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Bitcoin for Charity
According to Beta Boston, a new online project called ‘Compute for Humanity’ allows users to participate in bitcoin mining projects. Users can donate their collected Bitcoins to a charity of their choice.
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Donate Now Available for More Pages
After its initial roll out to large charities in 2013, Facebook’s ‘Donate Now’ button is now available for all non-profits to use on their pages. Unfortunately, the button doesn’t allow users to make a donation inside of Facebook, instead it sends donors to the non-profit’s external site to complete the actual donation.
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Vatican Goes Digital
According to Non-profit Quarterly, the Vatican is now using an app to raise funds for restoration. The app, Patrum, combines chatting, fundraising and community building. After downloading the app users can get free information, donate and receive updates on restoration project.
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Ed Tech Accelerator Offering Grants for Science Tech
NewSchoolsVenture Fund, a non-profit that helps fund charter schools, has opened a new startup accelerator, reports Tech Crunch. The accelerator will focus on science and is offering 1.5 million dollars in grants to companies and non-profits that are working on tech to help students develop science and engineering skills.
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Non-profit Brings Diversity to Tech
According to the Fairfax Times, the new non-profit organization Project CODEt was started by a 15yr old girl who wanted to bring more diversity to the technology sector. The goal of her organization is to expose computer science to everyone and break the stereotype of the male “computer geek”.
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App Turns Waiting into an Act of Charity
CharityWait is a new mobile app that turns waiting for a table into a philanthropic act, reports Non-profit Quarterly. The app works by partnering charities with restaurants. The restaurants give guests the option of skipping the wait by making a donation to one of the charity partners.
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Charity Navigator Gets New Chief
According to the Chronicle of Philanthropy, Charity Navigator has announced new Chief Executive Officer. Michael Thatcher, formerly with Microsoft, brings the strong technology background needed for Charity Navigator to increase the number of charities it evaluates.
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GoFundMe Raises Limit
According to Time, GoFundMe has raised its donation limit. Thanks, in part, to generous donations by stars like Taylor Swift, GoFundMe has raised its donation limit from $15,000 to $50,000.
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Facebook Changes Content Controls
Facebook has rolled out new controls that allow users to select which pages they see at the top of their newsfeed, reports the Nonprofit Quarterly. Ensure that you are giving your fans content that they want to see, or you won’t be at the top of list anymore.
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Smithsonian Tries Crowdfunding
According to the Chronicle of Philanthropy, the Smithsonian has launched its first crowdfunding campaign. The Kickstarter campaign hopes to raise $500,000 to help preserve the space suit that Neil Armstrong wore on his historic mission to the moon.
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