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Omidyar Network Advances Internet Freedom With $1.5M Grant to Herdict
Omidyar Network today announced a planned grant of up to $1.5M to Herdict, a project of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. Herdict is a crowdsourcing platform that allows individuals to contribute real-time data about website accessibility and outages around the globe. Stacy Donohue, Omidyar Network director of investments for government transparency, made the announcement during a presentation at the Gov 2.0 Summit in Washington D.C. The grant will be used to build Herdict into a standalone non-profit and recruit a CEO. Additionally, Donohue will join Herdict's board of directors.
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Piryx Introduces Facebook Widgets to Make Fundraising Social
Piryx.com, the first online fundraising tool to integrate real-time giving into social media networks, today announced it has released new widgets for Facebook that will allow leading non-profits and NGOs to leverage social media into a powerful global fundraising tool that can raise millions almost instantly.
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Sage Sponsors Online Fundraising Contest for Nonprofit Organizations
Sage North America today announced the Connect with Sage grant contest for its recently launched, award-winning Sage Fundraising Onlineservice. The contest will award grants to six nonprofit organizations. Entrants will be in two categories - Smaller Organizations and Larger Organizations - based on annual funds, and contest winners will be determined based on the total amount raised using Sage Fundraising Online.
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Blackbaud Social Launches to Help Nonprofits
Blackbaud, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLKB) has announced the launch of Blackbaud SocialTM, a new offering that provides social media solutions for nonprofits to create both private-label and public socially-enabled communities. It is the only integrated social platform that offers organizations an easy way to extend their mission, access user data, and leverage it for meaningful constituent engagement.
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CAFAmerica Launches Donor Advised Fund
CAFAmerica, a member organization of the UK-based Charities Aid Foundation international network of offices, today announced that it has created a new Donor Advised Fund (DAF) to allow Americans to support the movie-inspired "Gumpathon" marathon across the United States (http://www.thegumpathon.com/
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ClubCharity.com Partners with Toronto Blue Jays Star
ClubCharity.com (www.clubcharity.com), an online auction site for celebrity and corporate charitable giving founded by CharityBids.org and visionary entrepreneur Robert L. Johnson, today announced its launch in Canada through a partnership with Toronto Blue Jays centerfielder Vernon Wells. To kick off the partnership, ClubCharity.com is auctioning a Toronto Blue Jays helmet signed by Wells and covered in Swarovski crystals. Proceeds will benefit Vernon Wells' Perfect 10 Foundation (www.vernonwellsfoundation.org
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Industry Growth and Specialization Spur Increase in Sage MIP
Sage North America announced today the addition of four business partners representing its Sage MIP Fund Accounting nonprofit financial management software. ADSS Global of Exton, Penn., JOSEPH EVE of Great Falls, Mon., Kernutt Stokes Brandt & Co. LLP of Eugene, Ore., and Kerr Consulting & Support of Houston, Texas, were recently certified on the software. Resellers and accountants increasingly view specialization with products, such as Sage MIP Fund Accounting, as a growth opportunity. More than 50% of respondents to CCH's 2009 Accounting Trends Survey said specialization is the key to their growth.
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About the Author: Kurt Martin is a Founder and Group Publisher of Progressive Media Group (PMG) and the Publisher of Nonprofit Technology News. During his 4 years as Publisher of The NonProfit Times, he grew the imprint from a single newspaper to a community of websites, online job boards, email newsletters and digital editions of the print editions. Prior to taking the role of Publisher he was the East Coast Sales Manager for Broad Daylight, Inc. a knowledgebase company. He also held management roles in advertising and ciruclation sales at American Banker/Bond Buyer (Thomson), Faulkner & Grey (Thomson) and SourceMedia (Investcorp.) Kurt graduated from Montclair State University with a B.A. in Political Science and Public Administration. |
