Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 27, 2014

When our team last caught up with him, he was a busy student at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, rejoicing in his ability to read independently and reach his full potential. We are competing against other participating organizations—and racing against the clock—to raise funds and secure matching funding from the Skoll Foundation.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

First, I’ll cover our biggest fundraising effort of the year: individual philanthropy is crucial to us; it’s the portion that makes 10X impact possible! Consider third grade student Brennan Draves. In fact, his reading skills are above average and he is on track to be an honor roll student.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2015

What is it like for a nonprofit to have a successful, lasting partnership with a private philanthropic foundation? One foundation that has been a committed supporter of our work is the Lavelle Fund for the Blind. The Lavelle Fund exemplifies the tremendous social return that bold philanthropy can create.

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Kindful

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Many foundations focus much of their philanthropy work on youth empowerment—and for good reason. The foundations on this list are just a few of the many that understand the importance that youth empowerment plays in helping young people from all backgrounds grow and excel during this critical stage of their life. Good Sports.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 11, 2021

For many students, these school closures could mean the end of their formal education. Content is available in Arabic, French, and English, and it adheres to Lebanese school curriculum to ensure students don’t get behind when in-person classes resume. Syrian refugees and Lebanese students learn for free. . .

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The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The Alliance Management Institute (AMI) is a capstone experience for students seeking the Certified Nonprofit Professional (CNP) credential. Philanthropy Southwest / Austin, TX / $675. Northern California Grantmakers and Silicon Valley Community Foundation / Redwood City, CA / $350. Alliance Management Institute (AMI).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 29, 2013

ImpactRising.org helps to make standards of practice explicit, so that social sector organizations like nonprofits, NGOs and foundations don’t have to reinvent the wheel. The project is funded by the Packard Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, and The Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Paying it forward: ImpactRising.org.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

I have disruptive approaches to social innovation in mind, with an increasingly connected society where the cost of prototyping and deploying new products is extremely low, and where innovation is no longer the sole purview of well-funded for-profit corporations. The time has never been better to think 10X bigger!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2012

We all recognize how consumer feedback drives competition, innovation, and continual adjustments in the for profit world—who hasn’t read Amazon reviews before buying a product or Tripadvisor to research a hotel? Communities In Schools of Pittsburgh-Allegheny County, heard from one of its students about its school day schedule. “We

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 3, 2017

I tell my students that the deduction is a “tool of government”: the federal government gives us financial incentives to spend our money in certain productive ways. If I make a donation to a qualified public charity, operating foundation, school, or even to government, my taxable income decreases by the amount of my donation.

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Everyaction

DECEMBER 12, 2017

The Alliance Management Institute (AMI) is a capstone experience for students seeking the Certified Nonprofit Professional (CNP) credential. Philanthropy Southwest / Austin, TX / $125. Northern California Grantmakers and Silicon Valley Community Foundation / San Francisco, CA / $350. Alliance Management Institute (AMI).

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Achieve

MARCH 18, 2024

Foundations and corporate philanthropy programs receive floods of applications for new grant opportunities. We’ll explore some foundational storytelling strategies for grant writing, broken into two categories: tactical and stylistic. Why Does Storytelling Matter for Grant Writers?

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MAY 19, 2021

That’s probably true in most cases, but it’s especially true for nonprofits that don’t trade in physical products, and instead rely on building community, creating deeply-rooted connections, and mobilizing others to join your cause. The positive results proved why technology should be a foundational component to any viable long-term strategy.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 4, 2012

continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit scholar, student, or professional to. This level of increased global philanthropy is worth a further look. government aid, capital investment, philanthropy and remittances. Private Philanthropy. Foundations (12%). PHILANTHROPY (U.S. in Residence.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

As a technology company that powers the world of social good, Blackbaud’s solutions help nonprofit organizations, foundations, and corporate giving programs advance their missions and make a positive impact on the world each and every day. Camp Blackbaud shows these students what is possible. Why Camp Blackbaud?

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NTEN

JUNE 19, 2014

Emily Yu of the Case Foundation served as the emcee and interviewer as three social entrepreneurs presented quick pitches about their work and tech products. Products include Greenshields, ecotube, and ecotank • One tree is planted for every item purchased or downloaded • Param met his business partners at the Forbes 30 Under 30 party.

