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Making Campus Fundraising Easy
According to the Washington Post, a new crowdfunding platform specifically for colleges is helping them meet their fundraising goals. GiveCampus.com is makes it easy for young tech savvy alumni to give to their alma mater.
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App Wants to Help Nonprofits Get Viral
According to DC Inno, Doofl, a new tech startup, wants to help nonprofits make viral videos. The platform lets users use their social network to raise money for charities by uploading videos and setting dares and challenges similar to the ALS “Ice Bucket Challenge”.
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Program Helps Digital Literacy
Google Fiber and the Nonprofit Technology Network have partnered to bring digital literacy to 11 cities, reports the San Antonio Business Journal. The $11 million dollar project grants each city $1 million dollars to help adults obtain GEDs via the Internet, find jobs online and help parents navigate school portals.
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Helping Tech Workers Connect with Nonprofits
Tech workers now have a way to connect with organizations that need their skills, reports TechCrunch. Catchafire and Rippleworks both work with technical professionals to match them with nonprofits that need their technical skills.
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Amazon Teams with Nonprofit to Help Homeless
According to Fortune, Amazon is working to help Seattle’s homeless. The company is working with a local nonprofit to convert an empty hotel near the company’s headquarters into a homeless shelter.
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Impact Challenge Winners Announced
Google has announced the winners of its Impact Challenge: Disabilities, reports the Tech Times. The contest selected 29 winners from around the world, all of them offering a plan to bridge the gap between technology and disability. The winners will each get a portion of the $20 million prize.
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Tech Company Helps Nonprofits in Community
Snapchat is giving back to the Venice community, reports the LA Times. From providing funding to a women’s shelter, offering coding class and sponsoring art programs the company is willing to help nonprofits in the community.
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Nonprofit Brings Change to Seattle
Microsoft continues to have an impact around Seattle, reports the New York Times. Now instead of a tech industry boom, it is changes brought by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation as the nonprofit bring about social change.
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Nonprofit Medical App Provider Gets Funding
According to Tech Crunch, Medic Mobile has received $1 million dollars in unrestricted grant funding. Nonprofit Medic Mobile designs apps for healthcare workers to use in the field to deliver healthcare to people who lack access to doctors or hospitals. The funding will allow Medic Mobile to hire additional staff members.
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AccuFund Adds Document Features
AccuFund is partnering with Real Vision Software to add document features to their accounting suite, reports Accounting Today. Soon users will be able to scan, upload, link and retrieve documents in the AccuFund database.
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