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Nancy Jo Craig’s Lifetime Achievement Award In Nonprofit Computer Refurbishment

Tech Soup

Each year the International Computer Refurbishers Summit awards a lifetime achievement award. This year the award went to Nancy Jo Craig who runs the nonprofit Capital Area Corporate Recycling Council (CACRC) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It was not an easy road for Nancy. It as a lucky thing they did. ” She says.

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Philanthropy must prioritize elevating and including Black voices

Candid

also known as SEM Link, in 2005 because of my desire to ensure that Black children are integrated into the pipeline for the future Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) workforce. A trust-based funding model should be the standard for grant awards to Black-led and Black-benefiting nonprofit organizations.

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The Foundation’s Approach to Career Development: Our Mentoring Philosophy

WT Grant Foundation

Having developed from a pilot program in 2005, the Foundation’s mentoring grants also emphasize the importance of diversifying the field, most notably in the program’s explicit focus on supporting the career growth of junior researchers of color. Originally available only as a supplemental award for William T.

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Spotlight: State of Oklahoma

GrantNews

Since 2005, the strawberry has been Oklahoma’s state fruit. Please Note: There is no guarantee by GrantWatch nor the author of grant awards as a result of this information. Due to mineral and clay deposits in the soil of the river, the water has a reddish hue as it flows to the Gulf of Mexico.

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Storymakers 2014: Meet Our Esteemed Judges

Tech Soup

Awards will be announced at our gala on October 22, 2014 at SOMArts in San Francisco (you can RSVP and get your invitation here ). Joaquin was the founding director of the Institute for Next Generation Internet, which launched in 2005 from San Francisco State University. Joaquin Alvarado.

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Green Technology Summit Heads to Europe (and It's Kind Of a Big Deal)

Tech Soup

There's even an annual refurbishers award named after him! Since 2005, the organization has sent more than 17,000 computers and mobile phones to schools, small businesses, and NGOs in Burkina Faso, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Madagascar, and Niger. He has testified before the U.S. Congress multiple times regarding e-waste policy.

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Deadline Approaching for $10,000 Pizzigati Prize

Tech Soup

Each year, the Tides Foundation awards a $10,000 cash grant to an individual or group who has created an open-source software project that benefits nonprofits and movements of social change. There's still time to submit your nomination before October 31, 2011 for this year's Antonio Pizzigati Prize for Software in the Public interest.