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US Cellular Increases Hotspot Donations
US Cellular is expanding its hotspot donation project for nonprofits that serve youth, reports Fiddlehead Focus.
Access to reliable connectivity causes a divide between youth who have access and those who do not. Currently, 35 percent of low-income households lack any access to broadband service at home. This leads to an issue known as the “homework gap” among students who lack proper internet access.
Read more...Nonprofits See Rise in Cryptocurrency
According to the Nonprofit Times, cryptocurrency is making its way to nonprofits, but they shouldn’t hold on to it for long.
Cryptocurrency is making headlines, with the “value” of a Bitcoin knocking on the door of $70,000. And one international banking and capital markets expert is flashing warning signs.
Read more...Nonprofit Fights PTSD with Technology
Utah nonprofit is using VR Technology to help vets fight PTSD, reports Standard Examiner.
According to a recent report from the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, suicide rates are up among veterans but Utah-based veteran-owned Forge Forward Project is developing virtual reality technology that they hope could end veteran suicide altogether.
Read more...Nonprofits Should Be Aware of Cost of Apps
According to Inside Philanthropy, fundraising apps can be costly for nonprofits to create and maintain.
With the current state of technology, nonprofits large and small are almost guaranteed to be going through a digital transformation or continuing to grow their technology stack in the cloud.
Read more...Fundraising Technology Saves Money
Online fundraising can save organizations money during busy giving season, reports Charity Digital.
Online fundraising tech is often simple to use, easy to integrate with various channels, and usually good value for money. The tech has become an indispensable part of the charity fundraising toolkit, essential for charities of all shapes and sizes.
Read more...Cryptocurrency and Other FinTech Impact Nonprofits
New options in financial technology, such as crypto currency could have a big impact for nonprofits, reports Biz Tech Magazine.
In recent years, nonprofits have found plenty of reasons to modernize their approach to donations beyond direct mail campaigns and in-person galas.
Read more...Nonprofit Grants Artists Working On New Internet Approaches
Nonprofit Eyebeam has granted $260,000 to artists working on new ways to interact via the internet, reports ArtNet.
Many non-profits in the creative sector preach the importance of listening and responding to artists, but over the last year and a half, few have done it in action quite like the art and technology outfit Eyebeam, which has virtually reinvented itself—literally—in the name of aiding artists in a pandemic-shaped landscape.
Read more...Freight Company Fights Food Waste
Lineage Logistics has launched a nonprofit dedicated to eliminating food waste, reports Freight Waves.
Global temperature-controlled logistics solutions provider Lineage Logistics announced Thursday it has launched the Lineage Foundation for Good to help reduce food waste and provide reliable access to communities in need around the world.
Read more...Dallas Tech Org Works with Formerly Incarcerated
According to Dallas Innovates the Computing Technology Industry Association is working with nonprofit Girls Embracing Mothers to help women move on from incarceration.
The Computing Technology Industry Association, a national trade nonprofit dedicated to the information technology industry that’s been known as CompTIA, is teaming up with Dallas-based Girls Embracing Mothers to support local women in moving on from incarceration.
Read more...Classy Makes First Acquisition
Classy has acquired the event platform Fondi, reports NBC 11 News.
Classy, a giving platform that enables nonprofits to connect supporters with the causes they care about, announced today its first acquisition since the company's founding in 2011. Fondi, a virtual and hybrid events platform, will relaunch as Classy Live, a solution that will offer nonprofit customers best-in-class technology for their virtual and hybrid fundraising events.
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