Remove Fund Remove Global Remove Law Remove Los Angeles
article thumbnail

64 Online Stores That Benefit Nonprofits and the Greater Good

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Proceeds benefit the American Civil Liberties Union, a nonprofit that works to defend the rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the United States. 11) Global Goods Partners :: globalgoodspartners.org. Serrv International is a nonprofit dedicated to fighting global poverty through fair and ethical trade.

Benefit 323
article thumbnail

SOCAP: The Market at the Intersection of Money and Meaning

Tech Soup

In June, the Stanford Social Innovation Review published a two-part piece by TechSoup Global Founder and Chief Instigator, Daniel Ben-Horin. Kiva is a San Francisco based crowd-funding microfinance nonprofit that allows just under a million people to make little micro-loans to poor people around the world. It was great to see him.

professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

How Lessons Learned From Fighting Food Insecurity Can Help Your Nonprofit

Blue Avocado

At Nourish LA, we focus on the astounding amount of perfectly good food that gets thrown away every week, and we redirect it to our hungry Los Angeles communities. Lesson 2: Understand the laws. Beyond knowing about laws, the GSA (and other laws like it) is also a testament to the political power of nonprofits.

Lesson 90
article thumbnail

The 2016 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

EveryAction

The 33rd Annual Nonprofit Organizations Institute features leading nationally recognized experts from private foundations, public charities, law, finance and government to discuss the latest tax, legislative and governance issues affecting nonprofit organizations. Center for Nonprofit Management / Los Angeles, CA / Price TBA.

Calendar 177
article thumbnail

My Latest President's Update

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

He followed up by launching another company helping startups find funding, write business plans, etc. He plans to start a search fund (a vehicle for entrepreneurs to raise funds from investors) to find businesses – and intellectual property – that have a social focus to help out developing countries, particularly South Africa.

article thumbnail

What Can I Do About Genocide? An Interview with Janessa Goldbeck

Have Fun - Do Good

Our members envision a world in which the global community is willing and able to protect civilians from genocide and mass atrocities. Governor Schwarzenegger signed the California State Divestment Bill into law, and from there Adam took the campaign nationally. this past Sunday was the Global Day for Darfur.

Darfur 40