passion to do good in the world. I recently keynoted the Social Good Brazil Conference in November. While her parents were concerned about her safety, she kept going.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Do you ever write a social media update in formal language, the same as you might use in a report or presentation? Orkut , for example, is still popular in Brazil, while Renren and Qzone dominate the Chinese market (where Twitter and Facebook are banned). Probably not. It’s a place for colloquialisms and slang. Use the right platform.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 19, 2015

She quickly became a national figure with regular appearances on talk shows to discuss the problems with public education in Brazil, despite threats from teachers, administrators, and even fellow students. They are not content to just sit and click. Gen Z have (social) entrepreneurial spirit in their DNA.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 8, 2015

Event Reports. Porto Alegre, Brazil: Evento De Design De Aplicativos Para Celular. Tech4Good Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada. See if there's a group close to you by searching our map. Don't have a NetSquared group near you? We'd love to help you start a new meetup. What have NetSquared groups been up to recently?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 31, 2004

At the moment, I'm en route to Brazil for the Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneur Summit. I am sure I will have more to report in a week! But, we're thinking about equity-like vehicles that pass the nonprofit legal requirements and yet provide something for social investors in search of a financial return. That's pretty interesting.

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 16, 2015

According to JWT Intelligence Report , this generation is interested in global social changes such as poverty reduction, clean water and racial/gender inequity. They are not content to just sit and click. They are not afraid to stand up for cause they are passionate about. Gen Z have (social) entrepreneurial spirit in their DNA.

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Tech Soup

MAY 31, 2013

Most Vietnamese people (80 percent) report having no religion. Indonesia has the world’s second highest level of biodiversity (after Brazil). The Viet people are the most numerous ethnic group. English is increasingly favored as a second language. The country is 9 percent Buddhist. They have a 1.7-percent in the world.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 14, 2009

The fact-finding public hearing and request for comments seemed to have two purposes: both to understand how Chafee is working and to report back to WIPO about the U.S. The hot topic was the proposal made by Brazil, Ecuador and Paraguay, for a global treaty (a treaty for which I was part of the expert drafting team).

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

We’ve since welcomed virtual Sprinters from 25+ countries around the globe, including Australia, Japan, Senegal, Ethiopia, and Brazil. App Advice & Consumer Reports. Each project is working to create an impactful solution to address a particular challenge area identified and prioritized by the nonprofit and education community.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 24, 2007

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. It's about three hundred dollars a year to send a kid to high school in this region of Brazil. That is not true, only 4%, by Starbucks own reports, is Fair Trade certified.

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AFP Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2014

In countries such as Brazil and Nigeria, with younger populations and solid smartphone penetration, two-thirds of respondents say they are continuously connected,” according to the report. And, as to be expected, the bulk of the Internet addiction comes from countries with younger populations with greater access to technology. “In

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Even two years on from Timmy’s fame, followers regularly request update reports on Timmy and if his behaviour has improved! We received votes from all over the world including Iceland, Estonia, Israel, Germany, Poland, Chile, England, Brazil and Australia, with the most international votes coming from the United States.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

They came from the favelas of Brazil, from Alaska, from the Bronx, immigrant women from the Bronx. We even get Skypes from a woman from Kenya named Leah, who was one of our first grassroots women reporters. We unite those voices to accelerate change. I've got this. I'm spreading it now. I'm carrying this."

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Candid

APRIL 21, 2021

I remember visiting a university in Brazil where a police reform course was being taught with a classroom of students and police officers. He did so by summoning the courage to tell his captain that students’ experience with police in Brazil had been one of repression and that they would run from anyone in uniform.

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Non Profit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

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. Today, about 60 percent of Americans report using mobile payment platforms such as Venmo for at least some transactions. Regular reports from BerkShares, Inc.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 24, 2013

I’ll review Mary Meeker and Liang Wu’s annual report on the Internet, a new NTEN report on nonprofit technology assistance providers, Facebook’s new guidelines for nonprofits and causes, charities losing control of Hactivism, Google’s new micro-donation app, and Ginny Mies's pick for the mobile app of the month.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Edwin, who explained the process of completing the standard rape reporting form paperwork while treating a rape victim. Kipp’s idea was that we could take this paper-based rape reporting system and build it on top of our Martus secure human rights software platform.

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