TechCrunch

DECEMBER 30, 2020

This has been the year of the social organization. Unfortunately, tech talent is expensive and hard to find, particularly for often cash-strapped nonprofits. They launched the network in March as the pandemic started spreading rapidly, and since then, the organization has itself started growing exponentially as well.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

To do so, the organization collected retired computers and laptops from companies, fixed them up, and redistributed them back into the community through schools and nonprofits. When CEO Plinio Ayala joined Per Scholas in 2003, he noticed there weren’t enough skilled technicians to fix the hardware the organization collected.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Managing volunteer programs, however, can get tricky. Goodera currently has volunteering openings from over 50,000 nonprofits that can be done in an office, remotely or by hybrid workers, with the goal of making them accessible to more employees. Now Goodera helps both nonprofits and corporations increase volunteering.

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CIO

MARCH 8, 2024

The organization, which started with a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and about four or five employees, has since grown into a global nonprofit with more than 1,500 change leaders, universities, companies, nonprofits, and government organizations on board.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Despite public and internal corporate support programs, and increased awareness of male/female disparities in the workplace in terms of positions and salaries, women still come up short of equity in tech job placements. It’s important to remember that confidence starts young. It’s important to remember that confidence starts young.

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2023

All Raise ’s interim CEO Paige Hendrix Buckner has now dropped the “interim,” according to the nonprofit’s blog post. Hendrix Buckner joined the organization, which supports women founders and funders, as chief of staff in early 2022 and stepped in as interim CEO in January following the resignation of former CEO Mandela S.H.

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TechSoup

JUNE 7, 2023

Some changes are happening in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) donation program, increasing the credits available to some organizations. If you are a larger organization, and have found that the $1,000 in credits does not quite cover the infrastructure or cloud support you need, then this announcement is for you.

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TechSoup

MARCH 10, 2022

Intuit has been a TechSoup partner for over 20 years, generously donating a variety of QuickBooks products to more than 140,000 organizations to handle their accounting needs. When the program first launched, we sent you physical discs to access the software. Throughout this time, there have been many changes to technology.

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Crunchbase News

APRIL 18, 2024

Veterans grapple with limited access to pipeline programs designed for underrepresented groups. Getting started Several initiatives, some of which my organization VetsInTech is part of, aim to bridge this chasm, creating a smoother transition from military service to the VC arena.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

So it’s perhaps appropriate that over this past weekend, a new nonprofit community organization comprising of a large network of Native Americans in tech has had a big boost. Co-founder and Chief Impact Officer Betsy Fore (Turtle Mountain Chippewa) joined after previously co-founding Wondermento and Tiny Organics.

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TechSoup

MARCH 28, 2022

Nonprofit organizations rely on data for almost every decision they make, from engagement to strategies and program evaluations. Data is a valuable asset. And protecting it from internal or external corruption and illegal access can prevent financial and operational loss.

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CIO

JULY 7, 2023

I was intrigued by the chance to drive a major transformation that will ultimately make a big difference in how the organization conducts business and responds to customer needs. Therefore, we have programs to educate all directors on cybersecurity. A lot of opportunities were available to you. Why did you choose to go to NACD?

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TechSoup

JULY 1, 2021

In order to empower more organizations to use Amazon Web Services (AWS), we've made changes to the AWS for Nonprofits Program. As of July 1, eligible nonprofits can access $1,000 in credits per fiscal year (July 1 to June 31) instead of the previous $2,000 offering.

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CIO

OCTOBER 23, 2023

For decades, we’ve been investing in innovation, partnerships, and programs that apply our technology, scale, and talented workforce to drive human progress – all intending to have a measurable influence on some of the complex challenges important to our business, customers, the communities we serve and society at large.

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CIO

JANUARY 23, 2023

Diversity not only helps organizations perform better but fostering equity and inclusion can also strengthen recruiting and retention rates, as well as overall employee satisfaction. The company also recently launched an HBCU Scholars Program, providing up to 20 students with scholarships after completing a 9-week summer internship.

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CIO

JANUARY 4, 2023

Many CIOs don’t know where to start,” says Brian Kirkland, CIO at Choice Hotels and founding board member for SustainableIT.org, a nonprofit launched to help create frameworks and standards around sustainability. How IT organizations build applications impacts their usage, power consumption, and overall impact on sustainability.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Officials at the North Carolina Department of Information Technology found themselves in a position familiar to most IT organizations: aware of the need to do more to attract IT workers given that they — like most employers — faced fierce competition for talent. The HBCU internship program launched in 2023.

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TechSoup

JANUARY 11, 2021

In recent years, nonprofits of all sizes have seen the value in prioritizing a digital transformation and adapting data-driven decision-making.

