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Giving Trends in Kenya: How the Growth of Mobile Payments Are Transforming Community Giving

Nonprofit Tech for Good

According to the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law , there are 6,500+ NGOs registered with the NGOs Coordination Board in Kenya. In the local context, Kenyan’s give an extremely high proportion of their earnings as donations (cc. Finally, M-Changa seeks to build trust from both local and international donors.

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10 Nonprofits to Support on World Humanitarian Day

EveryAction

To mark the courage and strength of the brave men and women working on the front lines of conflict and raise awareness for those affected by disasters around the world, we’re highlighting 10 nonprofits that are making a difference by driving action and support for aid efforts. Amnesty International USA. Cut poverty off at its roots.

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Davos Codes: Connecting Students’ Passion for Their Planet with Technology

Saleforce Nonprofit

Through a range of projects that combine science and technology, such as monitoring air and water quality and local wildlife, students develop a wealth of skills applicable to their futures—from learning to own and take responsibility for an entire project to discovering the impact of data analysis and sharing at local and global levels. “In

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COVID-19 and the nonprofit response: Social enterprise?

ASU Lodestar Center

Nonprofits will see a rise in need stemming from people on the margins of the disaster recovery response. Most nonprofits are small, and community-based, serving local needs with over 90% spending less than $1 million annually. Charitable giving declined in 2018 due to tax law changes. Take inventory of your internal (e.g.,

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What we know about MacKenzie Scott’s 2020 grants

Candid

Her grantmaking in 2020 appears to follow a regular pattern of proportionality—perhaps a “power law distribution,” a mathematical pattern found across natural and socioeconomic systems where one quantity varies as a power of another. Accordingly, the totals below add up to more than the $2.3 billion in grants we’ve specifically identified.

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Sending Prayers and Concrete Help to the Philippines: Bayanihan’ Spirit

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Almost twenty years ago, he took trip back to that rural village and my sister-in-law, who is from the Philippines snapped this photo. She and her family live in the US now and like many American Filipinos they are rushing to send aid to their homeland. My colleague Claire Sale has research some Filipino NGOs on the ground.

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Guest Post: Infusing “Social” into Social Justice Organizations

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Pioneers in Justice” operates as a forum to explore social media tools that may power their local advocacy work and explore “networked” ways of collaboration within the social justice sector – and equally important, a space to address any concerns that may surface along the way. originality, empathy, integrity and courage.

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