Forum One

JULY 18, 2023

Most nonprofits and government agencies utilize the cloud in some capacity – from website hosting to software to data storage. Native machine learning services integrated into AWS can open access to previously inaccessible business intelligence. And many have plans to move more of their operations to cloud services.

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Organization Baltimore Picture Government 59

Candid

MARCH 26, 2024

Data to pinpoint needs in specific communities Unfortunately, government survey data does not accurately represent “hard-to-count” at-risk populations who are less likely to speak English or to trust the government—which includes many of the people nonprofits like CASL serve.

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Resource Data Community Aggregator 59

sgEngage

MARCH 3, 2023

If you are still hosting the data and applications that you’re using to run your core operations and development efforts—from your accounting software to your donor relationship management and fundraising systems—on premises, you are not setting your future organization up for success. Move your applications and data to the cloud.

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Tools Application Nonprofit Software 80

sgEngage

JULY 24, 2023

Today’s students see high tuition costs, increased demand for skilled labor, and a decline in degree requirements for open positions. Declining enrollment leads to not only decreased tuition revenue but also diminished government funding and reduced philanthropic support. Work with local, state, and federal programs.

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Education Student Award University 87

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 9, 2014

Governments in developing countries are thinking seriously about how to provide quality secondary education, noted Gallucci and Roy, yet less known are which interventions are economical and will increase demand, access, and retention. This is where philanthropy comes in. This is a hopeful time in the long arc of inclusive education.

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Education Philanthropy Africa Foundation 164

Qgiv

JULY 24, 2024

Board members must also make sure your nonprofit complies with all applicable laws and regulations. Cooperative governance model The cooperative governance model emphasizes shared decision-making and collective responsibility. While they wouldn’t be involved in daily operations, their primary role is fundraising and advocacy.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 5, 2024

Here’s a detailed breakdown of critical steps to prepare: Understand organizational goals and governance needs: Begin by peering into the core of your organization. Streamline the application process. Engage with local organizations and associations. What are your dreams? Your challenges? But don’t stop at day one.

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Director Guide Metrics Nonprofit 85

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

It’s also responsible for making sure the organization meets its regulatory responsibilities and files appropriate paperwork with government agencies. And in the absence of understanding, people do whatever they think is right, which leaves the organization open to micromanaging, mismanagement, and more. Plain and simple.

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Director Roles Evaluation Nonprofit 116

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Nick Dragga, CFRE Executive Director, Ballet Lubbock The school’s impressive growth has continued over the years, fueled by generous community support, leading to the opening of a state-of-the-art dance facility in 2004. Local private foundations are their primary funding source, offering accessibility and a streamlined application process.

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Texas Arts Culture Challenge 93

Forum One

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

We're seeing exciting trends in governments making data more available ? Whether on crime, education, or the environment, governments are putting more data on the web. And they're doing it in ways that allow people to build web applications on top of the data. But local and state governments are also setting their data free.

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Government Rhode Island District of Columbia Data 52

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 13, 2014

Consider this: when you visit your doctor about a medical issue in the United States, you can be reasonably confident that it won''t shortly be on the front page of the local newspaper. We now understand that corporate collection and government interception of sensitive information is the norm, not the exception.

Data 176

Data Empowerment United States Government 176

Amy Sample Ward

MARCH 2, 2011

" Pew: Open government is tied to higher levels of community satisfaction | Gov 2.0: The Power of Platforms – "The results from a new study from Pew Internet and Life Project found that when citizens believe their governments are sharing more information, they are more likely to feel satisfied with civic life. ."

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Web Plugin Influence Award 123

Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 20, 2012

The real-time web has also revolutionized the way we support local communities in disaster. Ushahidi, an open source project originally deployed in Kenya to report post-election violence has since been downloaded and deployed for many other events and disasters, including Haiti, Chile, and Japan.

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Philanthropy Social Media Media Social 244

Qgiv

MARCH 28, 2022

For a peer-to-peer 5K or fun run, your costs might include police for crowd control, permits from local governance to close off roads, EMT services, event t-shirts, snacks, opening ceremony costs (band, DJ, etc.), When it comes to grant writing, make sure your application stands out from the crowd.

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Money Sponsor Grant Nonprofit 52

Get Fully Funded

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

They may not want to give you a grant if they see your animal welfare nonprofit is living off of your adoption fees or your homeless shelter is solely running on a large government grant. The local restaurant wants to host a chicken wing night and donate 20% of all sales to your nonprofit! Broken Model #3: Fundraising Events.

Money 126

Money Raise Ideas Work 126

Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Our first Impact Lab cohort designed Service Match , an open-source app designed for case managers who connect people experiencing homelessness to vital human services. Our second Impact Lab recently announced the Financial Aid Chatbot to support students as they navigate the FAFSA application. Jennifer Anderson.

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Impact California Conservancy Bolivia 116

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 8, 2011

All interested nonprofits or social enterprises will be able to leverage SocialCoding4Good by posting their open source software development projects for social change and inviting volunteers to work on them. So, we’re creating a new place where techies can find social tech applications that resonate with their personal passion for change!

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Guatemala Literacy Qatar Open Source 159

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 10, 2007

connected to the Government platform. This same platform would have a series of APIs, so that doctors offices, schools, universities, researchers, community groups, local businesses and anyone with an interest could build applications, mashups and widgets that could use the data for the long tail of citizen needs.

