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Captain’s contractor lending tool aims to speed up home repairs after natural disasters

TechCrunch

That turned into WeatherCheck, a Kentucky-based damage prediction company that was part of Y Combinator’s winter 2019 batch. He saw that no one was really merging the data for how roofing contractors inspected work, and if you could bring that together, you would be able to tell which house should file a claim and which shouldn’t.

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Bloomerang Gives Back in 2021

Bloomerang

Our employees nominated more than 60 organizations and our selection committee chose five organizations that reflect the rest of our core values , lift up underserved communities, and support those impacted by recent natural disasters. Each will receive $5000. For Equity , we chose Trinity Haven (Indy).

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The Bold, Focused Ideas of Breakthrough Nonprofit Brands: Book Giveaway Winners Announced

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

in 2011 to be involved in disaster training programs leading up to the 10th anniversary of 9/11, called the “March to 1 Million” program. Second, organize local veterinarians, municipalities and animal rescue organizations in working together to provide low-cost spay/neuter and promote adoption of the satos.’”. Mobilizing 1 million people!

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Radical Collaboration is Our Best Chance to Fight Climate Change

Saleforce Nonprofit

It’s no longer a question of whether the impacts on the environment of our collective human actions over decades will continue to result in more extreme weather, natural disasters, and economic instability. These are all sobering reminders that climate change isn’t just a distant threat anymore — it’s happening now.

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Komen Kan Kiss My Mammagram, PinActivism, and Newsjacking for a Cause

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I immediately forwarded it to Nancy Schwartz, because she had blogged about Komen’s Kentucky Fried Chicken partnership and I knew she’d want to follow up. Literally five minutes later (around 4 pm ET), I got the fundraising appeal email from Planned Parenthood (nicely customized with my name and state, I might add).

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In Appalachia’s flood-ravaged areas, residents look to rebuild on higher ground

Fast Company Tech

Over the course of a few days, residents in eastern Kentucky watched as river levels rose and surpassed flood levels. Historic floods wiped out businesses and homes in eastern Kentucky in February 2021, July 2022 and now February 2025. It just was complete disaster because people just didnt have a place to go.

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Americans still believe they live in a compassionate country, report shows

Fast Company Tech

The report that caught my eye was issued in January 2025 by the Muhammad Ali Center , which the late boxer cofounded 20 years ago in Louisville, Kentucky, to advance social justice. Defining compassion Sociologists define compassion as the human regard for the suffering of others, and the notion of using action to alleviate this pain.

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