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Betsy Beaumon on Benetech's Literacy Program

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The Year That Was and the New Year Ahead Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, Benetech's VP and General Manager of the Literacy Program 2012 was a year of titanic shifts in the fields of consumer technology, education, and publishing, along with the requisite challenges brought about by such rapid change.

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Higher Education Funding & Grant Resources

Bloomerang

Their priorities range from facilitating book donation drives to supporting arts education to funding playground construction and family literacy programs. . The Awesome Foundation. New Earth Foundation. Cornell Douglas Foundation. Kellogg Foundation. Whole Kids Foundation. Emeril Lagasse Foundation.

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How to Engage Employees in National (Virtual) Volunteer Month

Saleforce Nonprofit

As we continue to grow organically and through acquisitions, our philanthropy team supports employees with the opportunity to convene, advocate, and organize like-minded employees into pursuing interests, causes, or endeavors that range from giving back through fundraising and volunteering, to career development and mentoring. .

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Client Spotlight: Byte Back

Qgiv

They achieve this through transformative digital advocacy, digital literacy, and tech certification training. Byte Back offers three main tracks for their learners: Computer Foundations : A beginner track that teachers learners their way around the digital age with must-have computer skills. Get Involved.

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#GivingTuesday Champions

Tech Soup

Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Canada is working towards providing every child in Canada who is in need of a mentor with an adult role model and friend. As a strong advocate of children literacy for the past 24 years, Reach out and Read has established a network of 5,000 partners in 50 states and distributes 6.5

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3 Simple Truths About Getting Your Nonprofit Noticed

NonProfit Hub

From improving literacy to helping communities recover after natural disasters, nonprofits take on vital roles to do good in the world. million nonprofits registered in the United States, which includes private foundations, public charities, chambers of commerce and civic leagues. There are currently over 1.5

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Fast Ways to Find Funding Sources

Get Fully Funded

Foundationcenter.org is a similar resource, but offers information about grants from private foundations, public foundations, and corporations throughout the United States. To search for foundation and private grant opportunities, follow these 3 steps. Step 2: Under “Find Funders” click on “The Foundation Directory Online.”

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