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[Breaking News] An Extraordinary Funding Opportunity For Nonprofits To Preserve Local Journalism

Bloomerang

Nonprofits focused on the preservation of local journalism are being called to step up, and many of the country’s largest private foundations have announced $500 million in funding over five years to support them, an extraordinary initiative called Press Forward. What’s the problem? Press Forward seeks to stop and reverse that trend.

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7 Junior Achievement Business Hall of Fame Event Page Tips

Qgiv

Junior Achievement USA is an organization with over 100 local Areas that empowers the next generation by providing lessons in financial literacy, work and career readiness, and entrepreneurship.

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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Education

Kindful

They currently partner with 48 local organizations in 17 countries that work to secure equal educational access and high-quality education for all children. Literacy, particularly from birth through 3rd grade, is their primary focus because reading skills form the foundation for all childhood learning. Areas served: Colorado, Wyoming.

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16 Million 2-1-1 Calls in 2009

VisionLink

VisionLink''s Role VisionLink customers are among those providing 2-1-1 services, from New York to Washington state, from Florida to Maine, and here in our own state of Colorado--and for many regional and metropolitan systems in between. Requests for health and mental health services increased to 15% of all calls.

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Free In-Person Events for Nonprofit Techies

Tech Soup

Colorado Springs, Colorado: Mobile + Desktop = Universal Apps. Toronto, Canada: Toronto Net Tuesday: Digital Literacy for Nonprofits. Denver, Colorado: Donations on the Go: Mobile Tools to Enhance Giving. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: Monthly Meeting of Local Members. Tuesday, September 8, 2015.

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Microsoft's YouthSpark Initiative Seeks to Close the Opportunity Divide

Tech Soup

Local representatives from nonprofits, schools, and community groups convened in downtown San Francisco for Microsoft's YouthSpark Connection event. The project unearthed some amazing stories, including this one about a library in Colorado that provides individualized librarian attention to job seekers. More Resources.

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5 Ways Libraries Support Disaster Relief and Recovery

Tech Soup

For example, the San Francisco Public Library's website has a page that curates local services and resources on preparing for and dealing with the aftermath of an earthquake. After the shooting of Michael Brown by the local police, the city of Ferguson, Missouri erupted in chaos, violence, and unrest.