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NTEN

APRIL 8, 2014

David Krumlauf, Chief Technologist, Pierce Family Charitable Foundation. Lauren Hasey Maher, Program Manager, National Center for Family Philanthropy. Sue Ann Reed, Project/Production Manager, The Engage Group. Jennifer Price, Philanthropy Services, RML Specialty Hospital. Conor Barnes, Advisor, Investor, & Student.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 26, 2020

For more on Common Impact’s approach leveraging skilled volunteering in moments of crisis, check out Disaster Response: From Relief to Resiliency *Center for Disaster Philanthropy . hours of community service. There’s an app for that! There are i ndividual and corporate programs available to participate! Global Volunteer Programs.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 22, 2011

In addition to their main donation program of current-version software, Adobe’s Special Donation Program offers limited-quantity or non-current versions of products to a wider range of organizations. See how nonprofits like yours are benefiting from their donated products and services, and creating professional-quality videos.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2016

During January, I review my work routines, systems, and rituals to redesign or tweak them to improve productivity. Rituals and routines have many benefits for your personal effectiveness. I produced four “ Advanced Practices Webinars ” for the Knight Foundation for Giving Days hosts.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Symantec gives a lot back to the nonprofit and library community through their donation program here at TechSoup — See what organizations like yours are saying about their donated Symantec products. Symantec doesn’t just give back as a company — their employees are also a big part of their worldwide philanthropy.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Now, many see the downsides, including crushing student debt along large numbers of credentialed people with few open jobs. Philanthropy is changing, with large benefactors giving way to people giving less and earned income increasing in importance. The opportunity cost was solid digital foundations such as digitisation of collections.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 4, 2009

The Environmental Defense Fund or EDF is a grantee organization and also attended the Packard Foundation's recent Network Effectiveness Convening by the Monitor Institute in Washington, DC in May. For more context, see Networks and Philanthropy Exploration and the most recent release of the Working Wikily paper from Monitor Institute.

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Connection Cafe

MAY 28, 2015

In fact, many firms use pro bono projects, on their own or in conjunction with groups like The Taproot Foundation , Common Impact or CatchaFire , as a part of their high potential employee programs.

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

The WHAT IF Conference is for anyone who supports nonprofit organizations, especially staff and board members, volunteers, donors, foundations and corporate funders. Philanthropy Southwest 2016 Annual Conference. Philanthropy Southwest 2016 Annual Conference. Philanthropy Southwest / Colorado Springs, CO / $1,100.

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Givinga

JANUARY 22, 2019

Large companies set up private foundations and giving programs, while small and medium sized companies fought to compete with more limited resources. It’s a different approach to corporate philanthropy, but one that will improve both your impact and your impact measurement. Student Loan Repayment Management. Charity Databases.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 14, 2022

So both major donors, but big corporate partners, foundations, all of those things. . All of my students did too, all of my clients did too. What are individuals looking for versus foundations versus corporate partners? We’re going to be talking about it particularly from a major funder standpoint.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 30, 2022

So both major donors, but big corporate partners, foundations, all of those things. . All of my students did too, all of my clients did too. What are individuals looking for versus foundations versus corporate partners? We’re going to be talking about it particularly from a major funder standpoint.

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NTEN

MAY 5, 2015

The 20-person department pulls the information from scanned PDFs of the filings, enter the information into their database, and classify the information in the Foundation Center taxonomy. Foundation Center has been working on automating much of this work. A few other takeaways: Foundation Center’s new tool is amazeballs.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 5, 2016

posted by Kathy Renfro Graduate Student, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. TechSoup.org - provides heavily discounted IT hardware and products to nonprofits. The Chronicle of Philanthropy. IT is here to stay; in fact, today’s technology will probably be obsolete in the very near future.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 10, 2017

Jumpstart corporate philanthropy ASAP. Recipients of your organization’s services, such as patients or students. Jumpstart corporate philanthropy ASAP. In addition to targeting individual donors, your nonprofit should also be actively seeking corporate philanthropy support for your capital campaign during the feasibility study.

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Candid

APRIL 21, 2021

And philanthropic foundations can help fix it. Some 20 years ago, when working as vice president for peace and social justice at the Ford Foundation , I was approached by the Vera Institute of Justice about a global initiative focused on prosecuting the police. Foundation grants on policing are not new.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 25, 2021

And I have my masters in philanthropy and fund development from St. And I’m on a mission to transform organizations through effective philanthropy. So products do exist out there. But you should document that organizational basic foundation structure for your database. Mary’s University of Minnesota.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

(Fact Sheet: Volunteering as a Vehicle for Social Support and Life Satisfaction , Public Health Agency of Canada) Volunteering can improve self-esteem, reduce heart rates and blood pressure, increase endorphin production, enhance immune systems, buffer the impact of stress, and combat social isolation. Research Summary: Graff, L.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

She’s over at Blue Sky Philanthropy, helps a lot of organizations raise money. So I want to share an example I love sharing with my students. . It’s like productive procrastination. So I think it was Shannon at the TELUS Foundation here in Canada who was sharing that in her team meetings. Check her out.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 4, 2021

She’s over at Blue Sky Philanthropy, helps a lot of organizations raise money. So I want to share an example I love sharing with my students. . It’s like productive procrastination. So I think it was Shannon at the TELUS Foundation here in Canada who was sharing that in her team meetings. Check her out.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 22, 2013

In his post, Beyond Generic Giving Levels, Productize Your Fundraising Appeals , he urges nonprofits to go beyond asking for strictly monetary support. Successful content production demands a clear editorial process, and someone to oversee that process is required. Baldrick’s Foundation shares expert story-telling advice.

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