Non Profit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The MacArthur Foundation itself pledged $150 million to the new fund. In an effort to turn this trend around, the MacArthur Foundation unveiled in September 2023 the Press Forward initiative, a coalition of 22 founding donors set on “strengthening communities and democracy by supporting local news.” Did civic engagement increase?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 17, 2022

Sequoia Capital India, one of the most prolific and successful investors in India and Southeast Asia, addressed the fraudulent practices allegations levelled against some of its portfolio startups and pledged to take proactive steps to do more to drive increased compliance. Implementation of whistleblower policies.

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TechSpot

MARCH 16, 2023

The UK has announced plans to invest £900 million ($1.1 billion US) in a new supercomputer to create its own GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) AI model. Tentatively dubbed "BritGPT," it will be one of the world's most powerful computing devices, capable of performing over one billion billion simple calculations per. Read Entire Article

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Candid

APRIL 9, 2024

By late March, Honolulu Civil Beat ’s Maui Fires Money Tracker had tallied more than $450 million in private donations and nearly $2 billion when including government assistance. A year later, Candid had tracked 465 grants worth $289 million and 55 pledges worth nearly $206 million in response to that disaster.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Major crypto gifts haven’t slowed down, with multi-million dollar pledges happening in December and January so far. Cryptocurrencies are regular by many of the same government agencies that regulate the traditional world of finance including the IRS, SEC, CFTC and local regulators. Myth 2: Cryptocurrencies aren’t regulated enough.

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Engadget

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Elon Musk's chainsaw has been swinging through the federal government over the last few weeks, with his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) chopping down budgets and excising staff at a number of agencies. The amount of people in the federal government who are able to understand this adequately is very small.

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The Verge

JUNE 26, 2020

TikTok says it will stop accessing users’ clipboard content on iOS devices, after a new privacy transparency feature in iOS 14 revealed the video sharing platform was continuing the practice it had pledged last year to discontinue, the Telegraph reported. It’s since made changes to the app that increased parental controls.

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Candid

MARCH 11, 2022

Governments have also directed hundreds of millions of dollars in assistance for Ukraine. We have identified 208 pledges and grants for Ukraine relief. This includes 34 pledges worth $241,773,200 and 174 grants worth $343,561,933 as of March 8. Pledges by funder type. Here’s what we know so far. Overview of findings.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 9, 2025

Governance and Management factors: How does your Board feel about how much you should have in reserve vs spending on programs? Uneven cash flows: How much does your income and spending vary throughout the year? Revenue volatility factors: How volatile are your revenue sources?

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 13, 2025

Mensch says enterprises have developed high expectations for AI, and many now understand that the hard part of deploying it isnt always the model itselfits everything around it: governance, observability, security. Google DeepMind acknowledges this, pledging to apply a multilayered safety framework to the Gemini robotics models.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

In the meantime, dozens of tech CEOs have chosen to sign a common pledge. Among other things, companies that sign the pledge agree to cooperate when it comes to fighting toxic content, such as child sexual abuse material and terrorist content. This has been an ongoing issue between the French government and the U.S. government.

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TechSpot

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

As part of his reelection campaign, President Emmanuel Macron pledged to make electric vehicles more affordable to low-income households. The French government already offers subsidies on the purchase of EVs (up to 6,000 euros for an EV priced under 47,000 euros) but some contend they are still out of reach.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Trump revealed the potential EPA staff reduction at the first meeting of his cabinet, where his downsizing czar Elon Musk pledged that he would move quickly to slash federal spending. Zeldin stated during his confirmation testimony that he pledged ‘to enthusiastically uphold the EPAs mission. “So which is it?

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The Verge

AUGUST 14, 2020

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) signed a contract with facial recognition company Clearview AI this week for “mission support,” government contracting records show (as first spotted by the tech accountability nonprofit Tech Inquiry ). However, the ICE contract would appear to comply with Clearview’s earlier pledge.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

TikTok says it will spend €12 billion as part of an ongoing push to ingratiate itself with European regulators, with the company beginning work on its previously-announced Norwegian data center.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 31, 2023

government and dozens of foreign allies have pledged never to pay ransom demands in a bid to discourage financially motivated hackers and ransomware gangs profiteering from cyberattacks. The joint pledge was announced during the third annual meeting of the International Counter Ransomware Initiative, or CRI, a U.S.-led

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The Verge

JUNE 29, 2020

Last year, the government instructed Google and Apple to remove the app from their respective app stores over concerns about pornography on the platform. Last week, users of a beta version of iOS 14 noticed that TikTok was accessing content on their devices’ clipboards , a practice the company had pledged to stop several months ago.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

s government-backed “startup champion” after the latter put the £12 million contract out to tender, according to TechCrunch’s sources. Tech Nation’s existing government funding runs until March 2023. Tech Nation is trailing in second place in the race to remain the U.K.’s industry players. tech startup scene.

