Google Awards Grants in Bay Area
Four nonprofits have won $500,000 each in the company’s Impact Challenge.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Network for Good Lures Investment
The nonprofit created a for-profit subsidiary to accept financing for its expansion.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
How to Keep Your Staff Out of Trouble on Social Media
Watch the recording of a live discussion about establishing and enforcing a social-media policy.
Nonprofits Sought for Google Glass Projects
Five U.S. nonprofits will each get a device as well as a trip to Google’s office for training, a $25,000 grant, and assistance from the company’s developers.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
How Nonprofits Are Using Google Hangout
View a video discussion on how to use Google Hangout to get feedback and ideas from the people you serve.
Prize Supports Tools to Aid Community-College Students
The Robin Hood Foundation, an anti-poverty group in New York, is holding a $5-million competition for technology tools designed to help students enrolled in remedial classes graduate within three years.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Web Series Highlights Museum’s New Acquisitions
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is using photo slide shows and video interviews with artists and curators to spotlight new works of art in its collection.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Site Helps Giving Circles Manage Donations and Memberships
The One Percent Foundation’s new projects helps people find, start, and administer groups that bring people together to combine their gifts.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Founder Wants to Extend Giving Tuesday
Organizers of Giving Tuesday, now in the planning phase for its third campaign later this year, want to spark contributions long after the holidays are over.
By NICOLE WALLACE and Raymund Flandez
Google Offers $5-Million in Contest
Google plans to award $500,000 grants to four nonprofits and smaller amounts to the runners-up for creative projects that help tackle tough problems in the San Francisco Bay Area.
By NICOLE WALLACE and Raymund Flandez
Nonprofits Must Guard Against Imposters
Very few nonprofits are active on emerging social networks, but that doesn’t mean organizations can ignore the platforms, says one expert.
By NICOLE WALLACE and Raymund Flandez
Live Updates From the 2014 Nonprofit Technology Conference
Read an archive of tweets from our reporters who attended the annual conference.
Filling a Technology Job: 10 Steps That Experts Take
In hiring a technology worker, it’s not necessary to understand the jargon, but you do need to explain clearly what your organization wants to accomplish.
By Michelle Gienow
Contributor
More People See Charities’ Emails After Groups Pare Address Lists
As companies like Yahoo and Google clamp down on spammers, nonprofits are finding ways to ensure their messages reach people who really want to hear from them.
By BRENNEN JENSEN
Contributor
Live Updates From the 2014 SXSW Interactive Festival
Follow Twitter updates from our staff in Austin, Tex., as we cover nonprofit-focused sessions at the annual conference.
By CODY SWITZER and Raymund Flandez
How to Use a Website Tracking Tool to Improve Fundraising
Watch a half-hour tutorial and discussion about analyzing how people use your website.