Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Many working-class families lost their homes , businesses, and jobs. Climate-related disasters like this often have deep roots in policies and practices that overlook growing risks. Research shows that low-income residents struggle the most during and after a disaster. And that can mean making difficult decisions.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 9, 2025

With over 17,000 acres burned in the Pacific Palisades and more than 10,000 in Altadena, firefighters are working tirelessly to contain the blazes and battle flare-ups across the region. CCFs Wildfire Recovery Fund supports communities through this time of immediate need and long-term recovery. You can donate or volunteer your time.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 11, 2025

“If I can prove my community is not fit for human habitation then maybe I can show my home won’t be,” said Jane Lawton Potelle, founder of Eaton Fire Residents Unite. “You have to work with your insurance companies and be reasonable about what may have happened.”

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The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Giving to disasters by the 1,000 largest funders was more than seven times greater during 2022 than 10 years early, hitting $860.2 New Data from the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) while it is not record-level funding, it was the third highest amount since the nonprofit started reporting such data in 2014. of the $126.7

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VisionLink

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

A number of communities are hearing from officials that with winter approaching, major road failures and other infrastructure may not be repaired for some time. We build Community Operating Systems, and we understand community all the better when we need each other the most. True Flash Floods. He took amazing photos and videos.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Technology and Community: Strategic Options for Movement Building. How many people hear that word and think it is just as generic as the word community? For this conversation, and those to have over the course of the next two days together at least, let’s work from the place that a movement is larger than coalitions.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 12, 2025

Lopez-Gutierrez also lost work: Shes a housecleaner, and her clients lost their own homes in the fire. I’m trying to get more work so I don’t have to leave.” In many casesparticularly for Hispanic residents who worked as housecleaners or gardenersresidents also lost their jobs. “Clothing isn’t cash.

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VisionLink

APRIL 16, 2014

We believe that organizations should be compensated for the creation, organization, maintenance, and updates of community information data, especially in the nonprofit space. In this nonprofit space, there are no discretionary profits available to allocate toward community information management. The first step, though?

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VisionLink

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Visionlink announces new disaster relief and disaster operations modules, and now all listed on one page to share with your staff and stakeholders. It's a toolkit made to flex so you can work in the way that succeeds for you. Built by disaster experts — this matters when everything is going wrong and everyone is under duress.

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VisionLink

AUGUST 21, 2014

Sadly, this week marked the loss of one of the disaster response world’s strongest leaders and advocates. Joann Hale was one of the most influential, hard-working, and caring people we have ever had the pleasure of working with here at VisionLInk. Her presence will definitely be missed as we remember her legacy.

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The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 6, 2024

(Photo By Deposit Photos) By Marnie Webb From the frontlines of disaster relief to the forefront of technological innovation, civil society organizations are navigating a rapidly changing landscape. The escalating effects of climate change are also placing unprecedented strain on communities and organizations worldwide.

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VisionLink

AUGUST 31, 2021

Visionlink is excited to begin supporting the work of Collaborating Agencies' Disaster Relief Effort, or CADRE-- a leading network of organizations that provide community services essential in times of disaster. To learn more about CADRE, visit their web site.

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Candid

APRIL 9, 2024

Part of my work at the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) involves monitoring philanthropic giving in response to disasters through our annual Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy: Data to Drive Decisions (SODP) report. When we can look at numbers immediately after a disaster, it gives us a unique perspective.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 6, 2021

I’ve also seen how this relates to times when donors, volunteers, and colleagues are dealing with a disaster in their region. . Here are a few observations from myself and colleagues in the region that we hope will be helpful to you and your colleagues when navigating your disaster-related outreach. Check in and give grace.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

These may include delays in grant approvals, rescheduling of major events due to unforeseen circumstances, or sudden increases in demand for disaster relief services. However, a clear operating reserve spending policy works as a pause button to ensure that funds are used responsibly and sustainably.

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VisionLink

MAY 15, 2013

We are very honored to be named the National Partner of the Year by the National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (NVOAD), presented last night at the NVOAD annual conference in Portland, Oregon. VisionLink is deploying a national instance of the Community Operating System to support state VOAD portals in every state and territory.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

However you choose to spend your money on holiday gifts, there are plenty of ways do it to benefit good causes and create change in communities that need it. Your gift will be used where it’s most needed to help families turn crises of poverty, conflict or disaster into opportunity to build better lives. Oceana Marine Adoptions.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2018

However, this type of community giving (known as Harambee in Kiswahili) usually goes towards individuals rather than organisations, common examples include medical bills, funeral costs & weddings. In 2015 he moved to Kenya, working to advance microfinance efficiency through technology. 67% donate in response to natural disasters.

