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Helping the Underbanked Save
Nonprofit EARN is teaming up with Braviant Holdings, a provider of credit products for the underbanked, to offer its SaverLife program to Braviant’s customers, reports Business Wire.
Braviant Holdings, a leading provider of tech-enabled credit products and services for underbanked consumers, announced today that it has partnered with SaverLife by EARN, a national nonprofit that helps working families achieve prosperity through savings, to offer SaverLife to its customers.
Read more...BitCoin Gaining in Popularity for Nonprofts
Nonprofit organizaitons are slowly acceptin cryptocurrencies as a form of donation, reports DeCrypt.
A new report by Nonprofit Tech for Good suggests that cryptocurrencies are quickly gaining ground as a way of donating funds.
Read more...GoFundMe for Charity
According to TechCrunch, a new platform specifically for nonprofit organizations will be launched soon by GoFundMe.
GoFundMe has made its name primarily as a platform for individuals to create fundraisers for personal causes — a service that has seen hundreds of campaigns go viral through social media to raise collectively well over $5 billion in funding to date.
Read more...Nonprofit Brings Tech to Africa
Colorado high school student creates a nonprofit that sends used laptops to children in Tanzania, reports CBS Denver.
After graduating from Colorado high schools, teenagers around the Front Range chose to donate their school-issued laptops to children in Africa.
Read more...How to Use Tech to Solve Problems Long Term
Hackathons, Coding for Good and other charity events that help nonprofits with their technology needs aren’t able to solve problems like homelessness long term, reports BostInno.
Today, there are more programs than ever before designed to encourage the use of technology to solve the world’s most pressing problems.
Read more...Bots Make Communication Easier
The new site Botsforcharity is a partnership between DirectRelief and Mind Heroes to help nonprofits create chatbots, reports the Nonprofit Times.
When hurricanes struck Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico almost two years ago, the spartan social media staff at Direct Relief was overwhelmed with messages via Facebook Messenger with questions about how to donate, volunteer or get help
Read more...Volunteers? There is an app for that
According to Tech Crunch, Civic Champ has designed an app that helps nonprofits manage their volunteers.
Nonprofits employ 10% of the U.S. workforce and generate some $2 trillion in revenue each year and yet, many charitable organizations are still using pen and paper to track their volunteers
Read more...Teens Hacking for Good
The nonprofit 18 Tech Ventures was started by two teens who wanted to give their high school counterparts a way to take part in a hack-a-thon, reports KPIX 5.
Working out of a family garage, two teenaged friends are making it possible for thousands of students to get real-world experience in computer science.
Read more...Tech Access for Everyone
PCs for People is expanding their nonprofit tech recycling program to Baltimore, reports Technical.ly. The program provides access to technology for those that are below the 20% poverty level.
An organization working to increase digital access by refurbishing computers recycled by businesses is expanding to Baltimore.
Read more...Illinois Energy Ambassador Program Takes Off
Illinois’ Youth Energy Efficiency Ambassador program gets youth involved in promoting energy efficiency, reports Energy News Network.
A nonprofit partnership that recently trained about two dozen Chicago youths to become energy efficiency “ambassadors” in their homes and communities is looking to expand its impact next year on the city’s South and West sides.
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