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Nonprofit Technology News: The Demise of Facebook Causes and Cloud Storage for Charities

Tech Soup

Causes began as a Facebook app in 2007, and became independent in 2012. The Mifos X Platform is free open source cloud software for running a microfinance organization that provides small loans, savings accounts, and micro insurance to very poor people. The Demise of Facebook Causes. It was one of the original 10 Facebook apps.

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NPOs Consistently Better Than For-Profits on Jobs

The NonProfit Times

percent from 2007 through 2010 — which includes the December 2007–June 2009 recession. In the nonprofit sector, industry shares of employment showed little change from 2007 to 2022. It was the second crisis where nonprofits beat for-profits on jobs. Nonprofit employment jumped 5.5% percent); other services (6.3