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Two Detroit Nonprofits Receive Economic Grants

According to Detroit Free Press, two Detroit area nonprofits Automation Alley and TechTown have received funding from the U.S. Economic Development Administration. 

Two metro Detroit entities — Automation Alley in Troy and TechTown in Detroit — are among 50 recipients of funding from the U.S. Economic Development Administration.

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Bridging The Digital Divide

Tech nonprofit Mohuman wants to bridge the digital divide, reports San Diego Union Tribune. 

Nishal Mohan’s parents struggled and worked in their village in Guyana until he was 8 years old, later applying to become teachers in the Bahamas, where they moved with a few suitcases and a few hundred dollars.

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What Comes After Zoom

Zoom played an important role in pandemic communications, but was far from perfect. Now the task is to design a better telecommunication solution, reports Nonprofit Times. 

Everyone has had 18 months of the pandemic to learn Zoom, play with fanciful backgrounds, laugh at jokes about wearing (or not wearing) pants to the virtual meeting. Now what’s needed are concrete and reliable plans for what comes next.

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Changes Happening to Change.org

Change.org undergoes a name change to become Change.org Foundation, reports Mar Tech Series. 

Change.org, the world’s largest platform for social change, announced a transition in ownership of the company to the nonprofit Change.org Foundation.

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Closing the Digital Divide for Students

According to ABC News, New York’s First Tech Fund helps close the digital divide. 

It's not easy to do schoolwork on an old laptop with a poor internet connection.

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OneCause Wants to Help Nonprofits Get Technology

According to PR Newswire, OneCause has launched a grant program to help nonprofits get technology to expand their impact. 

OneCause, a leader in online and event fundraising, today announced at the annual Raise Conference the launch of its Corporate Grants Program, providing technology-based grants to help emerging nonprofits expand their impact. 

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Digital Equality is Nonprofits Goal

California nonprofit wants to foster digital equality, reports Pew Trust. 

Although much of the conversation around broadband has focused on increasing connections, experts and advocates have long known that the availability of high-speed, reliable internet is only the first step: Ensuring access will require that consumers can afford their service and acquire the skills to benefit from being online.

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Mentoring Billions of Global Students

The Mentor Project has set a goal of mentoring a billion students, reports Forbes.

I scour the globe for stories worth reading about ventures that are a true force for good for humanity and our planet. That’s why I’m THRILLED to introduce Deborah Heiser, Founder and CEO of The Mentor Project™. Deborah Heiser and The Mentor Project’s mission is to utilize the world’s most precious natural resource

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Donors Seek to Give on a More Personal Level

Donors are giving more on crowd-funding platforms and nonprofits should pay more attention to this trend, reports the Chronicle of Philanthropy.

Earlier this summer, as my colleagues and I reported on the $471.4 billion that “Giving USA” estimates was donated in 2020, one question kept nagging at me: What was missing from that eye-popping number?

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Simultaneous Disasters Get Nonprofit Response

According to the Nonprofit Times, nonprofits have responded to several simultaneous disasters.

August 2021 may go down as one of the busiest periods for disaster response charities. Within the span of barely two weeks, charities deployed across the globe following a 7.2-magnitude earthquake in Haiti, U.S. military operations ending in Afghanistan, and Hurricane Ida pummeling Louisiana and the Gulf Coast in recent days.

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August 2021 may go down as one of the busiest periods for disaster response charities. Within the span of barely two weeks, charities deployed across the globe following a 7.2-magnitude earthquake in Haiti, U.S. military operations ending in Afghanistan, and Hurricane Ida pummeling Louisiana and the Gulf Coast in recent days.

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