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How to find free things: nonprofit students edition 

Candid

As a nonprofit management student, preparing to enter this field can be challenging because it’s still developing. As the sector evolves, students aren’t always sure which available resources are the most sound to support our studies. Philanthropy News Digest . GuideStar . Candid’s GuideStar platform includes over 2.7

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Digital Divide Data: our Partner in Laos

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

For example, our Bookshare online library for the blind, uses several different social enterprises to do data entry and proofreading work on textbooks. We've been a big fan of DDD, and nominated them (one of many nominations they received, I'm sure) for the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship , which they received several years ago.

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Higher Education Funding & Grant Resources

Bloomerang

The Lisa Libraries. They award grants for educational innovations that prepare youth to become the socially responsible leaders of the future. They focus funding on organizations that work on financial literacy for elementary and high school students (established programs only). The Lisa Libraries. Guitar Center.

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Donor Spotlight: Lavelle Fund for the Blind

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It funds primarily organizations that serve the New York City metropolitan area or New York State. This first grant allowed us to pilot a Bookshare outreach project in the New York metro area, with a de facto focus on senior citizens with vision loss.

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10X: CEO’s Update: Spring 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Moreover, we recently held a two-day workshop in New York City, bringing together a wide range of activists and funders, developing a model we plan to replicate around the world. Our Bookshare online library is continuing to multiply its impact.

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Carrie Karnos, recipient of the 2006 James H. Veale Humanitarian Award.

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Veale Humanitarian Award for service to the blind community. Here's the letter from the editor of Matilda Ziegler Magazine, which explains why Carrie was deserving of this award: A Letter from the Editor New York City Dec. Veale Humanitarian Award. She wrote, "Please consider Carrie Karnos for this award.

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Nonprofit Technology News for May 2014

Tech Soup

Find out more on this new service here. The Microsoft Imagine Cup is a student competition to create innovative IT projects and ultimately bring those ideas to market. Very sophisticated for a student team. The New York City-based nonprofit Spare Change is developing a smartphone app that will soon launch.

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