Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 25, 2012

Just last month, the University of Texas at Austin made a large portion of the Archive available to the public unveiling a digital repository that contains 12 million of these critical records. You can read about Benetech’s findings from the Archive here and here.

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National Guatemala Online Texas 206

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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Fundraising Nonprofit Charity Benefit 234

The Verge

JULY 20, 2020

Aurora, the startup founded by former lead engineer for Google’s self-driving project Chris Urmson, is bringing its fleet of test vehicles to Texas. Texas is now firmly one of the top states in the US for AV testing. Aurora says it is bringing a “small” fleet of vehicles to the Dallas-Fort Worth area within the next few weeks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Using a live streaming application called "Live Stream," conference organizers of the Governor's Nonprofit Leadership Conference in Texas are hoping to draw in an online audience into the discussion about social innovation.

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Texas Discussion Social Dallas 89

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. PortLight “Inclusive Disaster Relief” SPCA of Texas. Texas Diaper Bank. Greater Houston Community Foundation Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund. My heart goes out to the victims and I want to help. Bayou Animal Services.

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Hurricane Donation Houston Help 136

Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

Similar to the list I shared for nonprofits focusing on education , arts and culture tends to be a very popular issue area for American foundations. This means look first at foundations that are located in your city and state before searching across the country. Ford Foundation. Mellon Foundation. The Shubert Foundation.

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Arts Culture Grant Fund 111

Futurism

MARCH 18, 2025

The paper also mentions physical self-harm and violence towards others as possible outcomes, both of which are represented in the Texas case. According to his LinkedIn page, Shazeer is now the vice president of engineering at DeepMind and co-leads Google's Gemini, the company's foundational large language model.On or chatbot safety?

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Teen Google Research Awareness 141

Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Hanley Family Foundation. American Legion Child Welfare Foundation. Cigna Foundation. RBC Foundation – USA. Autism Science Foundation. The David & Lura Lovell Foundation. Anthem Foundation. Foundation for Autism. O’Neill Foundation.

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Grant Fund Resource Connecticut 122

The Verge

JULY 1, 2020

The company announced it will be working with UPS, Xpress Enterprises, Penske Trucking, and Berkshire Hathaway-owned grocery and food-service distributor McLane to lay the foundation for a coast-to-coast autonomous trucking network. coast-to-coast autonomous trucking network.

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El Paso Network San Antonio San Diego 136

VisionLink

MARCH 28, 2014

Members of the NAF WBL Fellows 2014 The National Academy Foundation (NAF) is a leader in preparing high school students for college and career success. VisionLink’s Strategic Advantage department supported the kick-off of the 2014 cohort of NAF Work-Based Learning (WBL) Fellows.

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National North Carolina Learning Support 138

VisionLink

AUGUST 26, 2011

As part of their "Big Goal" to increase the proportion of Americans with high-quality degrees and credentials to 60% by the year 2025, Lumina Foundation has convened state legislators, policy makers, higher education leadership and representatives from 18 states in Indianapolis this week. This is important work, being done well.

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Education Conference Indianapolis Austin 113

NetWits

MARCH 8, 2012

Giving Day’s) like those held in Minnesota, Colorado, Pittsburgh, Ohio and Texas have raised tens of millions of dollars and generated significant publicity for their nonprofit communities. To learn more you can read the full report on the Case Foundation website - How Giving Days Can Strengthen Nonprofit Communities.

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Social Media Fundraising Online Media 200

Kindful

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Hanley Family Foundation. American Legion Child Welfare Foundation. Cigna Foundation. RBC Foundation – USA. Autism Science Foundation. The David & Lura Lovell Foundation. Anthem Foundation. Foundation for Autism. O’Neill Foundation.

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Grant Fund Resource Connecticut 111

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Sigma Foundation For Nursing. Jean Griswold Foundation. Alzheimer’s Foundation of America. Retirement Research Foundation. Archstone Foundation. Ben & Jerry’s Foundation. The Eisner Foundation. Durham Foundation. Points32Health Foundation. Sigma Foundation For Nursing.

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Grant Resource Fund Indiana 124

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

Foundation produced these results as documented by Edelman. Today marks the beginning of the “Giving Days” season, as I write this North Texas Giving Day is well underway. To celebrating its 5th year, North Texas Giving Day hopes to exceed last year’s fundraising results of 37,800 donations totaling $14.4

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Giving Texas Philanthropy Hosting 96

ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 19, 2021

Grantmaking foundations have the financial resources that nonprofit organizations need to accomplish their work. Nonprofit organizations are doing the work essential to further the grantmaking foundation’s mission. Grantmaking practices are important to grantmaking foundations. Clearly define the foundation’s mission.

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Foundation Adopt Practice Organization 52

Kindful

AUGUST 12, 2021

Similar to the list I shared for nonprofits focusing on education , arts and culture tends to be a very popular issue area for American foundations. This means look first at foundations that are located in your city and state before searching across the country. Ford Foundation. Mellon Foundation. The Shubert Foundation.

Arts 73

Arts Grant Culture Fund 73

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 15, 2012

Lynda Frost of the Hogg Foundation talked about funding integrated mental health services and how that Foundation was able to be the neutral convener of stakeholders to discuss policy. Bringing people to the policy table through services projects seems to have worked in Texas, Maine and California. When does it work?

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Policy California Foundation Seattle 96

Media Cause

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Symbolically Adopt an Animal from the World Wildlife Foundation Choose from 125 animals—includes a certificate of adoption and photo. Help us fight back against efforts to censor LGBTQ+ inclusive literature in Florida, Texas, and 30 additional states. 100% of store proceeds goes towards scholarships.

