Connection Cafe

APRIL 16, 2015

The program didn’t result from a brainstorming session of nonprofit staff, but was created by a volunteer in Colorado and implemented locally in 2007. Not surprisingly, they also tend to be the best fundraisers. Association staff identified the bright spot and developed a nation-wide program based on its success.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 22, 2024

Jude, Make A Wish, American Cancer Society, and The Museum of African American History. Chuck meets face to face with each local client, develops a strategy of not only how to meet each organizations’ goal, but beat it. Over the past 12 years, he has helped raise hundreds of millions of dollars for organizations like St.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Christine reports that the low-flying, Boston-based venture outfit just tripled the size of its second fund to $150 million thanks to its approach of investing in sports technologies with the help of its community of athlete backers who help promote and grow the portfolio companies. Priorities, amirite? Startups and VC.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

But he has no plans to leave his post as CEO of Valo Health , a three-year-old, Boston-based, 110-person drug discovery company that Berry and Flagship seem to think could become one of the firm’s most important companies yet. What was really interesting about it is it’s a very powerful cancer target.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2023

And third, although early believers who witnessed InstaDeep’s growth from a local firm to a global startup knew it had enough exit options, they didn’t think the acquisition would happen this fast, said Khaled Ben Jilani , senior partner at AfricInvest, one of InstaDeep’s earlier investors, on a call with TechCrunch.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2015

Jeff Bauman , who lost both legs in the Boston Marathon Bombing in 2013, has the second most successful fundraiser on the site with over $800,000 raised. The American Childhood Cancer Organization (ACCO) is currently selling a t-shirt with the names of 3,400 children and teens who have fought or are still fighting childhood cancer.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

And a little shout out to our colleague Tina Cincotti who’s a lovely consultant based in Boston, Tina created this. It could be, you know, my mom had cancer that’s why I’m doing this volunteer work for the cancer organization. . Local university, my wife was working there as a major gift person.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 4, 2007

They were a rich collection museum with some local history—they had many dolls, a famous toy collection. The cookie-cutter phenomenon started in the 70s because people have seen Boston [Children’s Museum] and seen the Exploratorium and they want one in their neighborhood. It did that more than once.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Now, Colorado is taking a major step to protect people from air pollutants that cause cancer or other major health problems, called air toxics. Exposure to even low amounts of some chemicals , such as benzene, may lead to cancer. At public hearings, community groups like GreenLatinos argued that air toxics because it can cause cancer.

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Non Profit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Additionally, overreliance on technology can exclude individuals who depend on more traditional forms of communication, like in-person consultations or local media, which would limit such a campaigns reach and effectiveness. See, for example, Chukwuma Eruchalu et al., 2 (April 2021): 18386. Zhouxiao Li et al., Anna Smak Gregoor et al.,

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 6, 2025

Rural cancer patients may miss out on cutting-edge treatments in Utah. Red states and blue states alike are poised to lose jobs in research labs and the local businesses serving them. “Discoveries are going to be delayed, if they ever happen,” said Dr. Kimryn Rathmell, former director of the National Cancer Institute.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 17, 2025

Among the thousands of compounds released every day from polluting facilities, its among the most toxic, responsible for more than half of all excess cancer risk from industrial operations nationwide. They are used by companies such as Boston Scientific, ConMed, and Becton Dickinson, as well as Cardinal Health.

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