Candid

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

An organizational plan, the equivalent of a private-sector business plan, lays out a nonprofits mission, goals, programs, and strategies for raising and managing funds. They may feel pressured to expand into areas valued by donors to secure funding. Clearly define the social problem the organization is working to solve.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

For them, Bookshare —Benetech’s Global Literacy initiative and the world’s largest accessible digital library for people with print disabilities—opens up a lifeline to reading. For veterans with visual impairments, traumatic brain injuries or other disabilities, reading standard print is difficult, if not impossible.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 2, 2012

They also demoed Read2Go, the accessible ebook application for the Apple OS and Route 66 Literacy, Benetech’s online literacy instructional program. This summer, we will have three students working on Bookshare software for our users underwritten by Google’s Summer of Code program. and that risk paid off. and that risk paid off.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 3, 2011

Of course, accessibility is right up Benetech’s alley and the focus of our Literacy program. Bookshare is dramatically exceeding its five-year collection and member targets at the close of the fourth year of our Bookshare for Education (B4E) project funded by the U.S. In the U.S.,

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 23, 2014

Technology currently serves privileged groups through tools that provide access to education, literacy, health, and justice. Global Literacy Sixth Grader and Bookshare member Kevin Leong with Jim Fruchterman at Benetech''s offices. But what about everybody else? The time has never been better to think 10X bigger!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2014

From people in Latin America who face severe water scarcity to at-risk human rights defenders and students with disabilities, our users and their families are the ones who best convey the impact of our work. Consider third grade student Brennan Draves. Brennan Draves and his mother, Lindsay Draves, at school. Martus Desktop 4.5

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2021

Amira Learning aims to address this with an app that reads along with students, intelligently correcting errors in real time. In classrooms, a common exercise is to have students read aloud from a storybook or worksheet. In classrooms, a common exercise is to have students read aloud from a storybook or worksheet.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

This means new challenges ahead in scaling Bookshare.org to serve every single student with a print disability in the U.S. This event was very exciting, as we have never previously received federal funding for Bookshare.org. OSEP told us on a Sunday that we needed to start serving students for free right away.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 6, 2021

million seed round and a student loan financing facility of $25 million from Nigerian financial institution Sterling Bank. The student loan financing takes care of that, and students who take that option are expected to repay N3 million (~$6,000) in the space of three years. Today, Decagon is announcing its $1.5 also took part.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

The pandemic’s impact on chronic absence Chronic absence— missing at least 10% of school days in one academic year—is a significant driver of the low literacy and numeracy skills reflected in the KIDS COUNT data. The number of chronically absent students nearly doubled from 16% in the 2018–19 school year to 30% in 2021–22.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The edtech boom has focused primarily on students, but teachers are learners, too. million in pre-Series A funding led by Monk’s Hill Ventures. Curiosity, imagination and empathy are just as important as literacy and numeracy skills,” he said. Doyobi wants to solve that problem by reaching students through their teachers.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 13, 2011

The amazing thing about serving 100,000 students right now is that our commitment to the U.S. Department of Education was to serve 100,000 students by the end of our five-year contract in late 2012. Literacy, human rights and the environment are critically important to the future of humanity.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 20, 2012

Ahmad Naboulsi , Master's Student of. continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit scholar, student, or professional to. Public funding for social programs is in a state of uncertainty due to our country's economic strain. Public Administration. Welcome to Research Friday ! As part of a. Like this article?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Step , a mobile banking service aimed at teens , announced this morning it has raised $50 million in Series B funding after growing to over 500,000 users only two months after its official launch. The round was led by Coatue, with returning investors from Stripe, Crosslink Capital, Collaborative Fund and Will Smith’s Dreamers VC.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 11, 2006

They typically run out of steam when the funding runs out, assuming they worked at all. To my delight, the Akshay Pratishthan school had a focus on teaching students with disabilities: roughly half the students had disabilities and were mainstreamed with students without disabilities.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The round was led by Enza Capital, a private venture fund that invests in early-stage tech startups across Africa. Kenya-based Chandaria Capital, Nigeria-based LoftyInc Afropreneurs Fund, and an array of other angel investors including founders and top executives of Africa’s leading SaaS, e-commerce and education startups joined, as well.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2021

And the Helsinki-based startup is announcing today that it has raised $28 million in Series B funding. At the same time, he suggested that it’s not a “zero sum” competition with music teachers; there are teachers who recommend Yousician to their students as a way to keep practicing and learning between lessons.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 12, 2012

