Omidyar Network has announced a $250,000 grant to Code for America to jumpstart the process of placing 23 top web professionals in five U.S. cities to help make government information more accessible and transparent. In tandem, Code for America announced a call for applications from web designers and developers who wish to serve their country as the Code for America 2011 Fellows. Those selected will design and deploy open source, citizen-oriented municipal IT projects that can be shared by all U.S. cities.

WealthEngine, the leading provider of sophisticated wealth identification and prospect research tools and analytics, today announced that Ronald F. Smith has joined WealthEngine as Chief Financial Officer, further strengthening the firm's executive management team. Mr. Smith comes to WealthEngine with more than thirty years of business experience including ten years in public accounting and 20 years in private industry.

Omidyar Network today announced a $10 million commitment over a two-year period to the Social Innovation Fund, a public-private partnership launched last year by The Corporation for National and Community Service. The President and First Lady, active supporters of this initiative, welcomed key philanthropists to the White House to recognize their contributions and participation.

Water.org today introduced The Giving Network, a social media platform that empowers nonprofits to engage people in a more compelling, collaborative experience around social issues and causes while making it easier than ever to share those experiences with friends and followers across their social networks.

Blackbaud, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLKB) today announced the launch of Altru^TM for general admissions arts and cultural organizations. Organizations including the Gibbes Museum of Art, South Florida Museum and Bishop Planetarium, and Tallahassee Museum have recently selected and will use Altru to gain a complete view of their organization, data, and visitors; streamline operations; and better engage and cultivate visitors and supporters.

IBM Corp. plans to increase its donations of technology to schools and nonprofit groups by nearly one-third over the next three years.

Three leaders in the youth service field have announced their intent to integrate their products and services in order to empower communities to better serve their children, youth and families. The collaboration will provide community leaders with access to the critical information they need to better allocate resources while improving programs and services. This innovative partnership is comprised of Child Trends, a nonpartisan, nonprofit research center whose mission is to improve outcomes for children and youth; Search Institute®, an independent, nonprofit, nonsectarian organization committed to helping create healthy communities for every young person; and nFocus Software, an Independent Software Vendor whose TraxSolutions Suite is used by over 4,000 youth-serving organizations world-wide.Community challenges have never been greater