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Win a Trip to bbcon — Award Nominations Open Through September 21

Tech Soup

The Blackbaud Impact Awards recognize nonprofit professionals using technology to power their passions and meet their missions. The awards will be presented at bbcon 2015, Blackbaud's annual conference for nonprofits , being held October 26–28 at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas. Third place: $250.

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Data to support the relentless pursuit of racial equity 

Candid

billion have been awarded to advance racial equity since 2020. At the 2022 Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy (AAPIP) conference, a few fellow evaluators and I discussed the findings of the AAPIP report Seeking to Soar. In 2015, we began asking all grantseekers to provide demographic data. At the W.K.

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How Smithfield Foods is Doing Well by Doing Good (And What You Can Learn From Them) [SPONSORED]

Selfish Giving

For starters, in 2015 the company increased its charitable giving by more than 30 percent – to $27 million – which included food and cash donations through its cause-related partnerships that raise funds for charities focusing on vexing issues like hunger, education, health, and wellness. Conferences like COMMIT!Forum October 11-12.

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Ushahidi Develops Innovative Tools for Nonprofits and Others Working to Benefit the Public

Tech Soup

During the early days of our Netsquared project , we held big annual conferences to showcase and fund innovative tech for good. Since then, the nonprofit has won other awards, such as the MacArthur Award for Creative & Effective Institutions. Ushahidi's Early Days. I was there that year and the competition was intense.

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How the NetSquared Challenges Have Accelerated Tech for Good

Tech Soup

Finalists were invited to present in person to the NetSquared community at a one-day conference. Since then Ushahidi has won other awards, including the MacArthur Award for Creative & Effective Institutions. Next, 20 or so finalists were chosen via online community voting. Since then, there have been more than 6.5

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Why Are We Obsessed with Social Media Fundraising?

Tech Soup

Whether it's a platform highlighted in the latest issue of our favorite trade publication or a conference that always has at least one session on the topic, we just can't help ourselves. When our expectations are high, we tend to believe everything is possible and anything we do is a lock for awards and accolades.

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2015 Jim Lynch Award Winner — Kyle Wiens of iFixit

Tech Soup

Each year the Electronics Reuse Conference awards a lifetime achievement award in my name (it's a long story on how that came to be). This year the award went to Kyle Wiens, the co-founder of iFixit. Kyle is only 30 years old but has done quite a lot already in his career.

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