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$3,500 and bills paid: How these local organizations are helping L.A. fire victims recover

Fast Company Tech

Vincent de Paul , one of several local organizations providing direct assistance to fire victims. Pasadena Community Foundation, a local foundation, has given grants through a wildfire fund to help support dozens of organizations doing that work. It was enough, for now, to make it possible for her to keep paying rent.

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6 Innovative QR Code Strategies for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

3) Local Outreach: Display QR codes in cafes, gyms, or bookstores that link to a relevant campaign, like a read-a-thon or food drive. To increase visibility, create co-branded QR codes that integrate the business’s branding alongside your nonprofit’s.

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NPR CEO Katherine Maher makes the case for why public radio is essential to American democracy

Fast Company Tech

Maher gives a preview to her testimony, sharing how funding cuts would impact Americans broad access to crucial news and information, particularly in rural and local areas. From the team behind the Masters of Scale podcast, Rapid Response features candid conversations with todays top business leaders navigating real-time challenges.

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Iceland built 1,756 wheelchair ramps in the past 4 years. Why can’t other countries do that?

Fast Company Tech

After making his mark in Silicon Valley, Icelandic designer and tech mogul Haraldur Halli Thorleifsson is now solving a far more analog problem: the inaccessibility of local storefronts. As a wheelchair user, Thorleifsson knows firsthand how exclusion can be built into a city. And this isnt just an Icelandic issue.

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Navigating Payroll Compliance: Future-Proofing Payroll in an Evolving Regulatory Landscape

Speaker: Jennifer Hill

Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. businesses in 2025. businesses in 2025.

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Amazon to lean on local businesses for "last mile" delivery

TechSpot

In an exclusive report, Axios claims Amazon will start recruiting existing business in roughly half of the country's states on Monday including Alabama, California, Florida, Indiana, Minnesota, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, and Washington to participate. Dense cities like Los Angeles, Seattle, Boston, and New York will be among.

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A $500 Million Pledge to Support Local News

Non Profit Quarterly

Image credit: Jon Tyson on Unsplash The decades-long decimation of local news—and the dangers that the trend poses for public oversight, an informed citizenry, and democracy itself—remains very much underway. Since 2005, some 2,200 local newspapers have closed, according to a press release by the MacArthur Foundation.

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