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TechSoup

MARCH 14, 2022

Through independent research here at TechSoup, we have learned that one of the biggest obstacles faced by nonprofits addressing food security is volunteer management. In our recent Public Good App House demo event, four app developers introduced their solutions designed to address this need.

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DevOps.com

JUNE 29, 2020

By Todd Moore, Guillermo Miranda Last fall, IBM’s open source community announced a new quarterly grant to award nonprofit organizations that are dedicated to education, inclusiveness, and skill-building for women, underrepresented minorities, and underserved communities in the open source world.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 19, 2021

After trying to volunteer, I realized how cumbersome the process was — how antiquated all the technology was and how nonprofits were struggling to engage with younger demographics.”. They’d assumed we had an enterprise offering as well to help them with their employee volunteering and engagement programs.”.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2022

The company’s B2B2C model connects consumers with brands that are supporting social causes and allows them to donate a portion of their purchases to a nonprofit of their choice, at no cost to them. Once you’re ready to make a purchase, you can choose from a list of nonprofit organizations that you’d like to donate to.

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CIO

JULY 18, 2022

One organization, Feeding America, the country’s largest domestic hunger relief organization, is turning to information technology to help, having hired three years ago its first IT chief to transform how its network of 200 food banks serve the food insecure. Byrdak says 80% of them do not have a dedicated IT staff member.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2023

However, the two programs are not interchangeable — they serve very different purposes — and there are roughly 500 accelerators and 1,400 incubators in the U.S. Which type of startup program do you need, and how do you find the right fit? When should you apply? How do you make the most of the experience if you’re accepted?

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TechSoup

JANUARY 28, 2021

Many organizations continue to grapple with how to create solutions and resources to combat racial injustice. In response, Microsoft is working to develop programs to help address systemic racism and support minority-focused nonprofits.

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TechSoup

JUNE 8, 2020

For years, TechSoup has partnered with Microsoft to provide nonprofits with the core solutions they need for their organizations. Microsoft offers both donated and discounted cloud licenses, just like our traditional software donation and discount programs, but with even more choice and flexibility.

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CIO

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA), a nonprofit professional association, considers the business analyst “an agent of change,” writing that business analysis “is a disciplined approach for introducing and managing change to organizations, whether they are for-profit businesses, governments, or non-profits.”

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TechCrunch

MAY 2, 2022

Then in 2019, Dunbabin was approached by Oceankind, a mysterious new ocean philanthropy organization that promised to accelerate his efforts. While Dunbabin can now give full credit to Oceankind for the funding, he is still unwilling to identify the Silicon Valley power couple behind the organization.

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TechSoup

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Nonprofits deal with many data points, from donor profiles to volunteer records and program metrics. In order for organizations to make the most of the data they have, it's important for them to invest in the tools and expertise to understand it.

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CIO

APRIL 16, 2024

Skills-first (or skilled-based) hiring is mostly self-explanatory: It is an approach to hiring that focuses on finding candidates with the skills needed by the organization. When we look at what a skills-based organization is, which is eliminating job [titles] and looking at the skills needed, it is really great.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2021

Black Innovation Alliance and Village Capital today announced Resource, a national initiative aimed at boosting the efforts of entrepreneur support organizations (ESOs) led by, and focused on, founders of color. In that piece, we noted that there are a number of organizations out there that are committed to funding diverse founders.

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TechSoup

JANUARY 22, 2021

The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funding has been particularly important to nonprofits. It includes special funds earmarked for nonprofits and small organizations, including churches and faith-based organizations. It could be a lifesaver for your charity.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The latest piece in her reinvention story is Synchrony’s new Tech Apprenticeship for Artificial Intelligence, a full-time, 12-month program that balances on-the-job learning with instructor-led training, providing Chavarin with a pathway into one of the most coveted technology spaces despite her very nontraditional IT background.

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TechSoup

MAY 23, 2022

The TechSoup team and our corporate partners are always working to provide better, more affordable solutions for our nonprofit members. To that end, we've streamlined our NortonLifeLock program to enable our members to protect more devices at their organizations.

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CIO

JULY 26, 2022

That’s just one major drive under way by the nonprofit golf association, which is also delivering myriad tournaments and events, special services, and classes to its 28,000 members, a roster including celebrities, national golf pros, golf coaches, amateur players, and people who work in the golf industry, says PGA of America CTO Kevin Scott.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2021

T his was developed with the input of folks who might be direct beneficiaries of this program and that community was directly impactful in designing and developing this proposal,” Smith Ellis told TechCrunch. “We Also in Austin, DivInc is a nonprofit pre-accelerator that holds 12-week programs for underrepresented tech founders.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Code-generating systems like DeepMind’s AlphaCode, Amazon’s CodeWhisperer and OpenAI’s Codex, which powers GitHub’s Copilot service, provide a tantalizing look at what’s possible with AI today within the realm of computer programming. The application form went live this afternoon.

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