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Amazon CEO Wants Dreamers to Go to School
According to Tech Times, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has donated $33 million dollars to a scholarship fund for dreamers.
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Software Companies Helping Nonprofits with Enterprise Software
Several large software companies are offering nonprofits the use of free enterprise software, reports Forbes. The companies include Atlassian and Microsoft.
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Urban League Wins Digital Education Grant
According to the Herald, the Shenango Valley Urban League won a $23,000 grant from Charter Communications. The grant is part of Spectrum’s Digital Education Grants program. The Urban League will use the grant to buy computers for outfitting learning labs in senior centers in the area.
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Protesting Broadband
The #MobileOnly challenge will run in January, reports the Nonprofit Times. It is in protest of the FCC’s proposal to reduce broadband standards and consider one’s Internet connection through a mobile device as a “fixed” broadband connection.
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Bitcoin is for Charity
An anonymous bitcoin millionaire is giving bitcoin away to nonprofits, reports the Guardian. The Pineapple Fund has distributed $7 million dollars in bitcoin to nonprofits around the world.
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Paper works for Salvation Army
According to the Dispatch-Argus, the Salvation Army still hasn’t found a way to make their iconic red kettles cashless. There isn’t an existing technology that is as quick, easy and secure as sliding a dollar into the red kettle.
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Women Step Up for #GivingTuesday
According to the Nonprofit Times, women are significant donors to #GivingTuesday. A report finds that they contributed 63 percent of the total number of donations on #GivingTuesday 2016.
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Donors Give Online
The 2017 Global Trends In Giving report from the Public Interest Registry (PIR) and Nonprofit Tech for Good find that people like to give online, reports the Nonprofit Times. Roughly 60 percent of donors do so online.
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Wi Nonprofit Teaches Digital Skills
According to the Seattle Times, a Wisconsin nonprofit is working to bridge the digital divide. DANEnet works with community members to increase their computer literacy, including older adults just learning to navigate the computer and immigrants or refugees learning the new technology.
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Tech Nonprofit Helps Kids Make Cards
Maydm, a Madison based nonprofit, hosted a Christmas card making program that encouraged kids to use STEM skills, reports Channel 3000. The Circuits, Cards and Code had kids making cards with LED lights in them.
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