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Bookshare without Borders: #1/3

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Bookshare , our flagship literacy program, is the world’s largest accessible library and currently serves more than 230,000 members with visual and learning disabilities. But this is just the tip of the iceberg, as literacy remains an elusive dream for the majority of the world’s people with print disabilities.

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10X: CEO’s Update: Spring 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Technology currently serves privileged groups through tools that provide access to education, literacy, health, and justice. 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. But what about everybody else?

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How Malala Fund’s Innovative Grantmaking is Revolutionizing Education for Girls

Saleforce Nonprofit

From creating digital learning opportunities and initiatives to protect girls’ mental well-being to securing national funding for education — the Champions we support are driving solutions to girls’ education challenges in their communities. . The broadcasts air weekly and deliver multilingual lessons on literacy, numeracy, and STEM.

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Research Friday: How to Measure Your Organization's True Impact

ASU Lodestar Center

ASU School of Community. This week, we're excited to have Dr. Social accounting considers a much broader range of criteria than conventional accounting and combines economic, social, and environmental criteria when looking at an organization in relation to its role in the larger community. Laurie Mook, Ph.D. Assistant Professor.

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Remote Technology in the Pandemic: Rebalancing Toward Equity and Access

Non Profit Quarterly

and Canada about their technology use. We need hands on deck, so having to close our volunteer program was a challenge for us—emotionally, losing such a large part of our community—but we also had to find a way to keep them connected so that they would come back when our doors reopened. Talking with Volunteer Administrators.

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#GivingTuesday Champions

Tech Soup

Today marks the second annual GivingT uesday , and i n the same way that retail stores take part in Black Friday, we are excited to see the nonprofit community to come together for # GivingTuesday. PEC has partnered with local supermarkets to drive food donations and has directed the Philadelphia community to their donation site s.

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2021 Funding & Grant Resources For Women’s Empowerment Organizations

Kindful

Areas served: US & Canada. This foundation supports children, families, and communities as they strengthen and create conditions that propel vulnerable children to achieve success as individuals and as contributors to the larger community and society. Foundation For Women. The mission of Ms. Areas served: US.