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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

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

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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. Million Ton Problem. He has testified before the U.S. spanhidden.

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Newsletter: Best Channels for Recruiting Corporate Partners; Golden Halo Winners ; 'Plogging' Arrives in America ???

Selfish Giving

Since completing the first Paint It Forward event in 2005, the effort has produced over $1 million worth of free painting services and materials delivered to deserving families and nonprofit organizations across the United States and Canada. Check out the Golden Halo Award winners and the finalists for 13 different categories.

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Lever for Change: How ‘big bet philanthropy’ is transforming the sector 

Candid

For example, when the MacArthur Foundation awarded its first $100 million grant to Sesame Workshop and the International Rescue Committee, it gave the organizations six months to refine their plans for how to use the funds. The number of such competitions has grown from 36 in 2005-09 to almost 600 in 2015-20. Similarly, when the W.K.

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All Philanthropy Starts with a First Gift

Penelope Burk

Then, just before I retired in 2005, I was approached by the university to increase the value of the scholarship and to include a bequest in my will. I found him easy to relate to, having been a student myself not many years before. It was definitely the human touch that made me want to give. I miss the human contact. I was happy to do both.

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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. Mona Das is the founder of MOXY!

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