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Nonprofit Mission Statements vs. Vision Statements

Whole Whale

Teach for America’s vision statement is that one day, all children in this nation will have the opportunity to attain an excellent education. . Again, this should be a short, memorable summary of your goals and purpose. Humane Society Of The United States : The mainstream force against cruelty, exploitation, and neglect.

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Announcing Our Second Impact Labs Cohort on Zero Hunger: Supporting Small-Scale Farmers Globally

Saleforce Nonprofit

A couple of weeks ago, we announced our first cohort on Zero Hunger, focusing on food insecurity in the United States. Senior Humanitarian Climate Crisis Advisor, Save the Children International. Eric manages the Food and Climate Justice Unit at Oxfam America, part of the Food Systems Unit. Emma Visman. Eric Munoz.

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10 Nonprofit Text Alert Campaigns

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Small nonprofits can now just as easily be early adopters of this new technology as the large national and international nonprofits. Service Employees International Union :: Subscribe. National Center for Missing & Exploited Children :: Subscribe. Humane Society of the United States :: Subscribe.

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Come On, U.S., Give the Kids Their Rights

Have Fun - Do Good

According to UNICEF , " The Convention on the Rights of the Child is the first legally binding international instrument to incorporate the full range of human rights — civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights." Only two United Nations member states have not ratified it: Somalia and the United States.

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Benetech and the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

As a non-profit organization, our work with the TRC and our statistical report was made possible through the support of United States Department of State Bureau for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) and several other donors, which are listed in our report. The TRC’s final report has been covered extensively in the press.

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Fascinating Meeting at the Copyright Office

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We discussed Chafee, especially in the context of the Amazon text-to-speech brouhaha, and the proposed international treaty that was tabled at the WIPO SCCR meeting in Geneva last month. national experience. Of course, if there is an international treaty on the topic and the U.S. The Chafee Amendment The U.S. copyright law.

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Overhead: Time to Pull Our Heads Out of the Sand?

Connection Cafe

The research also looked at the kinds of actions — internal and external — that nonprofit organizations might undertake if external issues that impact overhead exacerbate. Summary of Findings. grassroots, national) of nonprofit organizations. Would local grassroots organizations experience less impact than national charities?

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