Friday, January 19, 2007

Teens for Technology extends service overseas - The Stanford Daily Online

Teens for Technology extends service overseas - The Stanford Daily Online: "Teens for Technology extends service overseas
January 18, 2007
By Syed Sayeed

By 2009, sophomore Anders Jones will have supplied a computer lab to every Jamaican middle school and high school.
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Teens for Technology, the organization founded by sophomore Anders Jones, has supplied approximately 3,000 computers to Jamaican public schools. The group aims for 10,000 total by 2009.
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Teens for Technology, the organization founded by sophomore Anders Jones, has supplied approximately 3,000 computers to Jamaican public schools. The group aims for 10,000 total by 2009.

It has been almost six years since Jones started Teens for Technology (T4T) with the initial goal of bringing computers to one Jamaican school."

Welcome to the IRS online training

Welcome to the IRS online training: "Welcome!

Obtaining and maintaining 501(c)(3) tax exempt status is crucial to the success of many organizations. This online training provides the tools and knowledge to help you keep your organization’s exempt status intact. It consists of five interactive courses, which you can take individually and in any order."

onPhilanthropy: Who's Blogging Corporate Giving?

onPhilanthropy: Who's Blogging Corporate Giving?: "Who’s Blogging Corporate Giving?
By: Jessica Stannard-Friel, 01/18/07


It’s no secret that blogs are big. Technorati, which tracks blogs, has identified 63.2 million and reports 175,000 new blogs daily and more than 18 updates every second. And blogging has certainly arrived in the nonprofit sector. According to Technorati, more than 10,500 of these blogs are tagged with the term “charity,” while more than 4,000 are tagged “nonprofit,” and close to 2,300 are tagged “philanthropy.”"

Thursday, January 18, 2007

Czechs are the first to make charitable gifts by text message - 18-01-2007 - Radio Prague

Czechs are the first to make charitable gifts by text message - 18-01-2007 - Radio Prague: "Czechs are the first to make charitable gifts by text message
[18-01-2007] By Ilya Marritz

Like most small nations, Czechs are proud of their inventions. Pilsner beer, the word 'robot' and even the soft contact lens are some of the contributions made to world culture and science by Czechs. A more recent technological innovation, the DMS, or Donors Message Service, is a big success inside the Czech Republic, and the inventors think it will soon catch on elsewhere too.
Last year, Czechs gave 38 million crowns, or about 1.7 million dollars to a variety of non-profit and charitable groups, just by hitting SEND on their mobile phones. No licking envelopes, no reading credit card numbers over the phone.
Veronika Bruhova is project coordinator of the donor's message service at the Czech Donors Forum. She says the DMS, really just a variant on the SMS or text message, is the most technologically-advanced way to make a charitable gift."

Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Spying for fun and nonprofits - The Boston Globe

Spying for fun and nonprofits - The Boston Globe: "Spying for fun and nonprofits

By Alex Beam, Globe Columnist | January 15, 2007

Last fall I was working on a column about National Public Radio and asked their spokeswoman for their most recent Internal Revenue Service Form 990. That is a report filed by all US nonprofit corporations -- schools, foundations, and even private clubs -- that provides details about their operations. I had heard there was a kerfuffle about high newsreaders' salaries at NPR."