Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Human and social services – 8%. Education and literacy – 5%. 14) 96% regularly vote in local and national elections and 37% donate to political campaigns. Children and youth – 10%. Faith and spirituality – 8%. Environment and conservation – 7%. Arts, cultural preservation, and humanities – 6%.

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Candid

JUNE 8, 2023

Chatbots developed by nonprofits for programs and services have faced challenges at times as well. For example, DoNotPay , a legal services chatbot designed to challenge parking tickets and navigate small claims courts, faced criticism for potentially oversimplifying legal issues and providing inaccurate advice.

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Candid

MARCH 26, 2024

Data is critical in evaluating programs, demonstrating the need for new services, and helping nonprofits build an airtight case for support. Census suggests that Asian Americans have a median household income of $108,700—significantly higher than the national median of $75,580. For example, aggregated data from the U.S.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

February is Black History Month in many countries in the United States and Canada, an annual observance dedicated to honoring and acknowledging the valuable contributions of Black people in both nations. Take the time to educate yourself about the contributions of Black communities to the history of your nation.

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Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2022

Their priorities range from facilitating book donation drives to supporting arts education to funding playground construction and family literacy programs. . They focus funding on organizations that work on financial literacy for elementary and high school students (established programs only). Areas served: Worldwide. Costco Wholesale.

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

From arts to business, science to civil services, Latinos have been underlying forces driving America’s progress. These events can help educate participants about the Latino community’s role in shaping the nation. This could range from financial literacy workshops to mentoring programs. Flipcause is here to help.

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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. Betsy Beaumon I recently had the honor to speak at the first-ever Braille Summit , hosted on June 19-21, 2013 by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) and Perkins School for the Blind.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Day of Service — #MLKDay. 16: National Bike to Work Day — #BikeToWorkDay. 8: International Literacy Day — #IntLiteracyDay or #LiteracyDay. 11: National Coming Out Day — #NationalComingOutDay or #NCOD. 20: Martin Luther King, Jr. 2: World Wetlands Day — #WorldWetlandsDay.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Day of Service * || #MLKDay. September: 4: National Wildlife Day || #NationalWildlifeDay. 8: International Literacy Day || #IntLiteracyDay. 11: National Coming Out Day || #NationalComingOutDay. 11: National Coming Out Day || #NationalComingOutDay. Related Link: Complete List of United Nations Observances.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Day of Service — #MLKDay. 17: National Nonprofit Day — #NationalNonprofitDay (Internationally recognized). 17: National Nonprofit Day — #NationalNonprofitDay (Internationally recognized). 8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay. 20: World Religion Day — #WorldReligionDay. September.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2017

Day of Service — #MLKDay. 17: National Nonprofit Day — #NationalNonprofitDay (Internationally recognized). 17: National Nonprofit Day — #NationalNonprofitDay (Internationally recognized). 8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay. 15: Martin Luther King, Jr. 14: V-Day — #VDay.

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Forum One

JUNE 8, 2022

Truman Foundation supports the graduate education of outstanding young men and women committed to public service leadership. National Museum of African American History and Culture’s Talking About Race. Nation’s Report Card, National Assessment of Educational Progress Long Term Trends. Truman Scholarship Foundation.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Day of Service — #MLKDay. 15: National Bike to Work Day — #BikeToWorkDay. 8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay. 19: Martin Luther King, Jr. 2: World Wetlands Day — #WorldWetlandsDay. 4: World Cancer Day — #WorldCancerDay. 14: V-Day — #1BillionRising. September.

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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. Global Literacy Sixth Grader and Bookshare member Kevin Leong with Jim Fruchterman at Benetech''s offices. But what about everybody else? The time has never been better to think 10X bigger!

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 11, 2021

From creating digital learning opportunities and initiatives to protect girls’ mental well-being to securing national funding for education — the Champions we support are driving solutions to girls’ education challenges in their communities. . The broadcasts air weekly and deliver multilingual lessons on literacy, numeracy, and STEM.

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The 36th Annual Nonprofit Organizations Institute will feature nationally recognized experts from private foundations, public charities, law, finance, and government discussing the latest tax, legislative and governance issues affecting nonprofit organizations. National LGBTQ Task Force / Detroit, MI / $500. Fundraising & Grants.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 24, 2023

Participants track the number of pages they’ve read or books they’ve completed on a leaderboard to support literacy and education. Take a look at the positive results for Carry The Load , a service and support group for veterans and first responders. Read-A-Thon   Combine the love of reading with friendly competition.

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Tech Soup

JULY 16, 2013

A few months ago, I attended Microsoft Citizenship's YouthSpark Connection event and heard first-hand from recent high school graduates about how dire the need for digital literacy is. Defining Digital Literacy. But first, what exactly is digital literacy? " The Role of Libraries. The Role of Schools.

