Candid

AUGUST 2, 2023

Seeing a problem—like the February earthquake in Turkey and Syria —many will act to mitigate it. It is only in recent years that we have seen an emerging shift in the philanthropic response from relief to resilience , from funding recovery efforts to engaging with the root causes of many natural disasters. That is no longer the case.

Disaster 98

Disaster Action Change Hurricane 98

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2016

In our case, we sold the Arkenstone reading machine enterprise to a for-profit and used money from the sale (and funding from the Skoll Foundation, the Omidyar Network, and the Jenesis Foundation) to create and launch Bookshare. We can just blow up the old model while striving for the next phase of equilibrium change.

Change 100

Change eBook United States Conservancy 100

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 4, 2014

Best Use of Peer-to-Peer/Special Events – Central Parks Conservancy – Central Park Conservancy wanted to build its acquisition base by increasing the percentage of its local supporters living in buildings adjacent to and near the park. Read the case study. Read the case study.

Case Study 45

Case Study Syria Award Nashville 45

Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 7, 2013

Best Use of Peer-to-Peer/Special Events – Central Parks Conservancy – Central Park Conservancy wanted to build its acquisition base by increasing the percentage of its local supporters living in buildings adjacent to and near the park. Read the case study. Read the case study.

Case Study 41

Case Study Syria Blackbaud API 41

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 14, 2014

While this represents around 150 million more users than this time last year, these numbers may still be conservative. For example, the UN Refugee Agency, encourages all field officers to tell the stories of the refugees they are working with as this recent tweet from Syria illustrates. UN Refugee Agency (@Refugees) January 13, 2014.

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Policy Social Media International News 103