Tech Soup

MARCH 6, 2012

Submissions for the 2012 TechSoup Digital Storytelling Challenge have closed, but the fun has just begun! Raven Brooks is the executive director of Netroots Foundation and Netroots Nation. University, he teaches thousands of marketers, change-makers, and. Connect with Aaron on Twitter at @AaronMSB and @NPFilm.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 4, 2023

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Silver – Science Website The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC) is a multipurpose research facility operated by Stanford University for the U.S. Department of Energy.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

The Year That Was and the New Year Ahead Guest Beneblog by Betsy Beaumon, Benetech's VP and General Manager of the Literacy Program 2012 was a year of titanic shifts in the fields of consumer technology, education, and publishing, along with the requisite challenges brought about by such rapid change. We’ve added over 1800 books since then.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 3, 2012

Note from Beth: Last year John Haydon reached out about a special project he was working on for the CTK Foundation that was providing some resources and financial support for nonprofits. The CTK Foundation has just launched the 2012/2013 Heart & Soul Grants , with over $55,000 to assist nonprofits like yours in accomplishing your mission.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 18, 2017

As reported by Knowlton (2016), “…only 7 percent of nonprofits report that foundations always cover the full cost of projects they fund.”. Heron Foundation, put it, ‘In the long run, you can’t have strong programs in weak organizations.’” Nonprofit Research Collaborative (2012). As Sharon King, president of the F.B.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

While driving to work recently I heard an NPR report about philanthropic giving in the US; but it was not the numbers I had just read in Giving USA 2012 published by the Giving USA Foundation and compiled by the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University. Identification of donor population. Source of Data. Total Given.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Since 2012, Educational Testing Service (ETS) has engaged Forum One to design and build more engaging, interactive reports to share the NAEP results, including the most recent 2022 Nation’s Report Cards for Mathematics and Reading , with data at the national, state, and district levels. Department of Energy.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 17, 2013

It turns out Martín was asked by Franco to join his administration when he took office in June 2012. His activities with the World Economic Forum include participation on the Education Global Agenda Council and he is a university professor of social entrepreneurship in the U.S. and Africa.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 18, 2013

Giving USA is published by the Giving USA Foundation. Established in 1956 by the American Association of Fundraising Counsel, now The Giving Institute and is made possible by contributions from The Giving Institute member firms, foundations, and other donors. in 2012. - Overall Giving Trends. billion. - Individual Giving.

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Care2

JULY 19, 2012

At this rate, philanthropic giving would not recover until 2022, said Patrick Rooney, Executive Director of the Indiana University Center on Philanthropy, which coordinates the Giving USA study. Report Highlights: The study also revealed a: 9% decline in donations to foundations, indicating that the wealthiest people in the U.S.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 30, 2016

to the hard-earned lessons of nonprofits and foundations. Our sector—foundations, nonprofits, and university-based research centers—is producing knowledge at a rapid clip. A survey of grant data from IssueLab’s parent, the Foundation Center , shows that in 2012, U.S.-based Both co-founded IssueLab together.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 10, 2012

stephen blyth (@sablyth) October 9, 2012. October 16 from 10-12 noon, SF Foundation Center – Measuring the Networked Nonprofit Workshop. October 17 from 4-6 pm, Book Party and Discussion – hosted by ZeroDivide, Northern California Grantmakers, and the Levi Strauss Foundation. New book by @ kanter @ kdpaine amz.to/measure-networ…

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 10, 2011

T, December 10th, the international community is observing Human Rights Day to commemorate the 63rd anniversary of the creation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. MacArthur Foundation to develop the next generation of Martus. 2011 has been an amazing year for human rights defenders. and Catherine T.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2012

They do it through corporate foundations, intermediary charities such as United Way, and by directly supporting social causes. The main motivation for the creation of L3Cs is that they are eligible to apply for program-related investment funds from private foundations. 2012, January 10). 2012, February 16). Sources: 1.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 11, 2013

Some other foundations provide resources for nonprofits to develop their evaluation knowledge, such as the W.K. Kellogg Foundation Evaluation Handbook. In December 2012 Charity Navigator released the concept note for CN 3.0 – their next version of Charity Navigator. University of Idaho. and Herring, A. McCawley, P.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Since 2012, Educational Testing Service (ETS) has engaged Forum One to design and build more engaging, interactive reports to share the NAEP results, including the most recent 2022 Nation’s Report Cards for Mathematics and Reading , with data at the national, state, and district levels. Department of Energy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Al Gore (@algore) September 23, 2012. scsglobal young people are capable of doing more good in the world than ever before because of online connectedness — Beth Kanter (@kanter) September 23, 2012. SGSGlobal mashable.com/sgs twitter.com/gatesfoundatio… — Gates Foundation (@gatesfoundation) September 22, 2012.

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sgEngage

JUNE 19, 2012

The Giving USA Foundation and its research partner, the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University , has released Giving USA 2012: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the year 2011. Giving by foundations increased 1.8% billion in 2011, according to figures provided by the Foundation Center. billion in 2011.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

Universal City Studios, Inc., However, Bookshare continues to rely on the Chafee Amendment to regularly scan thousands of books each year without publisher authorization—and to incorporate similarly scanned books provided by college and university partners—in response to ongoing requests from users with disabilities. of America v.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 18, 2020

According to a study by The Russell Sage Foundation and The Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality, the GFC reduced total giving by 7 percent in 2008 and by another 6.2 To help facilitate this discussion, have your CFO run budgets from 2006-2012 and see how your revenue fluctuated. This decline is not anecdotal. percent in 2009.

