Tech Soup

MARCH 7, 2013

Here goes … My experience in the nonprofit sector started a little differently than most. In the early part of 2000, I was working for a large engineering company, SAIC , when I was approached by two coworkers about setting up a technology nonprofit. We had distributed more than 25,000 computers to 1,000+ nonprofits.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

Ya see, TechSoup is a nonprofit. I've spent my whole adult career working for nonprofits that I believe do pretty darn good jobs of serving the needs of their communities, providing valuable services, advocating and educating on behalf of important policy decisions, and do all around good work for the world.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 6, 2010

The environmental nonprofit, Greenpeace International , made a big splash in the green IT world this week by launching a new policy campaign to measure the energy efficiency of the data centers that power cloud computing differently than in the past. Their new campaign coincides with the launch of the new cloud device, the Apple iPad.

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Tech Soup

JULY 11, 2016

nonprofit sector is in many respects the envy of the world for its strength and diversity. " So wrote Cynthia Gibson, then of the Carnegie Corporation , and Nonprofit Quarterly Editor-in-Chief Ruth McCambridge in a 2008 special issue of that magazine dedicated to infrastructure.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

" Those closing words from Alfredo De Avila, senior program associate at the racial justice think-tank the Applied Research Center , succinctly encapsulated the message of an inspiring morning session today at CompassPoint's 24th Annual Nonprofit Day. Case in point: Obama for America, the 2008 Obama election campaign effort.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

In this edition of nonprofit tech news, TechSoup shows new ways your nonprofit could harness mobile and killer apps in 2016! Social media's still pretty great, though, for raising awareness about your nonprofit, communicating with existing supporters, and listening to your community.). Communications and Marketing.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

I started my PhD in Hispanic Languages and Literatures at UC Berkeley, in one of the more prestigious programs in my field, in 2008. My dissertation was on the rhetorics of advocacy in Appalachia, and I knew from my field research that nonprofits in the region could use help with their communications and grant writing.

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Qgiv

JULY 29, 2021

We at Qgiv are experts in nonprofit software and have seen firsthand how mobile fundraisers can further a mission and engage donors. Mobile fundraising helps nonprofits raise money by connecting with supporters via a mobile device, like a smartphone. Have an opt-in policy. Do you have an opt-in policy? Let’s get started.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Now that this year is wrapping up and we have the verdict on nonprofit technology trends for 2013 , we queried charity Technorati like Amy Sample Ward, Beth Kanter, Marnie Webb, Peter Campbell, Nicole Wallace, the entire crew at Idealware, Lucy Bernholz, and other luminaries to find out what is in their crystal balls for 2014.

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Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

JULY 17, 2023

The ACL funds over 600 Area Agencies on Agencies (AAA) across America, which is turn fund local nonprofit and public service providers. And the 2008 financial collapse saw the devastation of stable middle class jobs in favor of part-time, low wage work ( McCallum , 2020). Navigating policies in any workplace can be challenging.

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Planned Giving

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Policies shift, tax laws change, and rhetoric gets loud. But heres the truth: nonprofits that plan strategically, rather than relying on government handouts, are the ones that come out aheadregardless of who is in office. This further proves that reliance on policy-driven benefits is risky. Thats the nature of the game.

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Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

JANUARY 29, 2025

This should not be a surpriseas President Obama famously stated in 2008: elections have consequences. The response from media, Democrats, and the nonprofit world is as predictable as Snagglepuss on the Quick Draw McGraw cartoon series of my youth shouting “Heavens to Murgatroyd!” ” when distressed.

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The NonProfit Times

JUNE 14, 2018

President Trump has made all decisions related to the foundation, according to the suit, with no approval of policies or grants by the board of directors. A 2016 report by CNN revealed that, per tax records, then-candidate Trump had not made a personal donation to the foundation since 2008.

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The NonProfit Times

JUNE 14, 2018

President Trump has made all decisions related to the foundation, according to the suit, with no approval of policies or grants by the board of directors. A 2016 report by CNN revealed that, per tax records, then-candidate Trump had not made a personal donation to the foundation since 2008.

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The NonProfit Times

JUNE 14, 2018

President Trump has made all decisions related to the foundation, according to the suit, with no approval of policies or grants by the board of directors. A 2016 report by CNN revealed that, per tax records, then-candidate Trump had not made a personal donation to the foundation since 2008.

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