TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

If it seems like Post News launched overnight, that’s because it kind of did. Unlike Mastodon , Hive Social , or other existing social networks being flooded with dissatisfied Twitter users, Post News emerged two weeks ago. Post News is trying to capitalize on the “virtual watercooler for journalists” side of Twitter.

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NonProfit PRO

APRIL 27, 2022

The blockchain-based nonprofit Endaoment recently announced the launch of the Basic Needs Fund, a collaborative effort that aims to bring housing, water, and food to critically underserved and marginalized communities around the world.

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Charity Village

MAY 24, 2024

Funding ranges from $500-$5,000. All community associations, […] The post 2024 ActivateYYC Grants: Funding to create healthier, safer, and more engaging public spaces appeared first on CharityVillage. The grant program is made possible by a partnership between the City of Calgary and the Federation of Calgary Communities.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 13, 2025

Who doesnt like starting the new year with a clean slate ? For the public at-large, the most popular resolutions are exercising more, eating healthier, losing weight, and saving more money, followed by more time with family and friends, and spending less time on social media. Youre in a wonderful position to aim and reach higher.

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TechCrunch

JULY 27, 2021

Twitter’s recent acquisition spree continues today as the company announces it has acqui-hired the team from news aggregator and summary app Brief. While Brief’s ambitious project to fix news consumption showed a lot of promise, its growth may have been hampered by the subscription model it had adopted.

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Charity Village

OCTOBER 11, 2024

The Public Health Agency of Canada invites organizations to apply for funding to establish and lead the National Autism Network. The objective of the Network is to represent the diverse voices of the Autism community, including those with lived and living experience.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2021

This morning Brazilian neobank Nu, better known as Nubank, announced that it has filed to go public. Today its S-1 filing remains private, but the announcement of its existence implies that Nu is on track to go public soon, perhaps inside of 2021. TechCrunch dug deep into Nu in this series earlier this year.

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Non Profit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Image credit: Jon Tyson on Unsplash The decades-long decimation of local news—and the dangers that the trend poses for public oversight, an informed citizenry, and democracy itself—remains very much underway. The MacArthur Foundation itself pledged $150 million to the new fund.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

A winning strategy for spreading the word about your organization’s work is getting your nonprofit’s story in the news. . A news story gets your organization in front of a large audience of potential supporters and gives your organization instant credibility. . And, getting your story in the news still carries a lot of weight.

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Charity Village

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The University of British Columbia‘s British Columbia History Digitization Program invites applications from private or public institutions and agencies that have the preservation of historical British Columbia materials as part of their mandate.

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Charity Village

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

The funding aims to support 70,000 summer jobs for youth across Canada. The Government of Canada announced that applications are now open for the Canada Summer Jobs 2025 program.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2022

For years, tech publications run by local digital media startups have worked hard behind the scenes in placing African startups at the faces of global investors, shaping the narrative of African tech and its build-up to an inflection point last year. million in seed funding to expand its audience and build new verticals.

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 19, 2022

You only need to watch the news to understand how challenging it can be to make kindness a way of life. It doesn’t preclude the bad news and uncomfortable conversations that are an inevitable part of being a boss. Budget funds for upgrades to home offices. Make Kindness a Value. I wish kindness was as easy as smiling.

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The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Its public support was $496.7 nearly 40 years ago, Share Our Strength has become a trailblazer in the nonprofit sector, raising and granting more than $600 million to fund programs designed to help children and families. The post News In Brief: Blackbaud, RKD, Moore appeared first on The NonProfit Times. million, up from $387.7

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

If your nonprofit has a large following on LinkedIn and a signature program that is well-known to the public, then a Showcase Page could be worth time and effort. Breaking news that communicates the story of your mission and programs. List all languages spoken, honors and awards received, and publications. Gmail, Yahoo, etc.

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Charity Village

JULY 2, 2024

Ontario Community Changemakers is a leadership and micro-grant program for people with bold ideas to activate public space, enhance civic engagement and foster social inclusion in their communities. The program is powered by 8 80 Cities and funded by Balsam Foundation.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Help disseminate news releases or produce news events to get coverage. Identify key influencers with audiences on social media, email, or via the news media and spend time cultivating the relationship with the goal of eventually seeking promotional support or a collaboration on a project.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

IROKO , a Nigerian-based media company, could file to go public in the next 12 months on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) Alternative Investment Market. In October 2019, Njoku hinted that the company was going public either on the London Stock Exchange or a local exchange on the continent. But it’s quite different with IROKO.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2023

fintech funding since 2018, according to CB Insights’ State of Fintech 2022 Report. But overall, while total fintech funding globally was down markedly last year compared to 2021, numbers were still higher than 2020. Specifically, global fintech funding amounted to $75.2 Meanwhile, global venture funding reached $415.1

