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64 Online Stores That Benefit Nonprofits and the Greater Good

Nonprofit Tech for Good

100% of profits help fund Surfrider’s mission to protect the world’s ocean, waves and beaches. 28) Sweet Relief Musicans Fund :: sweet-relief-musicians-fund.myshopify.com. 32) World Wildlife Fund Gifts :: gifts.worldwildlife.org. 26) Surfrider Foundation Store :: shop.surfrider.org. 2) Fair Indigo :: fairindigo.com.

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Benetech: President's Update

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Highlights of this Letter: SocialCoding4Good CityOptions Read2Go and Route 66 Literacy Selected Program Updates Human rights: Legal victory in Guatemala, PBS NewsHour stories Literacy: Major milestones for Bookshare at home and abroad SocialCoding4Good Just funded by the John S. and James L. This is a huge legal victory!

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UpEnergy: cool for-profit social enterprise

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Although I'm firmly on the nonprofit side with Benetech (because we focus on big issues where the market is failing), it's definitely easier to get funded sustainably if you have an exciting and invest-able business plan. The rise of for-profit social enterprises has been quite exciting. The economics are compelling.

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Learn from the Pros at a NetSquared Community Event

Tech Soup

Guatemala City, Guatemala: Taller de como hacer Estilos Sociales para el mundo digital. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Taller de Automatización de QA para dispositivos móviles y aplicaciones web. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Taller de Automatización de QA para dispositivos móviles y aplicaciones web.

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Seeds for a Future

ASU Lodestar Center

The observations presented in this blog post deal with some of the things we have learned while founding and then running a small community development NGO in an indigenous Guatemala village of about 1,500 families, called Chocolá. We consulted the Guatemala NGO Network in Antigua for guidance and attorney/accountant referrals.

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10 Nonprofits to Support on World Humanitarian Day

EveryAction

Their work spans the globe, including promoting the work of a vegetable and chicken farmer in Vietnam , providing financial support to nearly 2,000 families participating in soil conservation projects in Guatemala , and building sanitation facilities in Somalia. Take Action | Twitter | Facebook. Women's Refugee Commission. AIDS United.

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A Revolution in Documentary Film

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One notable aspect of the success of Gasland, which recently won the Emmy Award for documentary film, is the way director Josh Fox worked with grant makers at the Fledgling Fund to galvanize a movement that greatly amplified the efforts of traditional environmental groups.