Tech’s Power to Mobilize Masses Comes at a Cost, Diana Aviv Says
Independent Sector’s CEO launches a nationwide information tour to highlight challenges and opportunities facing charities.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
$40-Million Lilly Grant Boosts Tech Projects at Purdue U.
The grant from the Lilly Endowment will support new technology, engineering, library projects, and facilities at Purdue University in Indiana, the Lafayette Journal & Courier writes.
Points of Light’s New CEO Plans to Expand Reach Through Technology
Tracy Hoover, formerly president of the nation’s largest volunteerism charity, moves up to the top spot.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Bill de Blasio Urges Philanthropy to Tackle Inequality Through Internet Access
The New York mayor was among the speakers at an event marking a new multifoundation effort aimed at improving Internet security and availability.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Philanthropy Must Jump-Start a Digital Revolution for the Common Good
Grant makers can’t sit by while policies are advanced that are the equivalent of separate but equal.
By Mark Surman
Contributor
Major Museums Sour on Photo-Facilitating ‘Selfie Sticks’
The Museum of Modern Art, the Getty Center, and other prominent institutions have banned “selfie sticks,” citing concerns that the gadgets that allow users to hold cameras at a distance and take better self-portraits pose a hazard to visitors and exhibits, CBS New York and Washington’s WJLA television report.
Alibaba Puts $129-Million Into Entrepreneurship Nonprofit
The Chinese Internet giant announced the creation of a new nonprofit aimed at helping Hong Kong entrepreneurs build businesses using Alibaba’s platforms, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Verizon Donates $50-Million for Cornell’s NYC Tech Campus
The telecommunications company’s name will adorn a hub building at Cornell University technology campus, now under construction on an East River island, the Ithaca Journal and Forbes write.
Opinion: Donating Data Could Be New Philanthropic Frontier
Two British researchers speculate on a future in which giving away data on personal habits becomes as much a part of the philanthropic landscape as donating money, blood, or time, in an article reposted by business-news site Quartz from online academic journal The Conversation.
U.S. Firm and British Charity Team Up on Contactless Giving
Texas-based advertising company Clear Channel Outdoor and Cancer Research UK are working together to develop shop-window displays that will allow people to make contactless donations day or night using smart cards, the San Antonio Business Journal writes.
Arts Institutions Could Benefit From Embracing Digital Media
Creating high-level jobs and setting a strategy for reaching people through social media, smartphones, and other technology are increasingly essential.
By Vince Stehle
Contributor
New App Helps People Aid the Homeless
The app uses a smartphone’s GPS function to give information about shelters, food programs, and other services close by.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Charity Creates Financial-Coaching Site
The Change Machine helps workers assist clients in identifying money problems, finding solutions, and monitoring progress.
Technology Start-Ups Don’t Hold All the Answers for ‘Broken’ Nonprofits
Lack of good journalism about nonprofits and strong professional training at business schools and elsewhere perpetuates dangerous myths.
By PHIL BUCHANAN
Contributor
DoSomething Uses Trademark Humor to Say Sorry for Text-Message Error
A post intended for 4,000 people went to 2.1 million, resulting in numerous policy changes at the organization, along with some teasing.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Anti-Trafficking Groups Harness Big Data to Fight Sex Trade
Organizations combating human trafficking are working with high-tech partners to help victims and identify hot spots in the global sex and slave trades, U.S. News & World Report writes.