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The most innovative architecture companies for 2025

Fast Company Tech

Lorcan OHerlihy Architects For turning an unbuildable site into a home for the formerly homeless In 2024, Los Angeles-based Lorcan OHerlihy Architects (LOHA) created a new building on a parcel of land that had long been considered unbuildable. massive 110-105 Freeway intersection.

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Refurbished Computers for Nonprofit Serving Homeless

Tech Soup

The mission of Transition Projects is to help people to transition from homelessness to permanent housing. This is an interview between Keli Sullivan, TechSoup’s RCI Program specialist and Candice Erdmann, information manager, at Transition Projects in Portland, Oregon.

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Panhandling or Hotspot Vendor: Which is better?

NTEN

What BBH Labs did with Homeless Hotspots is a harmless and fun idea that provides a positive interaction between homeless people and the rest of you. Plus, our homeless friends made a few bucks. We’ve all been panhandled by a homeless person on street begging for money. Mark Horvath. Invisible People.

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Calling All Social Entrepreneurs: SAP and Ashoka Launch "Power of Small" Competition

Tech Soup

Have a brilliant idea for how to end homelessness, train job seekers , or help small businesses go green? Green business. Want to start your own nonprofit or socially responsible small business? Got talent; need money, technology, and mentorship? Poverty alleviation. Vulnerable populations.

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Holding a Golf Tournament This Summer? Here are our Top Reminders!

Greater Giving

An Auction ON and OFF the Green. Use a mobile bidding platform to host your auction so guests can bid on items anywhere on the green, at any time during the event. An animal shelter might give homeless dogs some outside time and put a pup at each stop to encourage breaks. Hold an auction in conjunction with your golf tournament!

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A Random Act of Kindess: Help Lauren and Her Children

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Care2 community is about taking action for different causes whether it be green living, human rights, or protecting the environment. She's been through some difficult times and was on the brink of homelessness. com community has banded together and they are no longer homeless. com community.

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Make This a More Inclusive Season of Giving: Tips for Diversity in Your End-of-Year Fundraising Appeal

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Symbols and language to make your appeal more Kwanzaa-inclusive: Candle-lighting is central to Kwanzaa, in the colors of red, green, and black. Include the color green, popular with many cultural traditions but especially to Muslims, for whom paradise is depicted as a garden. Bodhi Day: A Buddhist Tradition.

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