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. I hope you join us!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 30, 2014

That’s exactly what the Latino Community Foundation did. Tell us briefly about the mission of the Latino Community Foundation (purpose, staffing/budget size, and fundraising history). The Latino Community Foundation (LCF) is the premier Latino fund in California. Foundation with 4 core staff members. Masha Chernyak.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

At this year’s Council on Foundations conference in New Orleans, I had the honor of doing a mini-workshop for CEOs of Community Foundations as part of a half-day pre-conference session organized by the Knight Digital Media Center called “Digital Strategies for Community Foundations.”

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 6, 2014

The course teaches students to assess nonprofits, create a high-impact giving plan, volunteer more effectively, and use online networks and tools for good. The course also has an action learning component. The goal is for students to create an Individual Giving Action Plan to guide their future giving in a meaningful way.

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Tableau

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Global Head of the Tableau Foundation. Community Solutions was recently named a finalist in the prestigious MacArthur Foundation 100&Change competition for their exceptional work. As COVID-19 has forced schools to close and learning to go remote, equity divides among students have grown even more pronounced. “We Neal Myrick.

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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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NonProfit Hub

MAY 21, 2019

Thus, corporate philanthropy is on the rise. National corporations used to fill this need by having foundations that donate to nonprofits. In an effort to be more direct, they’re relying less on nonprofits and starting initiatives and campaigns through their own private foundations. . Cue: the importance of press releases !

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Candid

AUGUST 20, 2024

Nonprofit endowments are part of an emerging trend in trust-based philanthropy focused more on structural change to achieve a multiracial democracy. This ensures a power dynamic in which the foundation maintains control and power. Endowments and long-term funding are ways that philanthropy can innovate in the service of mission.

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The NonProfit Times

APRIL 17, 2024

Debt relief in non-medical contexts — including student loans, credit cards, mortgages, and bankruptcy — has been shown to reduce financial distress, increase earnings, and improve mental health. The post Jury Is Out On Philanthropy And Medical Debt appeared first on The NonProfit Times.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 14, 2009

DonorsChoose: open source philanthropy from JD Lasica on Vimeo. Last year, bloggers big and small raised $270,000 to provide 65,000 students with the resources needed to learn. At Socialbrite, we’d like to call on our readers to support students in public school classrooms in low-income areas. The cool part?

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 25, 2012

Joy of Giving Week is a "festival of philanthropy" held October 2 through 8 all over India in conjunction with Mohandas Gandhi's birthday. To celebrate, TechSoup's partner in India, BiGTech , held the Find an IT Partner event in Mumbai to connect local nonprofits with IT students.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 20, 2025

It is up to all of us involved in philanthropy to tell their story and explain the indispensable role of unrestricted giving in advancing the missions, objectives, and dreams of our causes. Specifying majors and home towns closed the doors for many deserving students. Why are unrestricted gifts beneficial? She isnt alone.

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Candid

JUNE 16, 2022

A philanthropy insider once shared during a presentation that foundations develop guidelines so they know to whom to say “no.” There is much hand-wringing, but little in the way of actual financial support because most foundations do not see themselves as climate or justice funders. . But it doesn’t have to be this way.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 9, 2012

For one nonprofit, the programmatic feedback of reviews on GreatNonprofits.org helped them better serve their students. Communities In Schools of Pittsburgh-Allegheny County, heard from one of its students about its school day schedule. “We Please join us for the conversation.

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Candid

MAY 2, 2023

This is why, today, in partnership with Candid, we are pleased to announce the launch of the most comprehensive report of its kind, Philanthropy and HBCUs: Foundation funding to historically Black colleges and universities. Yet, there has been little research conducted into the private philanthropic support of HBCUs.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

The frameworks and tips we outlined were field tested in real-time as part of my work as Visiting Scholar at the Packard Foundation with 60 of their grantees who participated in a peer learning/focuss group and contributed many of the case studies. The book also has a social good purpose.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 18, 2004

At the Venture Philanthropy conference, Robert Levenson of Social Profit Network and I talked about the relationship between venture philanthropist and investee. At the National Repository Summit held in Princeton, we covered the challenges faced by organizations trying to serve disabled students with textbooks. A very nice gesture!

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Saleforce Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Plus, see how our latest innovations set the foundation for holistic learner support and lifelong relationships. Philanthropy Cloud: A Corporate Citizen Employee Experience: 11:30-12:00 p.m. Dreamforce 2021 will highlight a handful of incredible stories across the education, nonprofit, and philanthropy sectors.

