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Higher Education Funding & Grant Resources

Bloomerang

Costco Wholesale’s “primary charitable efforts specifically focus on programs supporting children, education, and health and human services in the communities where we do business.”. The Lisa Libraries donates new children’s books and small libraries to organizations that work with children in low-income or underserved areas.

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Pottsboro Area Library: The Winner of TechSoup’s February Success Story Digital Connector Challenge

Tech Soup

Pottsboro Area Library in Texas. Pottsboro is a small town located 75 minutes north of Dallas on the Texas-Oklahoma border. Forty-two percent of Pottsboro’s school children are eligible for the National School Lunch Program. They recruited a local volunteer to teach the kids Adobe InDesign to lay out the publication.

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How To Use Information You Already Have To Personalize Constituent Experiences Online

NTEN

Aimy Wiley, Capital Area Food Bank of Texas. [Ed. I recently started coordinating the online development for the Capital Area Food Bank of Texas, a mid-sized food bank serving 21 counties in Central Texas. We recently had a competition for community members to watch a preview of a new movie along with our Kids Cafe children.

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TechSoup Honors Unsung Heroes

Tech Soup

I'd like you to meet Kerry Thomson at Habitat for Humanity of Monroe County, Indiana; Lori Chidgey of Corazon Ministries in San Antonio, Texas; Betty Martin of Cape Girardeau Public Library in Missouri; and the late Rory Foster of the Northwoods Wildlife Center in Minocqua, Wisconsin. Unconditional Love and Justice.

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9 Amazing Organizations Share Their Tech Success

Tech Soup

Legacy of Hope Austin is a Texas-based arts charity that's created the 2dance2dream program , providing a way for children with special needs to express themselves through movement and music. The Kosch-Westerman Foundation connects terminally ill children to their classrooms through technology. " Legacy of Hope Austin.

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Cause Camp 2017 Speaker Lineup Announcement

NonProfit Hub

Tom Ahern makes his living by writing cases and direct mail … by doing audits, reviewing and recommending fixes for donor communications … and by teaching others what he’s learned during decades of trial, error and the occasional spectacular success. AhernComm.com. Ahern didn’t start in fundraising. Derrick Feldmann. Achieve Agency.

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5 Tips for the Perfect Online Donation Form

Connection Cafe

Meals on Wheels Central Texas kicks off the donation process on their homepage. Behavioral economics teaches us how humans behave—especially how we behave irrationally. Saturday Place, a Chicago-based nonprofit for children, does this well: With anchoring, the key is to let the biggest number lead. Nudge Your Donors Upward.