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Platform Allow Agencies to Collaborate
Benetech, a Silicon Valley nonprofit, is testing a social services platform that allows six Bay Area social service agencies to maintain a shared database of local resources, reports Nonprofit Quarterly. The services database is maintained through an open-standards data exchange.
Read more...Oklahoma Nonprofits Benefit from New Tech
Oklahoma Gas & Electric is making good use of its out dated tech equipment reports, the Oklahoman. They donated about 160 desktop and laptop computers to two dozen local nonprofits.
Read more...Nonprofit Tackles Air Pollution
According to My Tech Decision, Nonprofit artificial intelligence group WattTime, funded by Google.org, will report real time air pollution data to communities.
Read more...Amazon Works Towards Ending Homelessness
Amazon is working on ways to end homelessness, reports Bloomberg. The company donated $5 million to Plymouth Housing in Seattle and $3 million to the Arlington Community Foundation. They will also match employee donations to nonprofits working on homelessness, up to $5 million until the end of September.
Read more...All Raise at Tech Crunch Disrupt SF
All Raise, a nonprofit startup that focuses on accelerating success of female founders and funders will partner with Tech Crunch during their Tech Crunch Disrupt SF to give female entrepreneurs a chance to interact with other startup leaders.
Read more...Nonprofit Credit Card
According to CSR Wire, nonprofits now have a credit card option designed just for them. The new Charity Charge nonprofit business mastercard.
Read more...Competition Solves Conservation Problems
Conservation X Labs, a nonprofit technology startup, hosts competitions to find solutions to the world’s biggest conservation problems. The winning solution receives a grant to bring their solution to fruition.
Read more...New App Tracks Changes to Voter Info
A new app by Protect Democracy, a nonpartisian nonprofit in Washington D.C. will help administrators track changes to voter databases, reports Government Tech.
Read more...Mega Donors Need to Take Care in Giving
According to Wired, mega donors such as Jeff Bezos should avoid falling into giving traps, such as thinking there is a ‘one size fits all’ solution for every nonprofit problem.
Read more...Nonprofit Suffers Data Breach
Western New York’s largest nonprofit, People Inc. suffered a security breach that affects 1,000 currently enrolled clients, reports IS Buzz News.
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