Candid

AUGUST 2, 2023

As extreme weather makes front-page headlines year-round, each news cycle brings fresh evidence that we are living in unprecedented times. Whether it’s global heatwaves, flooding in Pakistan, Canadian wildfires that block out the sun, decade-long droughts in Africa, or ever more powerful hurricanes, natural disasters have our attention.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 18, 2012

The Foundation Center and TechSoup Global have announced a new strategic alliance ! As our newest collaboration takes shape, we’re exploring new opportunities to co-host events and share our content with the aim of expanding knowledge and insights with wider audiences in the social-benefit sector.

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Kindful

AUGUST 12, 2021

Similar to the list I shared for nonprofits focusing on education , arts and culture tends to be a very popular issue area for American foundations. So, while there are a few global and national options below, most are targeted to their communities. Ford Foundation. Mellon Foundation. The Shubert Foundation.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 15, 2012

New York City, NY – November TBA. New Delhi, India – December TBA. Austin, TX – October 23. Seattle, WA – November 1. Vancouver, British Columbia – March 2013 TBA.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

TechSoup Brazil teamed up with the UN Foundation, IBM, BrazilFoundation, and others for the Social Good Brazil International Seminar held on November 6 - 8 in Florianopolis, Brazil. Social Good Brazil followed on the heels of Mashable and the UN Foundation's Social Good Summit , which was held in New York City in September.

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Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2022

The Awesome Foundation. New Earth Foundation. Cornell Douglas Foundation. Kellogg Foundation. Whole Kids Foundation. Emeril Lagasse Foundation. The Barney Family Foundation. Change Happens Foundation. The Harry Chapin Foundation. Johnson Scholarship Foundation. First Book.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 26, 2018

Last week I had the pleasure of attending the United Nations Global Compact Network USA Symposium in New York City. As Lise Kingo, CEO and executive director of UN Global Compact observes, the amount needed to finance the SDGs is about 50% of all global capital. So what else can we do? What else can YOU do?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 9, 2010

TechSoup Global has entered The Financial Times-Justmeans Social Innovation Awards competition with winners selected by a panel of judges and presented in a New York City on March 23. TechSoup Global has entered the "Philanthropy" category. In addition to the main competition, there is also a Citizens Choice Award.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JUNE 3, 2022

The Summit welcomed some of the most impressive individuals and organizations in the nonprofit sector, including Boys & Girls Clubs of America , Mary’s Meals, World Central Kitchen, the Ford Foundation, Greenpeace, Save the Children, and more to speak at the event’s global mainstage, in breakout sessions, and on thought leadership panels. .

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 16, 2010

The 2010 National Conference on Volunteering and Service (NCVS) is June 28-30 in New York City. from TechSoup Global. Susan Tenby from TechSoup Global along with Interactive Producers Evonne Heyning from and Josephine Dorado. Tags: events conference ncvs netsquared presentation techsoup global. Room: 1374.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

Highlights of this Update: Human Rights Global Literacy Benetech Labs and Board of Directors Human Rights In the age of hyper-surveillance, it is clear that at-risk human rights defenders are no longer the only ones who need the know-how to protect sensitive information. I encourage you to read his powerful story on our website.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 20, 2011

Speakers include Guy Kawasaki , author of the new book “Enchantment,” JD Lasica of SocialBrite , Susan Gordon of Causes.com, Charles Porch of Facebook, Darian Rodriguez Heyman , Susan Tenby of TechSoup Global and Kellie McElhaney, founding faculty director of the Center for Responsible Business at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2015

What is it like for a nonprofit to have a successful, lasting partnership with a private philanthropic foundation? One foundation that has been a committed supporter of our work is the Lavelle Fund for the Blind. That’s what a lot of foundations would love to see happen: in this case, it’s happened multiple times!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

Video games are big — bigger than Hollywood in terms of revenue, as a $66 billion global industry. Since 2009, Zynga.org has enabled millions of players to contribute nearly $20 million to more than 30 nonprofit organizations globally. In 2013 alone, the organization ran over 100 hours of programming in New York City.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 6, 2011

For those of you not familiar with Games for Change , we are the leading global advocate for making and supporting games for social impact. It's also an amazing opportunity to hear from key leading funders of games including the MacArthur Foundation, Knight Foundation, and the World Bank Institute.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 16, 2010

Today, I taught a workshop in Santa Cruz hosted by the Community Foundation of Santa Cruz and supported by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. New York City. Moderated by Stephanie Strom of the New York Times. Fortress Fighters by Cause Global. San Francisco Book Party. Brown Bag Lunch.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2014

As always, there’s plenty more news like how Facebook’s news feed policy is not good news for charities, how smartphone kill switch legislation will affect your organization, how things like your own perspiration will run your phone someday and some more NPTech quick hits.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 26, 2011

