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Robin Seaman, Agent of Inclusion

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The sister, the aunt, the friend, the mentor. The nonprofit Benetech team built the revolutionary Bookshare library for this community, all online, and based on the powerfully flexible ebook. However, building Bookshare into the world's biggest library for people with disabilities wasn't enough social good for Robin.

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Betsy Beaumon on Benetech's Literacy Program

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

What began as a small online library, with a collection built in large part by its users, is now the primary national supplier of electronic accessible educational materials for students with print disabilities. Our outreach and volunteer efforts will grow, with a new parent program to match our incredible Mentor Teacher program.

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5 Places to Find Grants for Your Nonprofit for FREE!

Get Fully Funded

This group of 400+ organizations – libraries, community foundations, and other nonprofit resource centers – offer you a way to access it from their location. When you use one of these, focus on using keywords or key phrases that include the type of thing or program you’re wanting to fund (art, horses, mentoring programs, etc.)

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Thoughts on the Future of Open Source and Nonprofits

NTEN

This part of the stack includes web servers (Apache), database engines (MySQL, Postgres), version control (SVN, Git), programming languages and frameworks (PHP, Ruby, Zend). . Identify or recruit some open-source mentors and build this skill set in your organization if it's not already there.

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[VIDEO] 3 Steps To Closing $10K+ Gifts By December 31

Bloomerang

I get training, my employer pays for me to go to these conferences, webinars, but I prioritize that, but I really could use a mentor. And she really guided me and mentored me. Hopefully, you can connect with other people who are in the chat and get a mentor. foreign language 00:48:50]. Right, that was me. million a year.

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Comprehensive Guide To Year-End Giving

CauseVox

Other Examples: An Annual Giving Campaign, like National Center for Youth Law did $10k for a new Alzheimer’s research project Raise $25,000 to fill a new school library. Then one day, community members began mentoring, tutoring, and providing guidance. Because of that, students know it’s ok to be different. They don’t get discouraged.

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[VIDEO] Raise More Money And Improve Donors Relationships Through Personal Branding

Bloomerang

Well, that 80%, 60% of that money goes to large institutional organizations like hospitals and universities, and large cultural institutions, like museums, zoos, and libraries, and religious organizations. And then they help provide education opportunities and mentoring after school and then matriculate them into these four-year colleges.

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