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Reddit Thread Prompts More Than $200,000 in Donations to Foster Children Nonprofit

NonProfit PRO

All it took was user dartdoug’s mention of purchasing an 11-year-old foster child a bicycle for his birthday via One Simple Wish’s website to start a wave of support for the Trenton, New Jersey-based nonprofit.

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[Breaking News] An Extraordinary Funding Opportunity For Nonprofits To Preserve Local Journalism

Bloomerang

Community engagement: Nonprofits can support initiatives that engage the public in the news-making process, such as town hall meetings, citizen journalism projects, or community media literacy programs. Within our own Bloomerang community we celebrate two nonprofits that are keeping local news alive, 90.7

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Weekly update from PND

Candid

A former recipient of a $100,000 Thiel Fellowship , Russell channeled his passion for physics into the development of LiDAR technology and software, then took his company public in December 2020, becoming the world’s youngest self-made billionaire at age 25. million in support of neighborhood anchor projects.

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Welcoming Joleen Ong as NTEN's new Marketing and Publications Director

NTEN

Joleen Ong joins us as the Marketing and Publications Director (or, rather, "joined" two weeks ago already!). I know that she will do great things with NTEN''s research, marketing, and publications like the NTEN: Change journal as she brings her passion for technology and communication to our work.

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VisionLink Is In The News: Real-Time Winter Storm Map

VisionLink

Using VisionLink''s outbound telephony polling software, over 12,000 people throughout New York and New Jersey received automated calls enabling them to report on what the storm was doing to their homes and to their local communities in real-time.

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Americans' Urge to Help Overcomes Lock Down Limitations

VisionLink

In the face of the escalating COVID-19 pandemic, National Voluntary Agencies Active in Disaster (NVOAD), Visionlink’s Disaster Technologies Division and Sterling Volunteers are partnering in a public-private pro bono effort to help state governments and non-profit agencies mobilize the desire of Americans to provide help from a safe distance.

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How Indigenous Peoples’ Day is Supplanting Columbus Day

Whole Whale

Traditionally, progressive laws lag behind public opinion, as was the case with the Women’s Suffrage movement and Civil Rights movements. This interest also cuts across political state lines, as a regional breakdown shows New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut in the top 10 for “Columbus Day” search volume.