Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2015

Mission: To help eradicate extreme poverty through community development projects in urban sanitation, water filtration, health, alternative energy, and economic empowerment. Project 1948 Foundation ● project1948.ngo. Grassroots Pakistan ● grassrootspakistan.ngo. Kijani ● kijani.ngo. Naves de Esperanza ● nde.ong.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 7, 2012

” The blog post is about the launch of the Boston Foundation’s new resource for community organizations and media, the Boston Indicators Project website. According to the blog post: “Data and reports alone do not produce change,” said Charlotte Kahn, Senior Director of the Boston Indicators Project.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 28, 2022

Whether campaigning for the future of our planet, directing documentaries, or creating content that spotlights global issues, social empowerment and environmental education are at the core of Jack’s work. She is also CEO of the Salesforce Foundation. Jack Harries understands the power of storytelling. Trust Roundtable.

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

The origins of some foundations’ wealth, which in some cases includes slavery and other forms of exploitation. Unicorns Unite: How nonprofits and foundations can build EPIC Partnerships. In the March Toward Equity and Justice, Foundations Need to Remember: It’s Not Our Money to Control. Here are 6 ways it could go.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

A cross-sector partnership is an alliance between organizations from two or more sectors that commit themselves to working together to develop and implement a specific project. Pact’s involvement with Coca-Cola funded several million dollars for female economic empowerment in Southeast Asia.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Join @TechSoup , @plus_socialgood , the United Nations Foundation , and special guest CSR representatives for an important conversation on the evolving relationship between CSR teams and civil society organizations. What CSR projects have had the biggest impact? Check Out Our NPTechChat on December 15. More About Our Participants.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2016

The royalties that I earn from my books have been donated to nonprofits to support women’s and girl’s empowerment work and given this past week, I am all the more convinced of the need to support such programs. I am honored to be an advisor to WAKE, whose mission is to amplify the work of women leading change globally.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2011

Knight Foundation and Monitor Institute published a new report called “ Connected Citizens &# that looks at the impact of networks on communities, and asks, what do these emerging networks mean for community change? This blog post at the Knight Foundation talks about designing for serendipity in more detail.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

Amber Grant Foundation. Foundation for Women. Kellogg Foundation. The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation. 100 Women Charitable Foundation. Chicago Foundation for Women. The California Wellness Foundation. Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. The Patrina Foundation. Boulware Foundation.

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Kindful

MARCH 5, 2021

Amber Grant Foundation. Foundation for Women. Kellogg Foundation. The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation. 100 Women Charitable Foundation. Chicago Foundation for Women. The California Wellness Foundation. Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. The Patrina Foundation. Boulware Foundation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 22, 2007

MacArthur Foundation hosted its first discussion in Second Life to explore the role that philanthropy might play in virtual worlds. Foundations don't do it directly but via nonprofits. If you think about what a foundation has to offer, money for sure, we're also good at convening people. The John D. and Catherine T.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 29, 2018

At bbcon 2018, Blackbaud announced the cloud solution for each of our main audiences, including the Cloud Solution for Companies and the Cloud Solution for Foundations. Keep in mind the following points from speakers Brooke Hansel of Blackbaud, Merrie Beth Nauman of Ocean Conservancy, and Lisa Tacker of Two Ten Footwear Foundation: .

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

Literacy and access to knowledge underpins just about every social good, from education, to economic development, to health, to women’s empowerment, democracy and respect for human rights. Our current model mainly depends on government and foundation support enabling us to provide free library services to members.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2014

Philanthropy News Digest reports that the Mobile Giving Foundation (MGF) has announced a new initiative with several prominent charities like the American Red Cross, the U.S. The new project is called the Mobile Giving Alliance. ” According to John Graham, board chair of the Mobile Giving Foundation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2012

This project has identified the following definitions of success: A Peer-to-Peer Learning Exchange. With facilitator’s guidance, grantees will design and implement a small action learning project. Day 2: Certificates Awarded To Senior Staff Attendees. Program Design. Peer Learning Exchange: Theory of Change.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

of the MacArthur Foundation's Digital Media and Learning global. Forage Oakland project. greater access for youth and foster empowerment through skills. CyberMentors is an anti-bullying app, which focuses on building self-esteem, confidence and helping to make people feel safe. Youth Radio's Mobile Action Lab.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 28, 2011

As part of my work this year as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, I’m designing and delivering peer training sessions for grantees all around the theme of social media, learning, and measurement. Living Case Studies: Social Media and Sustainable Agriculture. View more presentations from Beth Kanter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 1, 2010

But as Daniel Ben-Horin said, “Our theory of change states that software products are necessary, but not sufficient for empowerment of social change organizations. Lisa Brummel, SVP, Human Resources, Microsoft; Tom Moran, United Way Loaned Executive; Rajesh Munshi; Xiang Li, Givology; Adnan Mahmud, Jolkona Foundation.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 17, 2016

The partners we work with--to catalyze projects within and beyond our walls--are just as important as our visitors to fulfilling our mission. In behind-the-scenes mode, we could devote more resources to supporting projects beyond our building, content area, and program formats.

