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Bringing Light to Students

Nonprofit Extend the Day helps bring light to students in underdeveloped countries, reports GeekWire. The nonprofit’s light use solar power so students without electricity can still study late into the night. Read more...

Salesforce Invests in Schools

According to Ed Surge, the nonprofit arm of Salesforce, Salesforce.org, has pledged $15.5 million dollars to schools in San Francisco and Oakland to bolster their computer science program. Read more...

Tech Founder Gives Big

A new nonprofit journalistic venture called the Markup has received additional funding, reports the Nonprofit Quarterly. Craigslist founder, Craig Newmark, has pledged $20 million dollars to the startup. Read more...

Museums Embrace Tech

Technology may seem at odds with history, but a judicious use of technology can help keep visitors engaged and attendance numbers high, reports Nonprofit Quarterly. Read more...

Food Rescue Program Gets an App

Pittsburgh’s 412 Food Rescue, a nonprofit that helps grocers, restaurants and other prevent uneaten food from ending up in landfills, now has an app that helps get “ugly” produce to food pantries. Read more...

Get Ready for Giving Tuesday

According to Biz Tech Magazine, nonprofits should be prepping now for this year’s Giving Tuesday. First and foremost, nonprofit needs to ensure that their websites are ready to receive a high volume of donations.

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Tech Impact to Merge with Idealware

Nonprofit Tech Impact, provider of IT training programs for youth will merge with Idealware, a nonprofit that provides technology resources. The new platform will provide tech information and services to nonprofits. Read more...

Nonprofit Don't Use Tools Available to Them

Data analytics is becoming a large part of the nonprofit infrastructure, but most nonprofits aren’t utilizing it, reports The Nonprofit Times.  While nonprofit have the technology to do data analytics most (over 50%) don’t understand how to make the data work for them. Read more...

Funraise Does an Upgrade

According to CISION,  Funraise is rolling out a new UI for its platform. The nonprofit fundraising platform is looking to enhance users experience and the upgrade will offer more funcitionality. Read more...

Foster Advance Initiative

The nonprofit Foster Advance Initiative, created by Gabe Ruiz, president and CEO of Advanced IT Concepts to help the victims of Hurricane Maria that have relocated to Florida has launched the Puerto Rico Business Harbor, reports Market Watch. Read more...

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