The 8th Annual Games for Change Festival takes place on June 20 – 22 in New York City. As the leading global advocate for making and supporting games created for social impact, we want to share some of the exciting events at this year’s Festival that we feel will resonate with nonprofits.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Five years ago, at the Belfer Center for Innovation & Social Impact in New York City, #GivingTuesday started as a response to the Black Friday and Cyber Monday crazes that follow Thanksgiving.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Julie Pietrantoni, an associate attorney in the Technology Transactions Practice Group at Cooley, is a longtime TechSoup Global board member. Taproot Foundation and the Pro Bono Movement. Taproot Foundation is a U.S. Find out more about how to participate in Taproot Foundation’s service grant program here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2012

So, when Pat Brandes from the Barr Foundation sent me this thought piece on building resilience of networks, it resonated on many different levels. Lessons Learned About Resilient Networks from Super Storm Sandy by Pat Brandes, Executive Director, the Barr Foundation. First, no trains, buses, or planes moved to or from New York City.

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Neon CRM

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Donors from 100 different countries gave to Neon One users this year—GivingTuesday really is a global movement of generosity! When Do Donors Give? Here’s a visualization of transaction volumes on GivingTuesday 2023—that 3:00 a.m.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

For example, after Hurricane Sandy, New York City residents could associate their check-ins around the city with donating to a cause of their choice, such as the American Red Cross. Windows Phone) displays the latest news, stories, and opinions from the Oxfam staff and its partners around the world.

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NonProfit Hub

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Named one of the most influential women in technology by Fast Company and one of BusinessWeek’s “Voices of Innovation for Social Media,” Beth was Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation 2009-2013. Tyler Riewer is the Brand Content Lead at charity: water in New York City. Tyler Riewer. charity: water.

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2014

It’s time to catch up on some nonprofit technology trends and news again! TechSoup Global donation partner, Cisco , is starting to talk about an alternative to cloud computing, the paradigm that relies on huge data centers to do all our processing. Find what TechSoup Global thinks about the new FCC net neutrality decision here.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2007

Speaking of personal fundraising campaign, check out the " luck of seven " - an open source journey around the world documenting free culture, social innovators, and global change from noel hildalgo, a new york city-based activist, organizer, blogger, and barcamper. Check out the nonprofitmanagement wiki !

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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. New Venture Fund. The California Wellness Foundation. Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. The Patrina Foundation.

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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. New Venture Fund. The California Wellness Foundation. Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. The Patrina Foundation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2006

This morning I attended the MacArthur Foundation Digital Learning briefing that was taking place at the Natural History Museum in NYC. Several avatars were also in "real life" in New York City. He was also in NYC and live blogging the event as was Danah Boyd - the official MacArthur Foundation live blogger.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 19, 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. With economic recovery inching along, all levels of government are feeling the pinch brought on by reduced tax revenue.

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Forum One

MAY 30, 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. With economic recovery inching along, all levels of government are feeling the pinch brought on by reduced tax revenue.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

I just had to take that chance." - Jensine Larsen Jensine Larsen is the Founder and CEO of World Pulse , a global media and communication network devoted to bringing women a global voice. Jensine Larsen: World Pulse is a global media enterprise fully devoted to bringing women a global voice.

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

The WHAT IF Conference is for anyone who supports nonprofit organizations, especially staff and board members, volunteers, donors, foundations and corporate funders. Global delegates. The BoardSource Leadership Forum (BLF) is a global conference focused on nonprofit leadership at the highest level – the board of directors.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

According to MarketWatch , the grassroots web-based global movement past $1 billion in total online donations since it was launched seven years ago by the 92nd Street Y in New York City. . Last year, Facebook and the Gates Foundation offered $2 million match that was also reached quickly according to the Nonprofit Times.

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EveryAction

MARCH 16, 2017

Organizations like Room to Read , the Poetry Foundation , and Books in Homes USA work to promote literacy and the significance of literary works in our society - support their work today, bookworms! Foundation for Women, and more recently, acting as the VP of Development at the Rainforest Alliance. Do you love ladies in literature?

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Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2014

To kick off a series of profiles on leaders in nonprofit technology, we thought we’d start close to home by featuring our TechSoup Global founder, Daniel Ben-Horin. CompuMentor in due course turned into TechSoup when it became a national nonprofit, and TechSoup Global in 2008 after it had become an international organization.

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Cloud 4 Good

JULY 19, 2022

Our long-term client, Food Bank for New York City , recently reported that their 2021 impact was higher than any year prior. The CDC Foundation shared in our joint success story their journey from a donor database of 42,000 donors to over 150,000 in just a few months, and individual giving increased by 2,403%.

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