Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

The new Pollination Project is giving $1,000 seed grants to individual changemakers, every day, 365 days a year. Do you have an idea for a world-changing project that could bloom with some seed money?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, VP and General Manager, Benetech’s Global Literacy Program. With the goal of promoting braille literacy, this landmark meeting brought together braille experts from around the world to Perkins’ campus in Watertown, Massachusetts.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

Technology currently serves privileged groups through tools that provide access to education, literacy, health, and justice. Benetech is tackling these issues on two fronts, thanks to the leadership of Enrique Piracés, who joined us last year from Human Rights Watch. But what about everybody else?

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

We have everything from: Fundraising & Grants. Fundraising & Grants/ @CASEAdvance. Fundraising & Grants. As policy changes unfold at the federal, state and local levels, the communities and issues we care about as corporate social responsibility professionals inevitably face uncertainty. Nonprofit Management.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 22, 2023

Grant Proposals : AI writers can help nonprofits create persuasive grant proposals that secure funding and support for their initiatives. Agitation: Without access to a creative outlet, young people may feel unheard, invisible, and may suffer from anxiety, depression, or other mental health issues.

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NonProfit Hub

JUNE 29, 2021

Financial literacy is an area where “fake until you make it” doesn’t apply. Designated Funds: Funds donated or granted for a specific purpose. Income types that are unique to nonprofits include grants, donations, endowment funds, and government funding. . This is also a common grant and funder question.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

Such action, the Court decided, didn’t constitute copyright infringement because it was fair use , that is, a limitation and exception to the exclusive rights granted by copyright law to the author of a creative work. We called this idea Bookshare , which is now Benetech’s largest Global Literacy initiative. of America v.

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sgEngage

MAY 8, 2023

Of the many ways a nonprofit organization can get funding, grants often seem like the holy grail. There is a lot more to grant funding than “free money.” Before you start applying for grants, you need to understand where the funding is coming from and the expectations from that organization. billion in grants in 2021.

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NTEN

JULY 24, 2012

Read the rest of the issue when you subscribe to the journal for free! ] Include technology needs in grant proposals. Include technology needs in grant proposals. Let’s assume you plan to start an educational program to help children with literacy. [Editor's note: The following is an article from NTEN:Change.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 17, 2008

There are many tasks in a nonprofit day-to-day life - like grant writing, hiring someone, or prepping a board meeting where personal productivity matters most - connectedness really doesn't play a factor in getting these tasks off the to do list. Certainly we have a baseline of digital literacy skills , but what does that mean in web 2.0,

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 15, 2016

If your nonprofit works to teach adults to read, for example, you are definitely working on a natural capital issue. In the US alone the effects of low literacy cost at least $225 billion annually in crime, loss of tax revenue due to unemployment, and non-productivity in the workforce.

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Tech Soup

JULY 17, 2013

The Open Aid Partnership , held Open Nepal Week’s Data Literacy Bootcamp, which gathered over 80 Nepali journalists, developers, coders, and civil society representatives to find, extract, and analyze and visualize public data.

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Top Nonprofits

MAY 6, 2021

Are you making a significant long-term impact on the societal problem you seek to solve So a lot of times, we in the nonprofit world, we’re working on a particular issue and it feels good and it gets better from year to year. It’s clear that at least on this issue, we’re getting much, much worse.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

The following organizations currently offer grant and funding opportunities for women and/or accept letters of inquiry or proposals. Amber Grant Foundation. Amber Grant Foundation. Historically for female entrepreneurs, the Amber Grant can now be awarded to female-led nonprofit organizations with vision and passion.

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Kindful

MARCH 5, 2021

The following organizations currently offer grant and funding opportunities for women and/or accept letters of inquiry or proposals. Amber Grant Foundation. Amber Grant Foundation. Historically for female entrepreneurs, the Amber Grant can now be awarded to female-led nonprofit organizations with vision and passion.

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Tech Soup

MAY 31, 2013

The program helps Vietnamese nonprofits to build staff capacity, apply for grants, and recruit skilled volunteers. Although Vietnam is regarded as a developing country, it has a literacy rate of 94 percent. It also matches philanthropists with volunteer opportunities and funding recommendations.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2014

We want you to tell us how you are using TechSoup product donations to promote digital literacy. c) Grant of Rights to Sponsor. The LIM reaches TechSoup’s global network of resources that spans over 80 countries. Interesting proposition. But, besides the tablet, what’s in it for me?

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 6, 2008

For example, we have a small store in Oakland called Issues that sells international newspapers and magazines. Hold an annual fundraising event with readings and signings by local writers to benefit a literacy program at a school, nonprofit or library, or to give a grant to an aspiring local writer. Donate to your community.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2014

We want you to tell us how you are using TechSoup product donations to promote digital literacy. c) Grant of Rights to Sponsor. We are offering a Dell Latitude 10 tablet refurbished by our friends at CDI to the best “ Digital Connector ” story lead.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 29, 2009

Pick one or two places, say Twitter and Facebook, and start talking about your issues and listening to the conversations that folks are having about your cause. We have experienced great success with wishes granted, funds raised and ultimately; relationships built. Get your conversations going online NOW! I used a cli.gs

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Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 12, 2022

As Amit Patel, another member of the Impact Lab cohort who leads Accenture’s nonprofit group , illustrates “There are issues that can be solved at the macro level, but most of the change is going to happen at the local level. It’s twofold: It’s the policies we can set, but how we act upon those comes down to the local community level.”.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 13, 2007

Emphasis is on digital literacy. Grants are about taking it scale. Grants are about taking it scale. Issues: What is our assurance of quality of the game? Partners in Learning program -- gave stats. Program is world-wide. Grantees - like Global Kids - found the right group to fund. They have been a leader.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 12, 2012

Those who envision what could be possible by having Benetech apply innovative technology to the areas of Literacy, Human Rights, and the Environment, and who enable us to explore new opportunities for creating social good. There are two GAAP issues that create the appearance of declining reserves. Let me explain why this is so.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 15, 2008

So often, government control, or just lack of access to information and media, prevents people from really being able to be educated and informed about serious issues that are going on around them. I had an amazing opportunity to cover the civil war, but also to cover a lot of the human rights issues that were emerging as a result of the war.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 13, 2011

The head of our group, Patrick Ball, is spending most of this year in the Democratic Republic of Congo, working with the United Nations on a range of human rights issues (of which the DRC has many). Literacy, human rights and the environment are critically important to the future of humanity.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 6, 2012

It has become increasingly popular in gaming to blend fantasy-based solutions with real-life social issues. Barry Joseph of Global Kids recently came to visit the Nonprofit Commons to discuss the potential of gaming for social change. Global Kids' Online Leadership Program. " The Playing 4 Peace Challenge.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 2, 2008

I think it's worth it (: Kavita Ramdas: The Global Fund for Women is the largest independent, publicly supported grant-making foundation to advance women's human rights internationally. It's long, but I hope you'll take time during your coffee or lunch break to read, or listen to her inspiring words.

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