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$3,500 and bills paid: How these local organizations are helping L.A. fire victims recover

Fast Company Tech

.” As she struggles to pay her billsincluding at her rental house, which ended up surviving the fire but was so heavily damaged by smoke that she’s desperate to find a new place to liveshe turned to St. Vincent de Paul , one of several local organizations providing direct assistance to fire victims.

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6 Innovative QR Code Strategies for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Here’s how nonprofits are using QR codes to engage their audiences effectively: Fundraising: From charity sweepstakes to crowdfunding campaigns, QR codes placed on postcards, flyers, or social media provide a conduit for instant participation.

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6 Places to Find Grants for Your Non-Profit

The Fundraising Authority

If your non-profit is looking for new grant opportunities, here are six tried-and-true places to find them: #1 – Your Board I always start my grant research with my board. 3 – Local Grantmakers’ Organizations Most major metropolitan areas, and many other locales have regional associations of grantmakers.

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41 housing markets where inventory just tipped in favor of buyers

Fast Company Tech

Fast-forward to the current housing market, and the places where active inventory has rebounded to 2019 levels (due to strained affordability suppressing buyer demand) are now the very places where homebuyers hold the most power. These are the places where homebuyers will be able to find the most leverage or market balance in 2025.

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NPR CEO Katherine Maher makes the case for why public radio is essential to American democracy

Fast Company Tech

Maher gives a preview to her testimony, sharing how funding cuts would impact Americans broad access to crucial news and information, particularly in rural and local areas. I think that that’s something that often gets lost in the conversation about public radio is the overall percentage of funds that go directly to local stations.

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5 Ways to Build a Digital Community that will Transform Your Nonprofit

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Every nonprofit strives to make the world a better place, and a strong community is essential to achieving that goal. Liking, commenting on, or sharing content from nonprofits with similar causes or within the same locale fosters a supportive network and broadens the organization’s reach. Support similar organizations.

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Iceland built 1,756 wheelchair ramps in the past 4 years. Why can’t other countries do that?

Fast Company Tech

After making his mark in Silicon Valley, Icelandic designer and tech mogul Haraldur Halli Thorleifsson is now solving a far more analog problem: the inaccessibility of local storefronts. As a wheelchair user, Thorleifsson knows firsthand how exclusion can be built into a city. I had some money, and I was able to quickly raise more.

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