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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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Minnesota Nonprofit Brings Tech to Schools
According to CBS Local, Minnesota based Computers for Schools collects old technology from businesses and has it refurbished. Once it is refurbished it is donated to area schools for distribution to students who can’t afford their own technology.
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App Pinpoints Homeless Needs
A Oregon homeless advocacy group uses technology to find out what the homeless need, reports the Nonprofit Quarterly. Stand Up’s app sends out only one question every day ‘What do you need right now?’. Those responses are compiled and forwarded to local nonprofits serving the homeless.
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Annual Tech Makeover Contest Opens in Reno
For the eighth year, Microsoft and IQ Technology Solutions are providing a cash prize of $20,000 for the IT Makeover Campaign. A winner will be chosen from local nonprofits, and the cash will go towards tech improvements for the winning organization.
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San Francisco Companies Invest in Community Service
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Zendesk, a San Francisco based customer software support company, encourages its employees to participate in community service activities. In fact, many of the companies that are located in the poorer neighborhoods of San Francisco require their employees to engage in community service activities.
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