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Charity Village

MARCH 7, 2025

Therefore, applications from for-profit or social […] The post The Indigenous Peoples Resilience Fund invites applications for the Food Sovereignty Bundles appeared first on CharityVillage.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Still, Sheel Mohnot, who was formerly a general partner at the fintech fund of 500 Startups, and Jake Gibson, co-founder of personal finance startup NerdWallet, were a little taken aback by investor interest in their fintech-focused early-stage venture firm, Better Tomorrow Ventures , or BTV. How do you compete? SM: It’s true.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Does negativity and alarm really raise funds?” —John, CEO of a civic education nonprofit Dear John, This is a top-of-mind question for many fundraising professionals. Worse, studies show that we’re more likely to perceive negative news as truthful. This might be why bad news seems to garner more attention.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 3, 2023

Post , a Twitter alternative of sorts that’s rethinking how publishers should engage with social media — and how they should monetize their readership — has opened its doors to the public. ” But that response conveniently forgets the miserable experience that is reading free news on today’s web.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2023

That information came to light on the same day that Stripe was said to have told employees that it had set a 12-month deadline for itself to either go public or pursue a transaction on the private market. ” The news comes after several months of apparent struggles at Stripe. Want more fintech news in your inbox?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 27, 2023

Welcome back to The Interchange, where we take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. Better.com finally went public last week, and the stock’s performance was worse than expected. To sum it up, digital mortgage lender Better.com made its public debut on August 24. In fact, it was a resounding bomb.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

Last September, Egyptian startup Capiter raised $33 million in Series A funding to compete in the country’s growing B2B e-commerce and retail space. Fast-forward a year later, the startup has laid off multiple employees and now its CEO and COO have been relieved from their duties after allegedly mismanaging funds.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Tuesdays news that Google would acquire the Israeli cybersecurity firm Wiz for $32 billion was remarkable on several fronts. Last May, the company raised $1 billion in funding, giving it a $12 billion valuation. The deal, assuming it closes, will be the largest acquisition in Googles history.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

There are a host of hugely valuable fintech unicorns that have to go public in the future that also share some market space with one or both of our public charges. As TechCrunch reported when PayPal dropped its Q3 numbers, the public company had bullish results from its Venmo service, payment processing and consumer activity metrics.

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The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 4, 2024

DonorsChoose in New York City got off to an early start through a promo code sent to previous donors on Monday. DonorsChoose, which links “wish lists” for classroom and student supplies submitted by public school teachers, set a $5 million goal for the day. Due in part to a 50% match, the organization generated $5.5

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Today, Muck Rack is making another kind of connection, with investors: it’s raised $180 million in what it’s describing as its first outside funding, having been bootstrapped since being founded back in 2009. A lot of traditional publications (outlets) have disappeared or morphed to keep up with the times.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 10, 2019

The public counts on nonprofit organizations to champion important issues and bring about positive change. And because GoFundMe has a 0% platform fee , your organization will be able to keep more of the funds raised. In just 35 characters, you’ll want to convey the tone of your fundraiser and describe why you’re raising funds.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 2, 2023

Traditional venture capital dollars are harder to come by these days, but institutional investors are still looking for smart investments, and industry watchers are hungry for the good news a new round of financing suggests. Another reason founders hesitate is if all or part of the new capital is through a debt investment.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2023

Notably, the executive also claimed that the startup – which has secured $670 million in equity financing and $700 million in committed debt funding since its 2019 inception – still has “the vast majority of [equity] funds” it has “ever received” still on its balance sheet. Want more fintech news in your inbox? Sign up here.

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Charity Village

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The Government of Canada is now accepting applications for the Sustainable Development Goals Funding Program. The program will fund projects that increase public awareness, and share best practices or lessons learned that support and enhance Canada’s progress on the Sustainable Development Goals.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2023

In a post titled “FTX Pre-Mortem Overview,” Bankman-Fried maintains his innocence surrounding the collapse and bankruptcy of FTX, a cryptocurrency exchange he founded in 2019 that went on to raise $2 billion in funding and achieve a valuation of a staggering $32 billion. Want more fintech news in your inbox? Last month, a U.S.

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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

If you’re a nonprofit or local government agency or work alongside them, there is a good chance you have seen an uptick in funding possibilities within your field. COVID-19 took the world by surprise, and along with it came a government response with unprecedented spending and a massive increase in grant funding.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 16, 2022

This undisclosed investment is Google’s third from the $50 million Africa Investment Fund targeted at the continent’s early- and growth-stage startups, which the company CEO Sundar Pichai announced last October. The fund is part of Google’s plan to invest $1 billion in “tech-led initiatives” over the next five years.

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