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A $500 Million Pledge to Support Local News

Non Profit Quarterly

Image credit: Jon Tyson on Unsplash The decades-long decimation of local news—and the dangers that the trend poses for public oversight, an informed citizenry, and democracy itself—remains very much underway. The MacArthur Foundation itself pledged $150 million to the new fund. Since 2005, some 2,200 local newspapers have closed.

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Big News at Benetech (and for me!)

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Under Betsy’s guidance, Benetech is developing new software for social good enterprises to connect communities with inclusive technology: Service Net: Reshaping the social safety net in human services to better connect people to the services they need.

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7 tips for preparing your nonprofit for a move to new software

EveryAction

Implementing more modern tools—especially major software, such as customer relationship management (CRM) or fundraising software—can provide your organization with new efficiencies and new capabilities to improve fundraising , marketing, volunteer management, and ultimately do even more to power your purpose.

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Thought Leaders Blaze Trails of Discovery and Engagement

.orgSource

Design a program that reflects the customized service you want to deliver and the quality of outreach you want to produce. Review expense policies, conflict of interest, or any other relevant policies or ethical issues. They will be representing your organization. To sort your options, try creating a matrix like this.

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Nonprofit Technology News: Help for Charities to Develop Mobile Giving Capacity

Tech Soup

Our lead story in this issue of TechSoup’s Nonprofit Technology News is the creation of the Mobile Giving Alliance that will help charities develop their mobile giving. Fund for UNICEF, and United Way Worldwide to bring more mobile technology resources charities. The new project is called the Mobile Giving Alliance.

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How Successful Nonprofits Invest, and Reinvest, in their Online Presence

Nonprofit Tech for Good

In 2017, Race Forward merged with the Center for Social Inclusion to become the nation’s largest research, advocacy and services organization devoted to racial justice. Race Forward’s digital footprint now includes four main properties, including Colorlines , a daily news site. We are doing more direct service now,” she says.

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Why Nonprofits Need a Values-Based Social Media Strategy

Non Profit Quarterly

Meta—the parent company of Facebook and Instagram—has been under fire in the past few years over its lax policies on news content, data privacy, and misinformation. Some users are migrating to new platforms, like Post, or to decentralized, open-source services, like Mastodon.