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The Blackbaud Institute Releases Annual Benchmarking Data to Empower Social Good Organizations
The Blackbaud Institute, a research division of Blackbaud (NASDAQ: BLKB), the world’s leading cloud software company powering social good, today releases its eighth annual Charitable Giving Report, offering benchmarking data based on the largest analysis of overall and online giving statistics for social good organizations. Through the Charitable Giving Report, the Blackbaud Institute is equipping organizations with resources to inform their strategies by enabling them to compare their organization to peers – across size and subsector – and identify areas of strength and opportunity heading into the new year.
Read more...Ransomware Shuts Down Nonprofit
A nonprofit health care organization was hit by a ransomware attack that completely shut down its networks, reports the Daily Messanger.
A ransomware attack has prompted Jordan Health to shut down its computer networks, a spokesperson said Thursday morning.
The nonprofit operates 9 health centers in Rochester and Canandaigua and treats upward of 30,000 underserved and uninsured patients. Those centers remain open for business and are seeing patients, but ask that patients bring their insurance card, medications and photo ID with them.
Read more...Bezo's Education Initiative Ready to Go
Jeff Bezo’s Day 1 Academy, an educational nonprofit serving Seattle, is hiring staff, reports GeekWire.
The educational philanthropy that Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced in 2018 is now hiring for a variety of roles in the Seattle area “to build the educational models, services, and technology that will give these children the leg up in life they all deserve and help them realize their full potential.”
Read more...Free Software isn't Free
Nonprofits looking to switch to a new software package should keep in mind that “free” doesn’t always mean no cost, reports the Nonprofit Times.
Nonprofit techies like to say that open source software is free the same way that the first few paragraph on a new website are free. If you want to read more than a couple of stories, you have to take out that credit card.
Read more...Tech Makes Volunteering Easy
When a teenage Sam Fankuchen sought a volunteering gig in the early 2000s, his feel-good quest quickly turned to frustration: It was hard to find an organization that matched his skills and, when he did find one, it was even harder to figure out who was in charge.
Read more...Students Make Apps
According to the Daily Bruin, the UCLA student group Nova is making apps to help local nonprofits.
A student technology organization is helping nonprofits improve the lives of the Los Angeles homeless population and community college students.
Read more...Firm Buying .Org Offers Reassurances
The for profit firm bidding to buy the rights to .org is willing to make concessions to nonprofits, reports the San Antonio Express.
A private equity firm seeking to buy rights to operate the internet's .org suffix said Friday it will cap price hikes and create an advisory board with veto powers to ease concerns from the nonprofit community.
Read more...Boardable Hires New Chief Product Officer
Boardable, an online nonprofit board engagement platform, today announced experienced SaaS executive, Jeff Middlesworth, as its first chief product officer. Middlesworth brings more than 20 years of SaaS, product management, and executive leadership experience to his new role at Boardable. With previous executive roles at companies such as ExactTarget, Salesforce, and Emma, Middlesworth has delivered innovative and engaging SaaS products that drive revenue and delight customers.
Read more...15 Nonprofit Organizations That Hire for Remote Jobs
The number of people telecommuting in the U.S. has increased 159% since 2005, as job seekers demand better work-life balance and companies experience the bottom-line benefits of remote workers. For those who want to make a difference in the world while enjoying more flexibility in their job, finding a remote job with a nonprofit organization may be a perfect match. Remote jobs are also known as telecommuting jobs, virtual jobs, and work-from-home jobs.
Read more...Google Ends Donation App
According to the Nonprofit Times, Google has shuttered its donation app One Today.
Google’s donation app, One Today, shut down after almost seven years, effective Feb. 6. In an email to users on Jan. 27, Google announced that One Today had been losing users in recent years.
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