Friday, May 19, 2006

Gates Foundation gives St. Louis libraries $150,000 grant - St. Louis Business Journal:

Gates Foundation gives St. Louis libraries $150,000 grant - St. Louis Business Journal:: "Gates Foundation gives St. Louis libraries $150,000 grant
St. Louis Business Journal - 2:28 PM CDT Thursday

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation awarded the St. Louis Public Library a $150,000 grant to be used on upgrading computers previously granted by the foundation, the library said Thursday.

The two-year grant will allow the library to continue offering free access to computers and the Internet."

The Verizon Foundation Expands Its Free, Professional Development Web Site for Charitable Organizations: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance

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The Verizon Foundation Expands Its Free, Professional Development Web Site for Charitable Organizations: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance: "The Verizon Foundation Expands Its Free, Professional Development Web Site for Charitable Organizations
Thursday May 18, 3:54 pm ET
Foundation's Resource Center Marks First Anniversary by Presenting New Offerings to Nonprofits, Awarding More Training Grants, Free Hardware and Software

NEW YORK, May 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Nonprofit organizations in the tri-state area will join the Verizon Foundation Friday (May 19) to launch an expansion of the foundation's Resource Center, a package of free, Web-based professional development courses and resources that help nonprofits better manage their business operations."

Business - The Idaho Statesman - Always Idaho-Boise Art Museum receives Hewlett-Packard grant

Business - The Idaho Statesman - Always Idaho: "Boise Art Museum has been selected as one of 104 nonprofit organizations in the United States and Puerto Rico to receive a Hewlett-Packard Technology for Community grant valued at $17,000 in HP wireless technology."

Wednesday, May 17, 2006

Smart Mobs: Omidyar Network launches $50K team-based funding project

Smart Mobs: Omidyar Network launches $50K team-based funding project: "Omidyar Network launches $50K team-based funding project
Sharing Economies, Technologies of Cooperation
Posted by Howard at 09:31 AM

Omidyar Network continues in its effort to reinvent philanthropy as a network enterprise. The online community, Omidyar.net, experimented with community-based funding last year, which led to a rich, passionate, and contentious online discussion. Having evaluated that experience and redesigned the process, O/Net has announced a new round of team-based funding, with a new process:"

Monday, May 15, 2006

e-Strategy Guide|Home-"e-Strategy Guide for your nonprofit organisation

e-Strategy Guide|Home: "e-Strategy Guide for your nonprofit organisation

Welcome to the e-strategy guide website. It is designed to help your organisation create its own useful presence on the web and make the most of ICT (information and communications technology).

An organisation's 'e-journey' begins by simply going online. Once there, you find possibilities for online business: promoting, fund-raising, transacting online."

Web site helps Oregonians put good intentions to work - The Portland Business Journal:

Web site helps Oregonians put good intentions to work - The Portland Business Journal:: "Web site helps Oregonians put good intentions to work
The Portland Business Journal - 11:06 AM PDT Monday

The Oregon Community Foundation and Technical Assistance for Community Services have launched OregonInvolved.org, a Web site to help Oregonians connect to their local nonprofits in order to volunteer or donate.

From animal rescue to cancer research, the Web site allows Oregonians to research nonprofits throughout the state."

BSU students provide assistance to nonprofits with computer needs | The Star Press - www.thestarpress.com - Muncie, IN

BSU students provide assistance to nonprofits with computer needs | The Star Press - www.thestarpress.com - Muncie, IN: "SU students provide assistance to nonprofits with computer needs

MUNCIE -- After seven years and 30,000 hours of work provided by graduate students at Ball State University, dozens of local nonprofit agencies have upgraded computer systems.

Under the direction of Steve Jones, an information and communication sciences professor, students from the Center for Information and Communication Sciences (CICS) assist nonprofit organizations upgrade their computer systems."

Partnership Platform - Call for Nominations: Showcase Ontario Voluntary Sector IT Awards

Partnership Platform - Call for Nominations: Showcase Ontario Voluntary Sector IT Awards: "Call for Nominations: Showcase Ontario Voluntary Sector IT Awards

Call for Nominations: Showcase Ontario Voluntary Sector IT Awards
Partnership Platform
Deadline – June 1, 2006


We are pleased to inform you of a great opportunity for organizations that are leading Internet-based projects to be recognized for their superb, innovative work.

The Showcase Ontario Awards will be given out in September 2006 at Showcase Ontario, a forum where expertise from all sectors is shared – engaging the public, private, and voluntary sectors in achieving the goal of optimising IT in the delivery of services."

Charity Village®NewsWeek: Cover Story-Sector Connector: Creating a platform for technology partnership

Charity Village®NewsWeek: Cover Story: "Sector Connector: Creating a platform for technology partnership
Elisa BirnbaumMay 15, 2006
By Elisa Birnbaum

When Shelternet - an online information resource for abused women and their children - won an Ontario Showcase Award for innovation and technology in 2004, the nonprofit received much more than recognition among its peers. The prize brought the small group to the attention of a creative and hardworking organization called Partnership Platform. And, as Shelternet's managing director Jan Richardson explains, the connections that followed were priceless."