Tech Soup

JANUARY 28, 2014

In due course, he got a bunch of his biker friends involved and started the charity. "There's a mystique behind us, but 99 percent of us are people you wouldn't expect, like a lawyer sitting next you – 99 percent of bikers are law-abiding citizens. Back in my 20s, I was a law enforcement officer.

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Tech Soup

JULY 21, 2014

Another page, “Life Cycle of a Public Charity,” is also very useful. Know the Law. The first step in understanding tax laws applicable to nonprofit tax-exemption is to carefully read the Internal Revenue Code section (IRC§) 501(c)(3) and, although they may not be necessary, the Treasury Regulations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 28, 2007

Make A Wish Donation Box in Second Life On the Web, you can become a messenger for your cause by adding a charity badge or fundraising widget to your blog or web site. In Second Life, you can build a 3-D display and donation box where avatars can contribute Linden dollars. I contribute to this charity in real life too.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Only Two Things In Life Are Certain: Death & Taxes (Well, Maybe Not). In particular, “nonprofit” is a term associated with state law, while “tax-exempt” is a term associated with federal tax law. While LLC laws vary from state to state, an LLC generally: Doesn’t need to file an annual report. Can I Deduct It?

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

You might be inspired to bring your idea to life by starting a nonprofit. Look into relevant laws regarding starting a nonprofit in your community. Look into pro-bono services offered by local bar associations or law firms. Do you have an idea for an organization that will bring good to the world and serve a charitable purpose?

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 26, 2019

Changes in Government Regulations & Laws – While some governmental changes can be beneficial to Social Service nonprofit organizations, such as the Edward M Kennedy Serve America Act of 2009 , others can have a negative impact, such as the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2007

Remember the homeless avatar in Second Life that got a lot of attention a few weeks back? Rik Riel and Nedra Weinreich also wrote it up and I suspect it probably inspired a few Second Life Doubter's Club posts. I also tracked down the avatar in Second Life and did an interview with the people from NGO involved in this campaign.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2014

The finalists are an impressive roster of charities from diverse fields doing great work in nonprofit technology. MedShare is a national charity that collects surplus medical supplies and equipment and distributes it to healthcare facilities in the developing world. Google then invited the public to vote for the top winners.

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CauseVox

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Tip: Be mindful of local laws regarding sports betting to ensure that you’re operating on the right side of the law. Autumn is a perfect time to be outside, which is why planning a back-to-school carnival is one of the top fall fundraising ideas your nonprofit or charity should consider. Back to School Carnival. Haunted House.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 23, 2013

The Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project reports that the main reason they don’t go online is because they don’t think the Internet is relevant to them. Founding donors to the fund include Google Fiber , the Illig Family Foundation, Sprint , Global Prairie , Polsinelli Law , and J.E.

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ASU Lodestar Center

AUGUST 29, 2012

Just as enthusiastic volunteers often need a primer on best practices in soliciting for in-kind items, preparing event experiences, limitations of the tax laws, and rules around tax exempt status and politics, preparing your new staff with an arsenal of tools to use to check on these delicate subjects is important.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

The online protest was to raise awareness on NSA mass surveillance practices and also to promote ‘Aaron’s law’, a response to the 2013 suicide death of activist Aaron Swartz who was convicted of hacking data on an academic website and getting a sentence of 35 years in prison. The New York Times Outs Google+. Gaming for Good.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Vu’s passion to make the world better, combined with a low score on the Law School Admission Test, drove him into the field of nonprofit work, where he learned that we should take the work seriously, but not ourselves. Simon offers consultancy to some of the biggest and smallest charities around the world.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

In hardware life extension news, the grand award winner for software in Popular Science's Best of What's New 2013 this year is a server/software technology called Neverware Juicebox. It’s also looking like relatively few charities and also libraries are getting the hang of it. Green Technology. Cloud Computing.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 29, 2015

Images bring life and interest to anything. law that covers this is called the right of publicity. Whether you need permission to post photos you take for your library or charity depends on how they will be used and if the people in the pictures can be identified. You can indeed. The area of U.S.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 16, 2013

The RCI program also has a free end-of-life takeback program , in which anyone with an RCI computer can call and get free shipping when the PC is ready for recycling. InterConnection recently worked with us to test out Windows Multipoint Server in charities and libraries to see how it works. Multipoint Server is thin client.

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2014

The European Court of Justice has taken a landmark decision to reverse this fact of modern life. " The ruling establishes that a search engine such as Google must be regarded as a "data controller" under the data protection laws in those EU countries where it operates. Here in the U.S., Disaster Relief in Eastern Europe.

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Whole Whale

MAY 5, 2021

Your organization’s public disclosure of financial and tax documents can help instill confidence in donors, yes, but also grant making foundations, future hires, journalists, charity rating organizations, and the general public more broadly. Charity Ratings.