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Blue Fox

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Significant natural disasters are more and more common these days. Whether it's wildfires in the Pacific Northwest and California, tornadoes or blizzards in the Midwest, or hurricanes and flooding in the South and on the East Coast, it can sometimes feel like there's a disaster somewhere every day.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 9, 2025

When you work for a nonprofit organization, you dont hope for a period of unexpected demand or income fluctuations. Consult your auditor and CPA to identify the options that work best for your organization. When you go out on a boat, you dont expect a bumpy ride. But you wear a life jacket anyway.

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Candid

AUGUST 2, 2023

Whether it’s global heatwaves, flooding in Pakistan, Canadian wildfires that block out the sun, decade-long droughts in Africa, or ever more powerful hurricanes, natural disasters have our attention. But climate change has been a disaster experienced slowly, and now all at once. That is no longer the case.

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VisionLink

MAY 6, 2024

This annual gathering of Voluntary Agencies Active in Disaster is the nation's leading gathering of non-profit and faith-based disaster response agencies. To learn more about NVOAD's DART, the Disaster Agency Response Technology platform powered by Visionlink technology, check out this link. Working together, we all work better.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 17, 2022

Pride Month is a great time to celebrate and reflect on the work activists and nonprofit organizations are doing to support the LGBTQ+ community. With that in mind, I wanted to share a list of funding and grant resources available for nonprofits serving that community. The Vermont Community Foundation. Urgent Action Fund.

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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. Impacts to Philanthropy.

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.orgSource

AUGUST 19, 2024

A security incident is a disaster of the highest order. Get professional help to determine what went wrong and to begin working to prevent future catastrophes. Many of the data disasters I’ve seen result from well-intentioned employees trying to get a job done without the correct information about how to do it.

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The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

It has more than 125,000 volunteers, has responded to disasters in 700-plus communities, and raised nearly $250 million. Reckford CEO Habitat For Humanity Reckford was preaching that a house is just the first step in building community long before anyone else. Team Rubicon is widely known for its innovation and unique culture.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 28, 2017

I watched the news reports from Texas and was horrified at the scale of this disaster. I grew up on the Jersey shore where I’ve been evacuated due to storms, but I have never seen this level of disaster. PortLight “Inclusive Disaster Relief” SPCA of Texas. Legacy Community Health Center. YMCA Houston.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 16, 2018

The reality is that nonprofits must keep up with changing donor expectations or they will be left behind… along with the communities they aim to serve. Facebook may take this even further with their latest efforts to create a $50-million matching fund to address issues like disaster relief. 1) Marketing Automation/Giving Automation.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 3, 2011

If your nonprofit works in disaster relief, share a story of survival. Or, if your nonprofit works to protect the environment or animals, for every tragic loss of habitat or endangered species, share a story of conservation or progress. Block, delete, ban, report, and move on. Block, delete, ban, report, and move on.

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VisionLink

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Visionlink works closely with many of the organizations that respond to these events, both now in the early days, and over the months and years to come as communities navigate their recovery. This has been a core part of our company for many years and through many disasters. Right now, funds are keenly needed.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Earlier this month, Candid and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) released the eighth edition of our annual Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy report. global disaster-related?philanthropy,?analyzing?funding Support underfunded areas of the disaster lifecycle. In it, we examined?available?2019?data

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VisionLink

JUNE 24, 2014

It is a goal of Operation Dragon Fire that outcomes will help communities, organizations, and response teams make better decisions with better data. Douglas Zimmerman, CEO of VisionLink, is a member of this ongoing Functional & Technical Considerations Workgroup.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 19, 2022

Startup nonprofits, nonprofit newbies, umbrella organizations, community foundations, mentors… there are a lot of ways people may think about or refer to fiscal sponsorships, even if they’re unfamiliar with the term “fiscal sponsorship.” Many nonprofits simply aren’t able to work on their mission until they achieve 501(c)(3) status.

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sgEngage

APRIL 1, 2025

Just as we finally got our footing from a global pandemic and spinning up programs to support communities dealing with extreme weather events, now federal policy shifts have grantmakers and grantees alike scrambling. Both grantmakers and grantees have made it through pandemics, natural disasters, and economic downturns.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 7, 2012

It was much more traffic than I would have ever thought possible, but thanks to the burgeoning “Nonprofit Organizations” communities that I had built on Facebook, Twitter and Myspace, launching a blog was much easier in 2009 than it was when I tried and failed in 2004. That first month Nonprofit Tech 2.0 received 13,000 visitors.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

I join as many social media sites as I can and try to spend time learning each community so I can offer advice to others on how to engage with them. Just because it may not work for me doesn’t mean it doesn’t work for another person building a community. I am the only person who is paid to work on social media full-time.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 30, 2023

By Lyn Chamberlin , President at Lyn Chamberlin Leadership – an award-winning nonprofit brand strategist who works with organizations and successful women to create transformative brand narratives. By sharing real stories of the real people or communities you serve, you can appeal to the hearts of potential donors, volunteers, and partners.

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