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Is There Racial Bias in Awarding Federal Grants?

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2011 ), that Black scientists are only half as likely as White scientists to win NIH R01 research grants, one of the agency’s most common research project grants. NIH found that topic selection accounted for 21% of the funding gap between Black and White researchers. 2019 , Ginther et al., 2016 , Ginther et al., PRO Tip: Get mentored.

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Games for Change 2011: Channeling Our Collective Power

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” Gore gave kudos to the Games for Change community in harnessing the explosive interest in games and directing it towards social good, and encouraged the progress, saying that he looked forward to seeing “FarmVilles for policy.” Maybe the kind of catalyst needed is a paradigmatic shift in thought. Players raised over $1.5

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Google Ad Grants for Nonprofits 102

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Since 2011, Give Back Nation’s Google Certified Ad Grant Manager team has helped over 5,400 nonprofits manage their Ad Grants. Although the Google Ad Grant is an amazing tool for many nonprofits, there are a few limitations compared to a paid account that can be found in the Google Ad Grants Policy Compliance Guide.

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Where to Start Your Search for Silent Auction Items

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When you reach out to any of these individuals, make sure you have a concrete donation acceptance policy as a part of your auction rules. Then, when you reach out to corporate sponsors for funding or promotional sponsorships, you have another package they can choose from. Create one of your sponsorship tiers with auction items in mind.

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Security: The Scary Part of Cloud Computing

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On August 29, 2011 some of us from TechSoup attended NTEN's Nonprofit Cloud Computing Summit in San Francisco. It was a one-day in-person free workshop, thanks to funding from Google Foundation , and attracted an impressive array of smart and informed nonprofit technologists. The list of 2011 cloud failures in is impressive.

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Vietnam and Indonesia Join TechSoup Asia’s Growing Family

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VietNet-ICT also actively participates in policy discussions to formulate laws and policies relating to information, technology, and communication towards sustainable development and equity. It also matches philanthropists with volunteer opportunities and funding recommendations. Some Fun Facts About Indonesia.

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Data Digest: Moneyball Giving, Data and Philanthropy, Data for Africa

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This Wall Street Journal post discusses how John Arnold a former natural-gas trader at Enron and hedge fund founder is giving away his $4 billion fortune through a new “Moneyball” approach to giving. Data and Philanthropy. The New Science of Giving. Private companies are also testing the concept by actually sharing data.

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