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San Antonio Online Giving Event Tries New Tech
San Antonio’s BigGive online charitable giving event has announced it will have a new payment platform, reports News4. The event was plagued with technology problems during last May’s giveathon.
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GivingTuesday Continues to Grow
According to PR Newswire, 2016’s GivingTuesday is expected be a record year. In 2015,the online giving event raised almost $40 million dollars.
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New Crowdfunding Campaign Aims for Clean Water
A new crowdfunding campaign launched by Mountain Safety Research (MSR)and several nonprofit partners will bring clean drinking water to low income communities. The goal is to raise enough funds to bring MSR’s Community Chlorine Maker to 500,000 people a year for five years.
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Nonprofit Works to Improve Emergency Response
According to EMS World, the nonprofit Trek Medics International wants to help improve emergency medical systems in communities that can’t afford advanced 911 technology. Trek Medics uses Beacon, a text message-based emergency dispatching service to coordinate response to medical emergencies.
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Nonprofit Uses Tech to Teach About Alzheimers
The nonprofit Alzheimer’s Research UK has a new virtual reality simulator that lets people experience what a person with dementia goes through in the course of a day, reports the Washington Post. The goal is to raise money and awareness for the disease.
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2015 Record Year for Charitable Giving
Charitable giving in the United States reached an all time high in the US in 2015, reports the Washington Times. According to Giving USA’s 2016 annual report donors gave $373 billion in 2015. Of that individuals gave $265 billion; roughly 71%.
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Software Helps Nonprofit Expand
According to Baseline, the nonprofit Musicians on Call, who bring music to patients in the hospital/hospice is able to expand their operations through the use of Salesforce software. Automating many process via the software allowed for greater efficiency and expansion.
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Softerware Adds Auction Service
DonorPerfect’s parent company, Softerware, has purchased online auction company ReadySetAuction, reports the Nonprofit Times. The seven figure deal brings ReadySetAuction’s cloud based auction services for live, mobile or silent auctions to Softerware’s product line.
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Melinda Gates Forms Own Nonprofit Focusing on Women in Tech
According to CNET, Melinda Gates is forming her own philanthropic organization to foster more women in tech. The organization is still in the planning stage, but will focus on not only bringing women into the tech industry, but how to keep women from quitting computer/science majors enroute to their degree.
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App Helps Nonprofits
Proving that Pokemon Go is everywhere, nonprofits such as libraries are using to attract interest in their organization, reports the Nonprofit Times.
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