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6 Examples of Nonprofits Working with For-Profits for a Greater Good

NonProfit Hub

Helping some of the world’s most impoverished children in Liberia is a complex problem, but ChildFund International receives help from an important partner back in the U.S.: A pair of shoes might not sound like much, yet there’s a big need for them in Liberia. ChildFund International. TOMS Shoes.

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President's Update: Summer 2008

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Benetech's newest project is a software tool called Miradi that helps environmental practitioners design, manage, monitor and learn from their projects to more effectively meet the needs of global biodiversity. This response is a measure of how eager the environmental field is for a tool that helps better manage projects.

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The Bots are Here: Leading With Our Humanity in the Age of Automation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

For example, in Liberia, the bot asked 13,000 young people if teachers at their schools were exchanging grades for sex. 86% said yes, uncovering a widespread problem and prompting Liberia’s Minister of Education to work with UNICEF on addressing it. Also determine the cost. You read more about designing a pilot here ).

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An Interview With Facebook’s Libby Leffler: Facebook and Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Our goal is simple: we want to provide causes and nonprofits with the tools that they need to best utilize our platform. We work to empower the millions of people and organizations that use Facebook to create high-impact solutions to problems big and small, all over the world.

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The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas

Have Fun - Do Good

I think what makes us unique is that we are really investing in women's leadership and women's creativity in developing local solutions to some of the world's most challenging problems. I just saw a remarkable film made about a grantee organization that the Global Fund had supported for many years in Liberia.

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