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Commentary: Closing the Wealth Gap, Close to Home

The NonProfit Times

A 2023 proposal in Congress called for the redistribution of $14 trillion. In many low-income Black communities, support services come from locally-based nonprofits — day care centers, after-school programs, senior centers, libraries, churches, and so on. million to Black residents. Here is one practical approach.

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Higher Education Funding & Grant Resources

Bloomerang

Grant writing tip: While the task of writing a proposal often falls on the shoulders of a project manager or grant writer, anyone—even an outside consultant—with the proper skills could write the proposal. The Lisa Libraries. Our grants are awarded to schools, local music programs, and national music programs.”.

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Local Stories, Global Audience

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

originally submitted two separate project proposals both focused on working class neighborhoods in Medell??n They are now all working together and have formed an organization called HiperBarrio with the tagline Historias Locales, audiencia global, or ???Local Local Stories, global audience.???

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Big Meeting on the Treaty this Week!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Bureaucratic barriers to utilizing a copyright exception, as proposed by some publishers, makes the cost even greater. The goal of the Treaty is to provide access to the great accessible libraries of wealthier countries, as well as make it legally possible to make local content accessible in each country.

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I Need a Good Lawyer

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We’re operating at the forefront of copyright limitations and exceptions, both in the United States and globally. The recent Indian copyright amendment that creates an exception similar to Section 121 in the United States, which makes it possible for us to set up a Bookshare-style crowd-sourced library in India with local partner NGOs.

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TechSoup and The Foundation Center Are Joining Forces

Tech Soup

The Foundation Center and TechSoup Global have announced a new strategic alliance ! Our goal is to leverage our extensive and complementary networks of individuals and organizations to provide knowledge, training, and tools to nonprofits, libraries, and NGOs around the world. and, increasingly, global grantmakers and their grants.

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Apps for Youth, By Youth

Tech Soup

Teen Book Finder (iOS), developed by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), helps teens, parents, teachers, and librarians find the best books and media for teens. Curated by library staff and educators, the app lets users search by title, author, genre, or list. Let us know in the comments!

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