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The Verge

MAY 13, 2020

With its vending machines, Razer is pledging to give out 5 million masks for free to Singapore residents 16 years and older, and after the initial distribution it will sell the masks directly. Razer said on April 24th that it’s already shipped more than 1 million of those masks all over the world. Image: Razer.

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Candid

JULY 27, 2023

Candid’s grants data set currently includes comprehensive information about over 30 million grants and other philanthropic transactions, such as pledges, in-kind gifts, program-related investments, etc. government agencies ii. 2016-2019 – Young adult In 2016, we increased collection of federal grantmaking by U.S. ii Grantmaking by U.S.

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Tableau

MAY 25, 2022

Our pledge to champion data skills on such a large scale goes to the very heart of our mission: to help people see and understand data. . Tackling the global skills gap will require people, companies, educators, governments and communities coming together. Data skills are foundational in a digital world.

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Tableau

MAY 25, 2022

Our pledge to champion data skills on such a large scale goes to the very heart of our mission: to help people see and understand data. . Tackling the global skills gap will require people, companies, educators, governments and communities coming together. Data skills are foundational in a digital world.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

A CTA is an invitation to take action, such as donating, volunteering, signing up for something, signing a petition, pledging to do something, etc. Download this Board of Directors Fundraising Worksheet to help your board members execute their board pledges to raise or give donations.

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TechNode

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Chinese blogger This is Jinshan (, our translation) on Wednesday shared online a post initially published last November by Shanghais Jinshan district government. It pledged to create 1,000 new jobs in the initial phase.

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Candid

AUGUST 12, 2021

In partnership with the US-ASEAN Business Council , the American Indonesian Chamber of Commerce , and the American Chamber of Commerce in Indonesia , and in cooperation with the government of Indonesia, Global Task Force members will provide medical supplies and protective equipment in areas of highest need. businesses." U.S.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and musician Jay-Z have pledged 500 bitcoin (around $23.3 As TechCrunch notes , cryptocurrencies have grown increasingly popular throughout the African continent for making cross-border transactions cheaper, and in some cases being resistant to government control. million) toward ?trust,

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TechNode

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Additionally, Wu said Alibaba will continue its organizational reforms by using more flexible and open governance mechanisms, stating that the company will give each business unit more autonomy in decision-making. Jiemian, in Chinese ]

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

it typically takes at least 18 months of planning before a government contractor wins its first contract.) Defense-focused startups angling for government contracts need all the help they can get. For example, Lockheed Martin Ventures has pledged only around $200 million toward startups since 2007. (In the U.S.,

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The NonProfit Times

AUGUST 21, 2024

Whether a nonprofit has one board or two (governance and foundation), getting your volunteers involved is critical. Dollars raised (cash) Dollars raised (cash and pledges) Number of gifts at/above major gift level (e.g., You have to engage key volunteers. 10,000) Number of gifts at/above a higher level (e.g.,

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Although it may scan as goofy, Trump take egg is an organic, free-range rallying cry, holding the presidents feet to the fire for his lapsed pledge to bring down food prices on Day One as he attempts to shift blame for it again and again. on January 24. The message is starting to spread too.

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The Verge

JUNE 4, 2020

The Wall Street Journal reported that in April the US government had been scrambling to buy thousands of ventilators to deal with the crisis, but that demand for the machines had ended up being lower than expected. Other non-medical companies have also pledged to produce ventilators in recent months.

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The Verge

JULY 12, 2021

The two companies will be paying up to $35 a dose of the BioNTech vaccine and donating them to the government; each company has pledged to spend $175 million. Taiwan claims that the Chinese government blocked an attempt to secure a supply of vaccines from BioNTech, and later refused an offer of vaccine donations from the mainland.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

And today, one of the early pioneers of the medium is announcing some funding as it tips into profitability on the back of a pivot to enterprise services, targeting businesses and governments that are looking to upskill workers to give them tech expertise more relevant to modern demands.

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InfoWorld

APRIL 17, 2024

It won’t happen overnight, nor will it result from any single step, such as better code, government regulations, or sincere pledges from AI developers. As the use of ever more powerful AI models continues to grow, ensuring trust and accountability must be at the top of the list of goals, on par with any of AI’s potential benefits.

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The Verge

APRIL 10, 2021

The Chinese government launched an investigation into Alibaba in December to determine whether the company was preventing merchants from selling their products on other platforms. The company will have to reduce its anticompetitive tactics and provide compliance reports to the government for the next three years.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2021

The company develops blockchain platforms that can work with financial institutions’ existing infrastructure, and its core technology is also used in GreenSTACS for environmental, social and governance (ESG) investments.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 6, 2011

Outside of our organizations, we have government institutions, and service providers. The community, partners, government, are all necessary for really making a change. So they provide the examples and maps, but they let the youth pick and pledge whatever it is they want to do to make a difference. What about a fundraising tool?

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