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Information Today
January 14, 2016 |
EBSCO Gives Libraries Incentives to Step Toward Solar EBSCO Information Services created a grant initiative (totaling $150,000) to help libraries adopt solar power.   |
Fast Company
February 2016
Rick Tetzeli |
Behind Toms Founder Blake Mycoskie's Plan To Build An Army Of Social Entrepreneurs So far, privately and through the Toms Social Entrepreneurship Fund, Mycoskie has made 16 investments, ranging from $25,000 to $1 million, in a diverse and ambitious set of companies. |
AFP eWire
January 9, 2016 |
IRS Withdraws Substantiation Proposal Thanks to Thousands of Nonprofit Comments The Internal Revenue Service has dropped its proposal to create a new substantiation form that could have had charities asking for donor's Social Security numbers. |
Fast Company
Christina Farr |
Bill Gates, Illumina To Fund $100M Blood Test For Cancer Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos's venture fund Bezos Expeditions, and Arch Venture Partners will also contribute to the venture. Grail will be based in San Francisco, and Illumina will retain majority control. |
AFP eWire
January 6, 2016 |
AFP Top Ten (Week of January 6, 2016): Fundraising Ideas, Stories & Perspectives You May Have Missed! A Fundraiser's Top-10 New Year's Resolutions... Evolving Into the Inspiration Business... The Best Tips for Amazing Non-Profit Newsletters... |
Fast Company
Pavithra Mohan |
Knight Foundation Sinks $1.2 Million Into PowerMoves For Miami Diversity Push Last week, the Knight Foundation gifted $1.2 million to Code2040, an organization committed to placing black and Latino students at top tech companies. |
Information Today
December 17, 2015 |
EBSCO Donates Articles to Readers in Developing Countries EBSCO Information Services teamed up with the nonprofit Worldreader to bring nonfiction content to children and families in sub-Saharan Africa and India |
Fast Company
Daniel Terdiman |
Elon Musk + Sam Altman Launch OpenAI Nonprofit That Will Use AI To "Benefit Humanity" A brand-new organization called OpenAI -- helmed by Elon Musk and a posse of prominent techies -- aims to use AI to "benefit humanity," without worrying about profit. |
Fast Company
Neal Ungerleider |
Code2040 Scores $1.2 Million Investment To Help Advance Minority Engineers Code2040, a nonprofit that helps black and Latino students land internships and jobs in tech, just received $1.2 million from the Knight Foundation to boost two of its "signature" initiatives. |
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