Looking for a way to introduce new audiences to the works of art in its collection, the Metropolitan Museum of Art turned to its workers and the Web.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
New iPad App for Human-Rights Group
Human Rights Watch has created an iPad application that features the charity’s reports, videos, and photographs along with news updates about human-rights issues around the globe.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
How a Small Nonprofit Made Simple Tech Tweaks and Saved $176,000
A few big changes and some tweaks helped a small nonprofit reduce its technology expenses.
By William Grassie
Contributor
How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media to Spark Change
Nonprofit leaders and technology experts offer tips for running a successful social-media activism campaign.
By Maureen West
Contributor
Using Online Games to Spur Activity
While the lure of video games and other digital fare is often cited as a factor that contributes to childhood obesity, a nonprofit research organization is trying to use the Internet to boost physical activity among middle-school-age children.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Charity Sites More Popular Than Portals for Donations
A new study analyzing seven years of giving patterns shows that charities attract more donations from their own sites than through giving portals.
By Raymund Flandez
Contributor
Nonprofits Bemoan Inadequate Technology
While most organizations say technology is essential to their operations, many groups rely on outdated computers and software, a new study finds.
By Eric Frazier
Contributor
Housing Group Debuts Mortgage System
NeighborWorks America, in Washington, has teamed up with Direct Lending Family, a technology company in West Dundee, Ill., to create a new online mortgage system to help the clients its member organizations serve find sound loans that allow them to buy—and stay—in a home. Housing counselors at the…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Cellphone Learning Program Wins Award
The Tech Museum of Innovation, in San Jose, Calif., has presented its annual awards honoring the creative use of technology to benefit societies around the world. The BBC World Service Trust, the BBC’s international-development charity, won the education award for BBC Janala, a service that offers…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Two Charities Test $25 Text-Message Gifts
A pair of charities test $25 text-message fund raising. (Tech)
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Indigenous Groups Get GPS Technology
Twenty-first century technology has become an important tool in indigenous groups’ fight to protect their ancestral lands in the Amazon. The Amazon Conservation Team, in Arlington, Va., has provided equipment and training to 32 Indian groups in Brazil, Colombia, and Suriname to help them map their…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Fund to Support Jewish-Themed Projects
The Jewish New Media Innovation Fund will award $500,000 for projects that use video, social networks, and other online media to enhance Jewish life in the United States. The fund is a joint project of the Jim Joseph, Righteous Persons, and Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family foundations.…
Mail Spurs Online Giving, Says Study
A new study says direct-mail appeals may help spur online giving (Tech)
By Holly Hall
Contributor
Group Uses Social Network to Raise Money
A San Francisco environmental group uses Foursquare, a place-based social network, to raise its profile.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Applying Kiva Approach to Fair Trade
The Hoop Fund is a new Web site that uses an approach popularized by Kiva to increase the market for fair-trade goods, such as chocolate and hand-woven clothing, and to help farmer and craft cooperatives in the developing world that make the products borrow money to improve their businesses.…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
New Resource Offered to Grant Seekers
The Foundation Center has started GrantSpace, a new site designed to make it easier for nonprofit workers to get information on financing their operations, securing grants, and operating effectively. New features on GrantSpace include a live-chat service with a Foundation Center staff member, job…
By Raymund Flandez
Contributor