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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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Candid

JANUARY 6, 2023

Kellogg Foundation This resource helps answer a key question on many leaders’ minds: How can leaders and companies create a culture that embodies a feeling of inclusion and a sense of belonging for all employees? Kellogg Foundation in partnership with the University of New Mexico This report examines how W.K.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2014

GlassLab ( [link] ) explores the potential for existing, commercially successful digital games to serve both as potent learning environments and real-time assessments of student learning. SimCityEDU has been piloted by over 100 teachers and 3,000 students. In Philanthropy. Around Gender.

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Candid

JANUARY 17, 2024

Online librarian consultations : Receive real-time, personalized assistance from our in-house experts on philanthropy, nonprofit management, and fundraising. foundations have websites. Candid’s Foundation Directory: Local nonprofits can use Foundation Directory Professional—for free—to conduct prospect research for funding.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 22, 2024

Just a few of The Singing Auctioneer LLC’s valued clients include: Make-A-Wish Foundation, The Salvation Army, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, San Francisco Ballet, San Francisco Zoo, Meals On Wheels, Best Buddies International and many, many more. She is one of the most sought after auctioneers in the country.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 26, 2014

Let’s look at the possible factors that caused philanthropy to run wild and capture the attention of so many people, inspire them to participate, and donate to stop the disease. 5) Whacky, Goofy, and Fun: “Stunt Philanthropy” has been around for years. What can or cannot be reproduced? (1)

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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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Bloomerang

AUGUST 19, 2021

My approach to philanthropy will continue to be thoughtful. A donor advised fund is NOT a private foundation, nor does it operate as such. With a net worth of $65.3B, there are a lot of MacKenzie Scott funds available. . Scott is a member of the Giving Pledge. It will take time and effort and care. But I won’t wait.

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M+R

MAY 17, 2022

Donald was one of the original (Ralph) “Nader’s Raiders,” tasked with traveling the country and turning college student energy into student advocacy groups. Many of M+R’s early staff were part of this entirely novel idea. There is so, so much more.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

In fact, some participants in the group mentioned using MBA students from local universities to assist with data collection. They provide free web analytics consulting to non-profits and NGOs around the world by matching analytics professionals, students, and charities. The people with skills are out there.

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Candid

MAY 23, 2023

As the largest gathering of Black professionals in philanthropy, there were so many powerful sessions, poignant perspectives, spaces for healing, and moments of Black joy at Harambee. While the research revealed a disappointing reality, it also highlighted opportunities for foundations and HBCUs to work together to make a greater impact.

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Nonprofits Source

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Considering the major benefits that corporate partnerships can offer, your nonprofit needs a defined strategy to raise more from corporate philanthropy and build stronger relationships with businesses. Here’s what we’ll cover: What is corporate philanthropy? What is corporate philanthropy? Let’s begin!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

.” They provide free web analytics consulting to non-profits and NGOs around the world by matching analytics professionals, students, and charities. They are teaching digital measurement best practices by connecting great causes with experienced mentors and motivated students.

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Candid

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Referring to recent reporting from the Southern Education Foundation , Dollars and Change also indicates that education organizations may need to consider ways to sustain support in addressing pandemic-related learning setbacks and persistent inequities, especially impacting Black, brown, and low-income students.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 8, 2014

Note from Beth: I’m working with the Knight Foundation to facilitate a peer learning exchange that will help their community foundation partners learn and spread best practices in planning and implementing Giving Days. The Blue Grass Community Foundation, for example, added 16 new funds through its eight-week campaign.

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Tiffany Kerns is the Executive Director of the Country Music Association Foundation and CMA’s Vice President of Industry Relations and Philanthropy. Students are now eligible to join at age 15, which is a new pipeline to the next generation of talent. Even associations that boast celebrity members sometimes struggle.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 10, 2014

Tremendous shifts in data availability, access, and use are rapidly transforming our lives, and numbers debates are taking center stage in the development, philanthropy, impact investing, and social enterprise sectors. Data is now a core resource. The data and its related systems, however, can take us only so far.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

It also demonstrates how each ebook that is added to the Bookshare collection is a brick in our members’ foundation of independence and inclusion. First we identified the titles we wanted to add—all requested by Bookshare non-student members, including some of the best science books of 2013 as reported by NPR’s Science Friday show.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2008

There is a tradition of micro-philanthropy here, although it isn't necessarily taken online. I talked up Sharing Foundation's America's Giving Challenge while I was getting a haircut and other patrons were interested, even touched by the work of the Sharing Foundation. College students get typhoid immunization as well.

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