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ASU Lodestar Center

DECEMBER 14, 2012

Thankfully, a recent survey conducted by BoardSource in 2012 shows signs of increased governance among nonprofits 2. One large local organization that has made tremendous strides in their governance is the Arizona Sports Foundation, which operates the Fiesta and Buffalo Wild Wings bowl games. 3 October 2012. Sources: 1.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 26, 2013

That’s exactly what #GivingTuesday is to the thousands of nonprofits, companies and individual people who took part in the new movement in 2012. The idea, in general, is to spread the message of giving to a wider audience, to change the conversation about giving and make it an even more universal thing.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 4, 2015

Foundation Center's new Foundation Funding for U.S. This new free online data visualization and mapping tool demonstrates the value of applying technology to philanthropy, in this case, creating a place to find out how and where foundations are supporting U.S. According to the new Foundation Funding for U.S.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 20, 2014

There is also your new classification compliments of the BRIDGE Project, and the first universal software for micro finance, another free cloud service. Causes began as a Facebook app in 2007, and became independent in 2012. The First Universal Software Platform for Financial Inclusion Launches. The Demise of Facebook Causes.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 16, 2012

Invisible Children (Shot from 26th to 1st in under 2 weeks after release of the Kony 2012 video). Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Thousands of nonprofit organizations (excluding universities) are reviewed in a preliminary screening to determine if their statistics are competitive enough to be ranked. National Public Radio.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 11, 2012

Her clients have included The Ford Foundation, The Daily Beast/Newsweek , and Jim Hightower's Hightower Lowdown. She is a Research Fellow at the Center for Social Media at American University. She is a consultant to progressive media and advocacy organizations.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JULY 1, 2011

Most of the grantmakers in Arizona are private foundations. Even though they're nonprofits, private foundations are a little bit different, legally, than other nonprofits. Arizona is home to over 1,000 private foundations, and, as most people answered correctly in the quiz, the largest is the Virginia G.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 12, 2014

To most patrons, HDL merely delivers titles and page numbers as results, but the University of Michigan’s Library, one of the HathiTrust members, does allow access to the full text of copyrighted works for people with qualifying print disabilities.

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NTEN

AUGUST 6, 2012

NTEN member and geographic web and mobile software developer Azavea, in collaboration with Temple University's Center for Security and Crime Science, just released ACS Alchemist , an open source tool that makes it easier to access US Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) data. and James L.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 10, 2012

Registration for the 2012 Nonprofit Conference on Sustainability Strategies ends Sunday, October 14 th ! The 2012 Conference — "Unleashing Human Potential for the Next 100 Years". 4] Daring to Lead 2011, CompassPoint Nonprofit Services and Meyer Foundation, 2011. [5] 18 & 19. Click here to register. Sigel Press, 2007.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

Today we are highlighting the work of Thom Reilly , Director of the Morrison Institute for Public Policy at Arizona State University. Started in 2009 in Florida, Clean the World Foundation began as a global humanitarian organization registered as a 501(c)(3). This article was originally published by Taylor & Francis Online.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 11, 2012

The Giving USA Foundation , which estimates national charitable giving over a 50-year span, reports that campaign fundraising has historically had no apparent impact on overall individual giving. While giving related to Hurricane Sandy may boost total fundraising in 2012 it is unlikely to change fundraising results for most nonprofits.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 17, 2014

Giving USA is published by the Giving USA Foundation and their report on 2013 giving trends is now available. Established in 1956 by the American Association of Fundraising Counsel, now The Giving Institute and is made possible by contributions from The Giving Institute member firms, foundations, and other donors. in 2013. -

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

The Women’s Foundation of Southern Arizona (WFSA) commissioned a study to create a more comprehensive, useful measure of self-sufficiency. The Self-Sufficiency Standard for Arizona 2012 , is a comprehensive, user-friendly tool that can be used by agencies and individuals to help Arizona’s families make real progress toward economic security.

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Tech Soup

MAY 12, 2014

Dara recommends a 2012 PBS Frontline documentary on their work. Global University of Islamic Finance , in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, is working on developing Islamic oriented socially conscious investing in cooperation with Sharia law. TechSoup Resources for Foundations. Additional Resources. LinkIn: Muslim Philanthropy Community.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 11, 2012

Most researchers agree that low-income earners volunteer less (Wilson, 2012) and Pho (2008) extended this finding to include medium-wage earners. Volunteers received stipend support from several sources, including federal AmeriCorps programs, private foundations and school districts. As part of a. McBride, A., Gonzales, E., McBride, A.,

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 4, 2012

Foundations (12%). Universities & Colleges (5%). Sources: OECD; Hudson Institute's remittances calculations from DAC donors to DAC recipients based on data from the World Bank's Migration and Remittance Team's Bilateral Remittance Matrix , 2010; Hudson Institute, 2012. Billions of $. Official Development Assistance.

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