Video Shows Nonprofit World’s Impact
A charity leader in Seattle has assembled a short video detailing the economic value of the nonprofit world.
By HEATHER JOSLYN
Contributor
Technology Grants Focus on Local Efforts
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has awarded $2.2-million for projects that use technology to encourage people to get involved in local issues.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Charity Creates Software Business
Family Services of Greater Houston makes money from a data system it created to meet its own needs.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Annual Report Gets Video-Game Feel
VolunteerMatch saved $12,000 taking its annual report online in an unusual presentation that makes reading the report feel like playing a video game. The San Francisco charity used a new technology tool called Prezi to give the report zoom effects for text and photos. “It makes it so much easier to…
By Raymund Flandez
Contributor
Video Contest Honors Peace Corps
To honor the 50th anniversary of the Peace Corps, a nonprofit group is holding a video contest with $4,000 in prize money. Entrants should submit one- to two-minute videos that show how an active or former member of the Peace Corps, or the program as a whole, changed their lives. Submissions are…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Health Group Shares Its Logistics Software
Technology has been critical in VillageReach’s work to improve the delivery of medical supplies to isolated, rural clinics in Malawi, Mozambique, and Senegal. Now the Seattle organization is making the “open-source platform” it used to develop its logistics software available free, in the hopes…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Internet Video Contest Invites Charities to Compete
A new competition that asks people to submit short videos that describe why an “open” Internet is important to them will honor the best submission by a nonprofit organization, among others. Sponsored by the Open Internet Coalition, an advocacy organization, the competition coincides with the…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
New Tool Shows Donors How Gifts Help Charity
Goodwill Industries International has added a calculator to its Web site that shows supporters how their donated goods benefit the charity’s clients. For example, the money a Goodwill can get by selling a working computer allows the organization to provide eight hours of job training, while a bike,…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
How Small Charities Can Make Web Sites Click With Supporters
Small charities don’t always give enough attention to their Web sites, but by making smart choices even the tiniest organization can have a powerful online presence.
By HEATHER JOSLYN
Contributor
Charities Send Supplies to Kyrgyzstan, but What Refugees Really Want Is ‘Peace’
Amid the turmoil of the violent and divisive conflict that has been raging in southern Kyrgyzstan over the past few weeks, charities have been gathering food, medical supplies, and sanitary items as they attempt to meet the emergency needs of refugees. When charity officials asked the refugees what…
By Sheila V. Kumar
Contributor
Online Giving Grew 4.5% Last Year, Study Finds
Online gifts grew last year; awards go to the creative use of mobile technology; and a contest will reward environmental charities.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Environmental Groups Compete for Money
Earth Day marked the start of another social-giving contest, the eBay Fundraising Tournament for the Environment. The event is open to any nonprofit organization that focuses on environmental issues. Participating groups are reaching out to their supporters to encourage them to vote for the charity…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Awards Given to Charities With Creative Wireless Efforts
The Vodafone Americas Foundation and the mHealth Alliance have announced the winners of awards honoring the creative use of wireless technology to help people in developing countries. Around the world, approximately 700 million households rely on fire and simple stoves for cooking, which present…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
‘Real-Time’ Grant Updates Offered
A new online service captures and publishes information about grants.
Software Giant Releases Nonprofit Option
Microsoft ventures into the world of nonprofit software, a new guide helps charities understand software choices, using an iPhone to find a volunteer job, and the DoGooder and Webby Awards.