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Google Wants to Close Tech Gap

According to Ed Tech Magazine, Google has pledged $50 million dollars to help erase the tech gap among students. Over the next two years Google will distribute the money to nonprofits that are working to bring tech to underserved students.   Read more...

Cleveland Nonprofits Can Get Tech Help

According to Akronist.com, the Eighth Annual Cleveland GiveCamp will offer free tech help to nonprofits in need of website or software solutions. Read more...

Nonprofit Falls Victim to Cyber Crooks

Even small nonprofits can fall victim to ransomware attacks, reports KUNC. A staffer at the Muncie based Cancer Services of East Central Indiana accidentally downloaded malware that allowed the cyber thieves to hold the nonprofit’s data hostage. They demanded a ransom of $43,000 to return the data to the nonprofit. Read more...

Spam Filters Thwarting Nonprofits

According to the Nonprofit Times, a new study by EveryAction finds that nonprofits emails aren’t reaching their proper destinations. Instead of hitting inboxes they are getting caught in the spam filters. The 2017 Nonprofit Email Deliverability Study found nonprofit lost an average of $25,000 on due to undelivered emails. Read more...

Nonprofits Increase Digital Advertising Budget

The yearly nonprofit digital activities benchmark report from M + R and NTEN is out, reports Business 2 Business. It shows that nonprofits increased spending on digital advertising by 69%. Read more...

Changing Email Marketing

Email fundraising is changing, reports the Nonprofit Times. In order to see value from email marketing nonprofits need to change how they approach their donors via email.   Read more...

Making a Platform Switch

According to Forbes, nonprofits that are looking to switch to a new platform are often hampered by how long it takes to make the decision to switch. To that end nonprofits should look to startups. There are several ways to evaluate a startup to ensure that they are a good choice.   Read more...

Google Opens Office Space

Several Bay area nonprofits will soon be able to call Google HQ home, reports the San Francisco Business Times. Starting next week,  13,000 square feet on the first floor in the eight-story building will be made available as office space for nonprofits from eight Bay Area counties. Read more...

Virginia's Online Fundraising Event Has Big Goals

Virginia Peninsula's 24 hour online fundraising event hopes to raise even more money this year, reports the Daily Press. Give Local 757 hopes to raise $1 million dollars for over 200 charities this year. Read more...

NeonCRM Announces Performance

According to PR Web, NeonCRM announced its fundraising performance for the 2017. As of first quarter 2017, online donations now made up 14% of all donations. In 2016 first quarter online donations made up 9% of all giving.   Read more...

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