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In her viewaa common one among our tech titansathe nonprofit sector today is deeply dysfunctional and inefficient.

Once the donor has identified a problem worthy of her personal passion, the magnificent power of technology kicks it.

More than likely, of course, traditional nonprofits wonat be up to the task, being engaged as they typically are with a sloppy and unpredictable mix of human needs.

Although she isnat quite as exuberant as her husband about the carnivorous tendencies of software, itas clear that if your nonprofit canat meet the donoras rigorous statistical expectations, then some Gen-Xaer will launch a new tech-savvy nonprofit that can, reprising Amazonas cannibalism of Borders.

And itas not surprising that the original program for that meeting called for a aPhilanthropic Challenge on Economy and Finance.a It invited nonprofits to come to San Francisco and make snappy elevator pitches to the assembled foundations, followed by arapid-firea questions in a Shark Tankalike atmosphereayou know, just like the venture capitalists do down the road in Palo Alto.

But in this detached and abstract world of death-conquering high technology, what about the nonprofits that you manage and work for today?

In the pages of the Chronicle of Philanthropy and the Nonprofit Quarterly, Maria Mottola, Gail Nayowith, Jon Pratt, Paul Light, Cindy Gibson, and of course our own Ruth McCambridge and Rick Cohen raised powerful objections, not just against the obscenity of making nonprofits perform like dancing bears, but more important, against the problematic penetration of high-tech values into the nonprofit sector.

As they pointed out, the work of nonprofits is particular, engaged, immediate, patient, long-term, faithful and compassionately attentive to the infinite variety and complexity of the everyday human suffering it has been called to relieve.

The proper work of the nonprofit sector cannot be pursued by the glittering gimmicks of the high-tech world.

I would like to think this was a aLexington and Concorda moment, the first skirmish in a larger nonprofit insurgency against high-tech imperialism.

Now itas time for them to listen to us about the true character of work in the real world of the poor and suffering, where human mortality is every day before our eyesawhere the conquest of death is nothing more than a rich personas pipedream, unhappily drawing millions of precious dollars away from the urgent human needs before us.

National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre reminds Nepal earthquake donors to be vigilant, AsiaOne Singapore News National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre reminds Nepal earthquake donors to be vigilantTuesday, May 05, 2015 Singapore Red Cross efforts in Nepal

SINGAPORE – In light of the Nepal earthquake on April 25, the National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre (NVPC) would like to remind the public and donors to be informed givers.

While thanking Singaporeans for their swift response and generosity in donating to the Singapore Red Cross Society Nepal Relief Fund, the independent not-for-profit organisation appealed for donors to be vigilant and mindful in their choice of charities so as to enhance the hard work of genuine fundraisers.

Community Foundation for Greater New Haven offers grants for immigrant, ex-inmate groups Community Foundation for Greater New Haven offers grants for immigrant, ex-inmate groups

NEW HAVEN >> The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven has announced two special grants for organizations working with immigrants or formerly incarcerated individuals and their families.

“The Community Foundation has a long history of supporting immigration integration and re-entry work in New Haven.

The goal of the foundation’s immigrant integration strategy is that immigrants, including undocumented immigrants in Greater New Haven achieve greater social, civic and economic participation and success thereby becoming more fully integrated members of a more welcoming community.

Thanks to the generosity of three generations of donors, The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven awarded more than $22 million in grants and distributions in 2014 from an endowment of more than $460 million and composed of hundreds of individually named funds.

The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven‘s 20-town service area includes: Ansonia, Bethany, Branford, Cheshire, Derby, East Haven, Guilford, Hamden, Madison, Milford, New Haven, North Branford, North Haven, Orange, Oxford, Seymour, Shelton, Wallingford, West Haven and Woodbridge.

CHHS program teaching students the value of giving back to the community Medicine Hat News Students presented more than $1,000 they raised to local charities.–NEWS PHOTO PEGGY REVELL

Hard work and generous hearts paid off Monday, as Crescent Heights High School students presented cheques to local charities.

“I think for us, it’s important to us to show youth can be involved in the community, and we want to be involved,” said CHHS student Morgan Fishley, on the importance behind the Community Foundation’s Youth in Philanthropy program, which has wrapped up its third year at the school.

As part of the program, students look through the foundation’s annual Vital Signs publication, choose and research a charity, then come up with an entrepreneurial project to raise funds for it. The organization provides nutrition and stability to families who don’t have that, she said.

“No one should go to bed hungry.”

This year, the $3,000 cheque was presented to CMHA an important cause, said student Karly Beatch, because there are students who have mental health issues in their own school, and they need to have supports and to feel comfortable.

“Hopefully the money will go towards and improve someone’s life,” she said.

5 ways to have fun giving back today for Give Day Tampa Bay | Things to do in Tampa Bay | Tampa Bay Times

5 ways to have fun giving back today for Give Day Tampa Bay

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Tuesday, May 5, 2015 4:46am

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8:06 p.m.: The Tampa Bay Rays will give an extra $5,000 to the organization that gets the donation closest to sunset.

Noon-1 p.m.: The United Way Suncoast Lunch Break Prize gives $5,000 for the organization that raises the most during this lunch hour.

6-7 p.m.: HCI Happy Hour Prize gives a $5,000 bonus for the most donations during this hour.

11:59 p.m.: The Community Foundation of Tampa Bay‘s Midnight Madness prize adds a $5,000 bonus to the organization that gets the last donation of the day (the closest to midnight).

Hourly: There will be a $500 hourly Golden Ticket awarded from Sykes every hour to one nonprofit that received a donation within that hour.

Follow along on social media with the hashtag #GiveDayTampaBay.

2 Channelside party

Starting at 9 a.m.

4 Shopping perks

Hyde Park Village is giving its shoppers discounts, promotions and giveaways today to donors who give at least $25 to High Risk Hope, a nonprofit that supports families with high-risk pregnancies,

5 Hit the links

The Tampa Bay Arts and Education Network, the nonprofit that presents artistic, cultural and educational programs on Tampa Bay’s cable channels, is at the Summerfield Golf Club, 13050 Summerfield Blvd.

Ness Family Honored As 2015 Philanthropic Family Of The Year – Yankton Press & Dakotan: Community
Ness Family Honored As 2015 Philanthropic Family Of The Year

BROOKINGS a Larry and Diane Ness of Yankton were honored April 23 by the South Dakota State University Foundation as the 2015 Philanthropic Family of the Year.

The previous winners of the Philanthropic Family of the Year are the Dale and Pat Larson family of Brookings, the Les and Wanda Roberts family of Ashton, S.D., and the Bob and Pat Fishback and Van and Barb Fishback families of Brookings.

Copyright 2015, Yankton Press & Dakotan, Yankton, SD.

FAIRFIELD, Conn., May 5, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Foundation Source, the nation’s largest provider of comprehensive services for private foundations, today announced the launch of its new podcast series, Forward Thinking. Now in its second decade, Foundation Source is the nation’s largest provider of comprehensive support services for private foundations, bringing specialized knowledge and expertise to clients across the country. The company’s administrative services, online foundation management tools, and philanthropic advisory services provide a complete outsourced solution for private foundations. Today, Foundation Source provides its services to more than 1,200 family, corporate, and professionally staffed foundations, of all sizes, nationwide.