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Tech Soup

MAY 31, 2013

They are all part of TechSoup Asia , which serves charities in the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand — and now Vietnam and Indonesia. The organization has a particular mission to help charities (particularly those who work to aid women) and to promote gender equality.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Some other organizations rely much more heavily on major gifts to support their work - and I'd venture to say that's more true for organizations that could realistically put themselves out of business in 10-20 years by solving the problem - curing the disease, passing the law, etc. Also, most major gifts don't happen out of the blue.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2008

law of reciprocity). In gratitude for the apple of her eye (her first grandchild) THE SHARING FOUNDATION became her charity of choice. Try fear: If you don't act now, another child's life will be lost forever in horrible poverty. Roger recently shared some thoughts about why he is participating in the bloggers campaign.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

We’re against piracy, and have made commitments to authors and publishers to encourage compliance with copyright law. No more donations to our charity. Yet another example of bills written to catch criminals, that do very little to stop them, but end up screwing up law-abiding organizations. Unfortunately, that’s not the case.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 21, 2005

that someone could punch in a number on their cell phone and make a donation to a charity. Way of life. Laws/Regulations/Bookkeeping Hire a lawyer as part of your strategy ??? t break the laws ??? So, as a first step, organizations should be at least collecting mobile phone numbers in their databases.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2007

And, looking at the list, it's only US-based charities) He raises a great question that gets beyond the scoreboard, numbers only focus of his approach: "Don't you think that they might have lessons to teach all of us?" Second Life Ruby has an update on the demonstrations occurring in Second Life in support of Burma.

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Care2

MAY 29, 2009

” Accordingly, 12 states are developing laws to ban or limit “junk mail” despite strenuous efforts by the Direct Marketing Association and others to fight such legislation. Both are exhausting and a turn-off when it comes to making a donation to a charity. But now a days life is very fast.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

A charity golf tournament won’t just raise money and build excitement for your cause, it can also be a pillar of your major donor recruitment plan. Charity Races like marathons, 5Ks, fun runs, or walkathons invite participants to register with your nonprofit and collect donations from their community, making every step count for your cause.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 11, 2014

You’ve worked hard to build a solid relationship with each of your donors, but sometimes life happens and active donors become in memoriam donors. According to Guidestar, almost 70 percent of Americans give to charity during their lifetime , but fewer than 10 percent create legacy gifts. Know the Law. So start the conversation!

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 20, 2015

From Dan Pallotta’s widely viewed TED talk, “ The Way We Think about Charity is Dead Wrong ,” to conferences and publications, overhead is hotly debated. Would local grassroots organizations experience less impact than national charities? In just about any place you look today for advice on fundraising, overhead is being discussed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2011

We’re against piracy, and have made commitments to authors and publishers to encourage compliance with copyright law. No more donations to our charity. Yet another example of bills written to catch criminals, that do very little to stop them, but end up screwing up law-abiding organizations. Unfortunately, that’s not the case.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The charity got a $2,500 check the following week without any ask. If people don’t know you, there’s no real, even my general attitude to life, trust people, it’s always worked out well, with some few exceptions, it’s still worth it. . ” And the potential donor said, “Yes, you can.”

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2014

TechSoup's senior online community manager, Lewis Haidt, predicts that charities will use more sophisticated group social media tools like Thunderclap that amplify messaging. Data theft, cyberattacks, and government surveillance are a growing fact of digital life, and it looks like 2015 will only be more of the same.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 20, 2017

Charitable Bequest: This is a provision in a will, trust, or estate plan that allocates a gift to a designated charity. Contingent Bequest: This is a provision in a will, trust, or estate plan that allocates a gift to a designated charity as an alternative to a higher priority bequest or condition to be met.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Of course charities rely on donations of all sorts as their bread and butter, so it’s useful, I think, to have a tactful strategy for turning down donations that you can’t use by telling donors where to take their IT discards. is now covered by a state e-waste recycling law. " How To Say No, Nicely.

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EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

The 33rd Annual Nonprofit Organizations Institute features leading nationally recognized experts from private foundations, public charities, law, finance and government to discuss the latest tax, legislative and governance issues affecting nonprofit organizations. Philanthropy Southwest / Austin, TX / $625. General / @southwestfdns.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 30, 2017

Chayn , an international domestic violence charity, recently released a Do-It-Yourself Online Safety Guide. The danger is amplified even more so for people living in oppressive contexts; there the law of the land does not offer protection to people whose social behavior differs from the norm. Who has access to it?

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 8, 2010

Ive found that in my life, it was easier and more effective to set up a board of advisors," said Burkus, the editor of LeaderLab. This is a group of people, three to five, that have rotated into my life at various times and that speak into it and help me grow. I benefit from the variety of experience these people have."

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Okay, so youve found your New Years resolution for your personal life. But, have you identified your New Years resolution for your workplace life? Thursday, December 30, 2010 70 New Years Resolutions For Leaders Lose weight. Exercise more. Stop smoking.

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