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Kindful

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

National Forest Foundation. First Nations Development Institute. The Green Climate Fund is the world’s largest climate fund, mandated to support developing countries raise and realize their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) ambitions towards low-emissions, climate-resilient pathways. National Forest Foundation.

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Kindful

AUGUST 9, 2021

Literacy, particularly from birth through 3rd grade, is their primary focus because reading skills form the foundation for all childhood learning. The National Education Association Foundation is a national nonprofit and philanthropic organization based in Washington, DC. Areas served: US. The NEA Foundation. Daniels Fund.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 12, 2014

we at Benetech were concerned that the Authors Guild’s arguments in their appeal would remove the legal authorization for the services that we provide, relegating people with disabilities to second-class status. copyright law, also known as the Chafee Amendment.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Highlights of this Update: Global Literacy Human Rights Benetech Labs Communications Global Literacy Bookshare celebrated a double milestone this summer, reaching over 200,000 available titles in our collection and serving over 250,000 members with disabilities! The Treaty was signed on the spot by over 50 countries.

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VisionLink

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

More than 40% of the 16,235,348 callers had basic human service needs for housing, utilities, food, clothing, personal and household goods. Requests for health and mental health services increased to 15% of all calls. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to help implement and sustain 2-1-1 nationwide.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Mark founded InvisiblePeople.tv , a nationally-recognized nonprofit that fights homelessness using the power of social media. His new project is a social media literacy website to help homeless people learn how to use the Internet to tell their stories, build community and connect with support services.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 31, 2016

" The new rule also establishes a National Eligibility Verifier to ensure against waste, fraud, and abuse. The National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA) has organized a prominent U.S. Connected Nation provides extensive broadband planning services and policy positions for communities and states.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 31, 2016

" The new rule also establishes a National Eligibility Verifier to ensure against waste, fraud, and abuse. The National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA) has organized a prominent U.S. Connected Nation provides extensive broadband planning services and policy positions for communities and states.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

The issues they fund include: Compassion towards all life (people, planet, animals) Environmental sustainability Justice in all forms Community health and wellness Putting consciousness into action Social change-oriented arts and culture I've compiled a list people they funded in January 2013 below, and created a PollinationProject Twitter list so (..)

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

The tools we develop for that purpose span a range of fields—from human rights , to global literacy , to the environment —but no matter what area we work in, we depend on an IP system that’s friendly to technological advances and to positive social impact. copyright law.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 21, 2014

national level. national nonprofit focused on eliminating the digital divide. national nonprofit focused on eliminating the digital divide. low-cost 4G Internet service combined with EveryoneOn’s localized. information on low-cost computers and digital literacy training brings. The program will be publicly.

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Non Profit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2021

A volunteer resource manager at another human service nonprofit that we talked with noted the challenge that comes with the decision to suddenly embrace information and communication technologies. “I CVAs described how transitioning to virtual and remote service removed the barriers of distance and lack of transportation.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

The nexus for this work is the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the United Nations agency that deals with such matters. The ABC would wrap together efforts such as TIGAR as a sharing portal, capacity building efforts for countries trying to create accessible book services and looking at issues like licensing.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Reading challenge Issue a community-wide reading challenge this spring to encourage literacy in your community. Partner with local restaurants or catering services for a wonderful dining experience for your attendees. Offer lawn mowing services for a donation on a scheduled day where volunteers go to clean up your donors’ lawns.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 23, 2011

Subscribers will also be given access to free digital literacy training. This will (hopefully) enable hundreds of thousands of low-income people to begin using free cloud services like Google Docs and Microsoft Office Web Apps, and wide array of online educational programs to name just a few examples. What Is the Digital Divide?

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NTEN

JUNE 13, 2014

As Director of Solution Delivery, Matt is responsible for defining and curating Mission Measurement’s suite of products and services. nonprofits and other service providers) can then bid on the opportunity using standard metrics that transparently articulate their cost per unit of “impact." How do we measure social change?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

GivingTuesday is a movement to create a national day of giving , kicking off the giving season. And w e would like to spotlight a few in the TechSoup community who have joined us in championing this second annual national day of giving : InvestED has launched a volunteer and donation program specially designed around Giving Tuesday.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2015

Staffers also let people from outside of Saskatoon check out books from the library and access other services. "We're a community space; we're here for everyone, and our services and resources are free of charge." She also started a community garden that holds events with food and literacy programs.

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Tech Soup

JULY 17, 2015

Expansion of the FCC's Lifeline Service. The big recent digital inclusion news is the Federal Communication Commission's ( FCC ) proposal to extend the Lifeline Program , which has supplied discounted phone service to low-income people since 1985. They will create and promote digital literacy programs.

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