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Gift Guide Nonprofit Children 105

TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2022

One is S3 Ventures , a venture capital firm that’s been around since 2005, which raised $250 million for its Fund VII, touting itself as “the largest venture capital fund focused on Texas-based startups.” In fact, the firm believes that Texas is going to be the second-largest tech ecosystem in the U.S.

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Austin Fund Texas Los Angeles 92

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. Kellogg Foundation.

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Grant Fund Program Resource 101

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 24, 2014

I’ll be talking about the role of hyper-connected donors based on my experience and some recent research that shows how valuable these champions are for crowdfunding and social fundraising. I love serendipity!

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Practice Data Nonprofit Social Media 131

The Verge

MARCH 16, 2021

The group of 15 attorneys general, led by Texas, updated its complaint about Google yesterday to include a more detailed case against the search giant, including new claims about Google’s strategic use of the Chrome browser. Filed in December , the Texas complaint is one of three ongoing antitrust cases against Google.

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Google Texas Colorado Search 86

Forum One

JULY 1, 2021

As part of our internship program, we are also happy to have continued our partnership with the Posse Foundation. Ayomide Fatoye, Technical Team – Ayomide attends Texas A&M University majoring in General Engineering – Computer Science. Beatrice is a Posse Foundation Leadership Scholarship recipient.

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Impact Mentoring University Wisconsin 88

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 12, 2010

The Case Foundation Blog. The Capital Area Food Bank of Texas (CAFB) recently launched iPheedANeed , the first iPhone application launched by a food bank to-date. So, now you read a great collection of nonprofit, social change, and social media content your iPhone (download now ). Chronicle of Philanthropy Give and Take.

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Nonprofit Texas Feeds Haiti 95

Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 1, 2021

When Texas Tech University set an ambitious goal of increasing enrollment by 33%, the team knew technology would have to play a big role in their efforts. Today, Healthier Kids Foundation is continuing its transformation, working to build a data-driven solution for finding new opportunities to better support more children.

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Digital University Michigan Children 122

The Verge

JANUARY 25, 2021

Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai says in a blog post that the company would give $100 million in ad grants to the CDC Foundation, the World Health Organization, and other nonprofits. It also plans to invest $50 million in partnerships with public health agencies to help get information about vaccines to underserved communities.

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Site Google Los Angeles San Francisco 102

NTEN

JULY 22, 2021

Our seventh cohort includes 15 Fellows from around the country : Alabama, Georgia, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, and Utah. The fellowship is made possible by the generous support of our sponsors: Google Fiber and the Cleveland Foundation. A special thank you goes out to our founding sponsor, Google Fiber.

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Digital Literacy Cleveland Missouri 123

Socialbrite

MARCH 8, 2020

The organization relies on its audiences and contributions from foundations that are committed to its work. Project Charley was established to provide state-of-the-art neurological rehabilitation facilities in Austin, Texas. Schoolchildren in El Salvador, young constituents of the Salvadoran American Humanitarian Foundation.

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El Salvador Fundraising Nonprofit Austin 98

sgEngage

DECEMBER 27, 2011

In non-disaster fundraising, The Communities Foundation of Texas raised $10.7 million online in a single day during the 2011 North Texas Giving Day. Online fundraising during a disaster can be 3x to 4x normal trends and the vast majority of giving happens in just a few days.

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Money Online Giving Raise 107

sgEngage

MAY 8, 2023

Understanding Grants for Nonprofit Organizations Foundations gave almost $91 billion in grants in 2021. If this is your first time applying for a nonprofit grant, expect to spend up to 50 hours gathering information for and submitting a foundation grant application. According to the U.S. billion in grants in 2021.

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Grant Nonprofit Foundation Government 98

The Verge

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

The new case is filed only in the federal court for the Western District of Texas — an emerging patent lawsuit hotspot — and represents a more aggressive approach from Sonos. “We That’s why we went to the ITC and now Texas — to shorten the process and get resolution as quickly as possible.” (To

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Audio Google Texas Files 93

NTEN

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

This public, listener-supported radio station in West Texas, with only three staff members, carried their community through the largest wildfire in Texas history. Marfa Public Radio, KRTS , is the little nonprofit that could. The Rock House Fire began on April 9 and ran through May 13th.

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Facebook Community Strategy Texas 82

TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2022

Within the next six months, they will be scouting their next location in Atlanta and also looking in Florida and Texas. Its foundation is also working with companies, like Microsoft, on creating STEM and mentorship programs for underserved populations. Who’s building the grocery store of the future?

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Atlanta Open Marketing Florida 99

Candid

JUNE 17, 2022

Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas learned that they had in fact been granted their freedom in 1863 and had spent two additional years in bondage at the hands of exploitative plantation owners. Looking back at the history of Juneteenth and HBCUs.

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History Celebrate Louisville Kentucky 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Despite a broken toe, I facilitated a workshop on Social Media for CEOs of nonprofits and foundation. Meanwhile in down at action camp in San Antonio, Texas, I heard through Twitter that copies of the Networked Nonprofit were offered in a raffle. Vivian from Roundy's Supermarket Chain and Kelly Linn Cheesemsn, Wal-Mart Foundation.

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Network Nonprofit San Antonio Japan 95

Blue Avocado

MARCH 3, 2025

To break this dependence, a large foundation, or a consortium of foundations, would make a significant investment in NIA to enable the sector to reduce reliance on commercial reinsurers for the first one or two million dollars of insurance limits. NIA is currently dependent on commercial reinsurance companies for their reinsurance.

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Nonprofit Policy Award Foundation 59