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Tech Soup

MAY 11, 2015

This project began as a Code for America project in Detroit. It was the first project of its kind in 28 years. Like the Anti-Eviction Mapping Project , buyout data is displayed on a map of the city so that city officials and housing organizations can identify and respond to buyout trends. Data Collecting and Mapping.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 25, 2012

This year a lot of my work as Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation is working with grantees outside of the US. I’ve just returned from leading a training for Population and Reproductive Health grantees from India. With facilitator’s guidance, grantees will design and implement a small action learning project.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 25, 2016

Six years ago, the Paul Hamlyn Foundation set out on an ambitious quest. While there was evidence of plenty of community engagement work across museums and galleries, most of it was funded project by project. Most participatory projects were short-term, siloed innovations, not institutional transformations.

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NTEN

AUGUST 16, 2011

This " Demo Spotlight " highlighted six upcoming games to present their work in front of a stellar jury: Frank Lantz of Zynga New York and NYU, Ken Perlin of the Games for Learning Institute , and Connie Yowell from the MacArthur Foundation. Like many transmedia projects, SOS_Slaves is ambitious. SOS_SLAVES. JURY FEEDBACK.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 19, 2008

Constituent Empowerment. Honorable Mention: CauseForce and Project Bread - The Walk for Hunger. Winner: United Nations Foundation. Winner: Trisomy 18 Foundation. Over 200,000 comments sent to the FCC and Senate and overturned and FCC ruling to block monopolies in media companies. Created a wall of 5,000 signers' photos.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

of foundation funding goes to nonprofits led by people of color, people of color make up 16.5% Bharat Mehra claims, in New Media & Society , that "The internet has tremendous potential to achieve greater social equity and empowerment and improve everyday life for those on the margins of society." What Can We Do, Then?

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 28, 2016

Take the UNICEF Tap Project , for example. Make sure your creative includes all of the following: Images: Timely and relevant; telling the narrative of the individual instead of the crowd; featuring faces of real people who are seeking opportunity (the empowerment the gifts are directed toward).

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Care2

NOVEMBER 20, 2008

Constituent Empowerment Honorable Mention: Sierra Club and American Cancer Society Winner: Children International Used TeamRaiser to recruit new sponsors and recuited 5,000 sponsors since 2005 and sponsored over 560 children. Created a wall of 5,000 signers photos. Komen for the Cure race.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 2, 2007

Read More » Webinar Recap: Foundations and Online Collaboration Joe Anderson in Influence 24 Jun 2010 Forum One hosted a webinar on June 23 on online collaboration for philanthropic organizations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2011

While I faced a difficult decision culling winners from the forty focused initiatives described in the entries, I selected the following based on their innovative and courageous approaches to a variety of social issues, from new types of housing for the underserved, to animal welfare, to women’s empowerment. We’re the Safe America Foundation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2012

After finishing a four-day intensive training in Delhi for the Networked NGO , I stayed on a few days in India to visit colleague, Rufina Fernandez, who I met when she was the CEO of the Nasscom Foundation when she brought me to India to speak at the leadership conference and teach workshops back in 2010.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 17, 2015

However, the European model is becoming unsustainable as government sources are reducing their funding, and organizations are turning to corporate, foundation, and individual sources for support. In Europe, the government has traditionally been the primary supporter of culture, a model very different to ours in the US. In fact, I enjoyed Ms.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 7, 2015

However, the European model is becoming unsustainable as government sources are reducing their funding, and organizations are turning to corporate, foundation, and individual sources for support. In Europe, the government has traditionally been the primary supporter of culture, a model very different to ours in the US. In fact, I enjoyed Ms.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

They got so much confidence by being encouraged by each other, and by being published, that they started cyber cafes, they started solar power projects through women that they had met on the site, they got new job opportunities, and they got hired with other news bureaus. We think it's because of the mentorship.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 2, 2013

That said, in 2012 I had the opportunity to travel to Africa and Asia and from those travel experiences three themes emerged that inspired the selection of this year’s nonprofits: 1) Women’s and girls empowerment; 2) Conservation of wildlife and wild lands; and 3) Access to medical care. American Nicaraguan Foundation :: @ ANF.

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EveryAction

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Tyler Clementi Foundation. The Tyler Clementi Foundation's mission is to end online and offline bullying in schools, workplaces and faith communities. Lakota People's Law Project. Black Women For Wellness is committed to the health and well-being of Black women and girls through health education, empowerment and advocacy.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Also essential to the day were 12 coaches, whose areas of expertise ranged from digital media to business analysis, and three judges: James Rooney, Microsoft; Deena Pierott, iUrbanTeen; and Sonya Watson, Tides Foundation. Design solutions for collaboration, empowerment, global views, and self awareness.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

Britt Bravo: In so many of the groups you profiled, the women were using the arts for education, empowerment, or healing. And it didn't take a year, it took five to finish that first project, which combined those elements that I had hoped to pursue. Because he is wonderfully supportive of these projects, he shares those with me.

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