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An Open (Online) Book: What SB 272 Means for California Public Records

Byte Technology

Johnson signed into law the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), a sweeping measure that suddenly allowed all American citizens access to public records that where previously out of reach to anyone but government employees. It may seem hard to imagine but it’s been 50 years since President Lyndon B.

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8 Nonprofits Championing Environmental Sustainability on Earth Day

Classy

Each year, individuals worldwide take the opportunity to do better for our planet with actions such as planting trees, cleaning local communities, and raising awareness for environmental causes through peer-to-peer fundraising pages. The UK will ban new gasoline or diesel car sales by 2030, and California plans to follow .

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18 Successful (Yet Untapped) Fall Fundraising Ideas

CauseVox

For this fundraising event, you’ll need to team up with a local paint and sip store like Pinot’s Palette or Painting with a Twist that’s willing to paint it forward with a percentage of the night’s proceeds going to your cause. Oak Hill School of California Trivia Night Fundraiser. You can go one of two ways here. No-Shave November.

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Using TechSoup Products or Resources for Security? Want a Free Microsoft Tablet?

Tech Soup

As part of National Cyber Security Awareness Month and TechSoup's Safer Online for Nonprofits initiative, TechSoup is raising awareness about how nonprofits are taking practical steps to keep their organization safe: in the office, in the field, and on the go. Dispute Resolution/Governing Law/Waiver of Jury Trial. Official Rules.

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Domestic Violence Awareness Month: 5 Extraordinary Organizations

Tech Soup

TechSoup is participating by amplifying what other agencies, collaborators, and libraries in our network are doing to raise awareness on this important issue. On October 1, Brighter Tomorrows held a Candlelight Vigil at a local police department. On October 3, it held a Purple Paw Project festival at a local park. " STAND!

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Why Nonprofits Are Needed in the Sharing Economy

Tech Soup

One example of this (there are many others) came from Veena Dubal, a civil rights attorney and labor researcher at University of California Berkeley. Janelle Orsi, CEO and Co-Founder of the Sustainable Economies Law Center , a project of the nonprofit Community Ventures, on how The Sharing Economy Just Got Real.

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Are Social Enterprises Viable Models for Funding Nonprofits?

ASU Lodestar Center

Historically, federal and state laws have viewed nonprofit and for-profit entities as mutually exclusive organizations whose work rarely, if ever, overlapped. L3Cs were specifically designed to help social entrepreneurs raise capital from a much broader range of investors. Clean the World, 2015).

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