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Government Mashup API License 50

NonProfit Hub

MAY 24, 2017

This is the phase where you’ll seek out new grants that are applicable to your organization and work toward submitting an application that matches the given criteria. Local Foundations. People love to give locally because it helps stimulate their own economy and helps give back. Award Phase. GrantWatch.com.

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Grant Organization Phase Award 58

Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2016

What happens when you combine local government, open data, and creative and tech-savvy citizens? Led by TechSoup Europe , Apps4Warsaw challenged Warsaw's tech-for-good community members to create useful technology for their neighbors using city open datasets. "We knew how to crowdsource and incubate applications."

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Data Europe Romania Map 36

ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Nonprofit organizations offer services to the public that governments and businesses do not. Many organizations are open to hiring people without nonprofit work experience. Many local colleges offer affordable courses in skills that can be applicable to nonprofit work, such as finance, marketing or accounting.

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San Diego Management United States Nonprofit 40

Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

And it's very easy to do an application. It has been five years now since the Supreme Court Citizens United ruling that opened the door to 501(c)(4) nonprofits and massive anonymous "dark money" political contributions for political ads. Facilitate these activities at either the local, state, or national level.

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Ideas San Francisco Proposal Application 36

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

If you want to increase capacity, open another shelter so more people in need of shelter will be able to find a bed, work closely with existing shelters to understand demand. Or are you looking to open a shelter for teens who have left or been kicked out of their homes, a need totally different than the family shelters in your community.

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Kindful

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

PADI AWARE Foundation is a publicly funded nonprofit whose mission is to drive local action for global ocean conservation. PADI AWARE Community Grants are open to fund projects that align with PADI’s Blueprint for Ocean Action particularly for coral reef restoration, climate resiliency, and Marine Protected Areas. Areas served: US.

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Conservancy Environment Grant Alaska 57

Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 17, 2009

open source applications for helping make the government more transparent from Sunlight Labs. It includes recommendations for local and national not-for-profit organisations who provide support to young adults." " Apps for America Contest - Check out some of these really innovative (and cool!)

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Web Bookmarking Chicago Delicious 100

Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 6, 2010

The ultimate portable NPR experience for your iPhone or iPod Touch, the NPR News App allows you to follow local and national news and listen to your favorite NPR stations wherever you are and whenever you want to. Search 60,000 open volunteer opportunities to find the perfect one for you. National Public Radio :: Download.

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Free Hunger Mobile Nonprofit 214

Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 14, 2011

Collecting petitions Last week I stood outside of my local library collecting signatures to save libraries in Oakland. retailers accepted in-store paper applications in 2006- down from 68 percent in 2004. We're facing potential closures of 14 neighborhood libraries, and reduced services at the remaining four. for every dollar invested.

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Library South Carolina Oakland Florida 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2005

That estimate comes from Noy Shoung, deputy general of human capacity building at the government's National Information Communications Technology Development Authority ( NIDA ), the government agency that oversees the country's telecommunication policy. distribution that is currently being translated into Khmer language.

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Open Source Cambodia Software Open 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

” That’s when you use software on the Internet versus your local hard drive or local computer network. And that means advocacy and access can happen in ways similar to open government efforts. For the past year or so, she’s thinking about and talking about “Cloud Computing.”

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Technology Data Research Change 99

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 10, 2011

Here’s a sample of our accomplishments: Martus , our secure, open-source information management software for human rights defenders continued to empower many human rights groups worldwide to secure thousands of stories of human rights violations and to use this information strategically to advance their causes.

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International Guatemala Colombia Analysis 150

Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2013

So much attention in philanthropy has been devoted to nonprofit accountability, like the work of Charity Navigator ; it looks like the time has come for funders to be more open about how they’re doing grantmaking. Governance Policies & Information. I’ll say a bit more about those projects below.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 13, 2010

We opened ourselves up, invited communities, and created an expectation that asking for help in these spaces will result in real-life action. One of the many challenges this presents is the ability of first responders and governments to monitor this information and act on it in a timely manner. Please bring them water."

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Disaster Haiti Los Angeles Social Media 89

Tech Soup

MARCH 26, 2013

There are many different types of hackathons: from company hackathons (such as Facebook's All-Night Hackathon ) to government improvement hackathons (like #HackWeTrust. Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK) is a global-wide community of hackers and social leaders with the common goal of building open technology for a better world.

District of Columbia 66

District of Columbia Serbia Herzegovina Library 66

The NonProfit Times

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

AmeriCorps, the federal agency for service and volunteerism, announced the 2025 State and National Grants Competition is now open for applications from organizations who wish to host AmeriCorps members beginning in the summer of 2025. The application deadline is 5 p.m., Thursday, Jan.

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Americorp Grant District of Columbia Open 52

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

The data is open to anybody or any organization with an interest or mission in government transparency and politics. Planet Labs is hoping that nonprofits as well as government agencies and academic institutions focused on environmental issues will take advantage of this constantly updated visual and geographic data.

Philanthropy 55

Philanthropy Data San Francisco Missouri 55

ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

Charity and government support remain crucial but are insufficient to address the magnitude of the task at hand. Solving basic social problems requires a level of sustainable investment that donors and government cannot provide alone. Social enterprise models may well offer an answer. In 2014, Goodwill received $3.94

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Model Fund Social United States 53

Tech Soup

OCTOBER 24, 2011

The NetSquared community consists of Local groups in 80+ cities worldwide that hold offline events for those interested in technology and social impact. As a part of this effort, we sent a special survey to our local organizers, including two questions about cloud computing.

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Netsquared Community Australia Philadelphia 52