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Protecting the right to give according to our values

Candid

AAER claims that the foundation’s grant program—which provides grants, tools, and mentorship to Black women entrepreneurs, who often lack access to mainstream venture capital—is racially discriminatory. In December, our organizations filed a joint amicus brief to support the Fearless Foundation and protect the right to give.

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How to build your Nonprofit’s Budget – Collaborate!

BoardAssist

The biggest budget mistake a nonprofit can make is to file the completed budget away and not think about it again until next budget season. Environmental factors affect program delivery – Many nonprofits in the New York area experienced actual expenses less than budget in 2012 because programs were cancelled by Hurricane Sandy.

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The Single Most Important Thing to Prepare for Disasters

Tech Soup

On this 10th anniversary of the Hurricane Katrina disaster, we polled a variety of smart NPtech cognoscenti on the single most important thing charities need to do to prepare for a disaster. For us, running in-person education programs that we do, having a group SMS text tool is critical. Here's what they said.

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

My contribution to the panel is to provide context about the use of social media in emergency and disaster response as well as an overview of some of the tools we saw deployed last year and we may see in the future. Another direct content example is that of the number of websites that emerged post-Hurricane Katrina.

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Fiscal Sponsorship for Nonprofits: An Alternative to 501c3 Status

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The traditional method for nonprofits to obtain tax-exempt status is by filing as a 501(c)(3). Our platform helps nonprofits and individuals save time, money, and effort by providing banking, accounting, fundraising, and collaboration tools all centered around the fiscal sponsorship model. What is fiscal sponsorship?

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Why Celebrity iCloud Hacking Should Matter to Your Nonprofit

Tech Soup

You may think your data isn't desirable, but if you hold fundraising events and have donor data in your files, provide direct services to your community and have client health records or domestic violence shelter rosters, and so on, then your data is desirable by someone. Why It Should Matter to Organizations. Back Up Your Data Securely.

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Mr. Manager, Tear down this wall!

Forum One

People are coming together to create cool technologies – Syndication and programming tools such as APIs, widgets, and RSS have provided publishers with a bevy of methods to disseminate information. The tools are coming together to help people collaborate and receive real-time information such hurricane movements.