Those who envision what could be possible by having Benetech apply innovative technology to the areas of Literacy, Human Rights, and the Environment, and who enable us to explore new opportunities for creating social good. As a nonprofit, different types of funding fuel our work. students with print disabilities.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Highlights of this Update: Global Literacy Human Rights Benetech Labs Communications Global Literacy Bookshare celebrated a double milestone this summer, reaching over 200,000 available titles in our collection and serving over 250,000 members with disabilities! While the majority of our members are U.S.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The round was led by Enza Capital, a private venture fund that invests in early-stage tech startups across sub-Saharan Africa. Through Craydel, the founders said, they are giving power back to students by providing them with access to a portal that offers verified information about colleges to help them in decision-making. “An

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2021

The startup, which employs more than 425 people, plans to deploy the fresh funding to hire more employees across sales, marketing, product and engineering divisions. The startup also plans to invest in supporting students through API literacy programs and contribute toward open-source projects.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

These nonprofits rely on funds from generous donors to keep their work going and to provide support to the Black community. Their programs are aimed at increasing digital literacy and helping people gain valuable tech skills to funnel into successful careers. Donate to support their mission here. Donate to support their mission here.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

But founder Zach Sims , who began the company in 2011 as a Columbia student, says that Codecademy’s growth, and hunger for new capital, isn’t due to a pandemic bump. “A The business, which helps students and employees learn how to code in an interactive environment, is currently bringing in $50 million in annual recurring revenue.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 11, 2021

For many students, these school closures could mean the end of their formal education. Malala Fund’s research estimates 20 million more girls could be out of school after the pandemic ends. Our aim at Malala Fund is to create a world where every girl can access 12 years of free, safe, quality education.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2021

The company’s active client base grew 350% year over year, currently at over 50,000 paying students. The money will be used to get more students into its universe of tools, as well as help Novakid expand into international markets with high populations of speakers who want to learn English. Students are clicking in.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 31, 2022

By breaking down each goal into consumable sections, we hope you will be able to maximize the impact of the SDGs, harness a shared language in seeking funding, and bring about greater change. It serves as a guide to navigating the information, how your mission aligns, and the attainment of each goal.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 4, 2007

Matilda Ziegler Foundation for the Blind, which funds this magazine as well as eye research programs at universities across the United States. During Arkenstone's 11 years, Benetech sold literacy products under the Arkenstone brand in more than a dozen languages to over 35,000 individuals in 60 countries.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2022

million in Series A funding from Kalaari. The funding will be used to start scaling Creative Galileo across Southeast Asia, hiring for local teams in Indonesia and Vietnam, its next markets. Creative Galileo’s new funding brings the company’s total raised so far to $10 million, including a pre-Series A round of $2.5

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2009

We have an opportunity to receive a couple of OLPCs for our literacy program at our farming project (we school the kids of farmers who we train to farm the land, sell vegetables, proceeds go into micro loan fund.).

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

There are plenty of ordinary happenings that can grab a headline, such as your nonprofit’s annual student art contest or upcoming 5K. After-school violin program receives six new violins, will expand to include younger students . The post How to Get Your Nonprofit’s Story in the News appeared first on Get Fully Funded.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 16, 2022

Without them, young people on our waitlist continue to face the challenges that low levels of literacy create in their lives. For every four monthly gifts of $25, we are able to enroll one student from that list into our Learning for Literacy program – empowering them with vital knowledge and skills to change their futures!

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Neon CRM

JUNE 9, 2023

For example, consider an organization for educators focused on improving literacy rates. One proven method of addressing literacy—especially in children with learning challenges—is approaching reading as a science. While many schools are adopting this approach, few educators have the funding for an entire curriculum shift.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 9, 2008

Sharing Foundation Khmer Literacy Program. Roger Carr has written a wonderful post about the Sharing Foundation's Khmer Literacy School. Is that cool - the literacy school is green! The students are the children of the poorest families of Roteang Village and who participate in the Sharing Foundation's farm project.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2006

Youth Connection, Part I: Field Building with University Students Moderated by Katie Salen (Parsons, the New School of Design) Description: Aside from creating "future leaders," let's talk about what University students are already contributing to social change gaming by creating a new kind of gaming environment.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 4, 2014

Bring Me a Book is creating a "literacy ecosystem" via social media in Alameda and Santa Clara Counties. Students develop and run a business, gain confidence, academic support, and mentorship. " Program is creating new distribution channels for affordable produce to low-income people. 250,000 Grant Winners.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The growth has caught the eyes and pockets of foreign investors, too, with SoftBank announcing its Latin America Fund II, committing $3 billion to tech companies there. The more funds contribute to GDP, the greater potential there is to fuel a new era of development, where more people have access to employment, wealth and education.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

By providing students with funds for school supplies, coats, eye care, class trips, test fees, and athletic gear, InvestED has encouraged over 16,500 youngsters to stay in school in the state of Washington. It has grown into an organization that meets the needs of over 1,500 student athletes annually. million books per year.

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