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Bookshare en Puerto Rico

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I am lucky to be able to contribute this passion to Benetech by providing outreach and membership support in Spanish to the commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Why shouldn’t students in Puerto Rico benefit from our technology and services? Bookshare, and the overall concept of technology serving humanity, was very well received.

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Visionlink’s Volunteer Registry Deployed for Hurricanes Harvey & Irma

VisionLink

High-level government officials have directed these generous people to National VOAD and their member agencies. We are honored that Visionlink, as a corporate partner, has been able to open access to the unaffiliated volunteer system to National VOAD and Volunteer Florida member organizations.

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How This Nonprofit Increased Donations After Switching to Salesforce

Saleforce Nonprofit

PFLAG is the first and largest national chapter-based organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) people, their parents and families, and allies. The PFLAG network consists of more than 400 chapters, which crosses nearly all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

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Announcing Our First Impact Labs Cohort on Zero Hunger: Addressing Food Insecurity in the U.S.

Saleforce Nonprofit

Notably, the group debated the tension between short-term fixes and long-term systemic change. With many incredible ideas on the table, they committed to moving forward with two community-driven approaches to combat hunger: A Hunger Action Plan to activate our Salesforce ecosystem around long-term systemic changes to fight hunger.

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16 Million 2-1-1 Calls in 2009

VisionLink

VisionLink''s Role VisionLink customers are among those providing 2-1-1 services, from New York to Washington state, from Florida to Maine, and here in our own state of Colorado--and for many regional and metropolitan systems in between. 2-1-1 is an easy to remember phone number that connects individuals with resources in their community.

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A Jargon-Free Guide to Low-Profit Limited Liability Companies (L3C)

NonProfit Hub

As of December 2015 , L3Cs are only recognized in 10 states, three tribes and the territory of Puerto Rico, so if you are building your organization in one of the following places, yes you can! The federal jurisdictions of the Crow Indian Nation of Montana, the Oglala Sioux Tribe, the Navajo Indian Nation and Puerto Rico.

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Philanthropy Cloud Adds New Volunteer Management Capabilities for National Volunteer Week

Saleforce Nonprofit

For this week’s National Volunteer Week, we’re launching the next phase of our partnership with Salesforce.org. The effort would not have been possible without the scale and robust capabilities of a volunteering system that could handle the demand. . Connect with her on LinkedIn , Medium , and Twitter.

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