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How to secure essential technology funding to deliver on nonprofit missions

Candid

The Technology Association of Grantmakers 2024 State of Philanthropy Tech Survey highlights both progress and ongoing challenges in how funders are supporting nonprofit technology needs. Funding technology for equitable outcomes Why should this matter to grantmakers?

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In Search of Inclusive Social Entrepreneurship

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DJ Bola could fully realize the potential of his venture and started to attend events and form connections within the social entrepreneurship ecosystem. Furthermore, our research revealed that the unequal structure of Brazilian society is reproduced in the field of social entrepreneurship through two mechanisms.

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What nonprofits want: Support for capacity building and collective impact

Candid

During my first year as CEO of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, our biggest priority was listening. In November, we announced the first cohort of 55 grant recipients, organizations working to advance college access and completion, workforce and career development, and entrepreneurship.

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Building Community Capacity in Rural East Texas: The Long Lift

NonProfit Quarterly

This is a question animating much of our work in East Texas, where a local family foundation ( T.L.L. Temple Foundation, 2022 The graph has a clarifying quality, disabusing any suggestion that our regions (represented by the green, blue, and orange lines) are on the right track. In rural East Texas we have a pilot model to get started.

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When It Comes to Promoting Prosperity, Production Beats Consumption

Stanford Social Innovation Review

For most US-based foundations, the answer has traditionally been to focus on confined problem areas, projects like reducing malaria incidence, improving school attendance, or increasing access to safe drinking water. There are many reasons why foundations structure their giving in this way. And how can philanthropies fund it?

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Taking Steps Toward Disability Inclusion in China

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Companies Taking Action B in Action was launched in 2022 by two initiatives of the Beijing-based Leping Social Entrepreneur Foundation. Technology can open up better career opportunities. Today, technologies like screen-reader software and cochlear implants are paving the way for people with disabilities to thrive in the workplace.

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Nonprofit Professional Development | Resources for Success

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

The nonprofit sector is dynamic, shaped by technological advancements, ever-evolving trends, and shifts in marketing and public relations strategies. Consider this scenario: Have you ever observed a teacher, parent, or grandparent adapting to new technology? If you’re not learning in the field, you’re likely falling behind.