Planned Giving

MARCH 31, 2025

Not policies. Final Thought: People Give to People Planned giving may deal in tax language and legal structures, but its engine runs on human connection. It's all about the donor. In Part I of this series (Your Bio Is Boring. Lets Fix That.), we discussed a simple truth: planned giving is about people. Not portfolios. Show your face.

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NonProfit PRO

JUNE 13, 2025

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 8, 2014

With new threats being introduced daily, it is important to use multiple antivirus engines in order to increase the rate of detection and reduce the window of vulnerability. Zero-day and targeted attacks can go undetected by anti-malware engines, since they are only sent out to specific groups and individuals. Prevent Targeted Attacks.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 22, 2015

A spear phishing attack is an email targeted at specific individuals that is engineered to look legitimate and fool even tech-savvy users. Clearly, spear phishing attempts are sometimes able to get past traditional spam filters and antivirus engines. No single antivirus engine will be able to block every threat. spanhidden.

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NonProfit PRO

JUNE 12, 2025

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GrantNews

JULY 18, 2024

Marketing, it’s the engine that powers nonprofit growth. Do You Have a Social Media Marketing Policy? If you don’t have a social media marketing policy, get one. This policy acts as a code of conduct, outlining how staff, volunteers, and members should present themselves on social platforms.

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Blackbaud

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

This is the engine that drives transformation. At the heart of this principle, we call on philanthropy practitioners and thought leaders to not only step up their learning practices, but to also commit to building sector-wide knowledge by sharing lessons learned and seeking wisdom from others who are also pursuing change and impact.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 9, 2024

Search engine optimization (SEO) is essential for driving organic traffic to your website. Follow these tips to optimize your site for search engines: Write easy-to-read content. Use clear and concise language, short paragraphs, and bullet points to make your content easy for online readers (and search engines) to digest.

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The NonProfit Times

MAY 6, 2024

It requires deliberate engineering, patience, and intention. As a leader, you both set an example through your own actions and by influencing organizational culture and policies. Building an organizational culture of growth will not happen overnight. Change seldom happens spontaneously or because we wish it.

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iGrantWriters

JUNE 5, 2023

This is achieved by providing guidance on public policy and promoting the adoption of industry best practices within the dam safety community. The program aligns with two strategic goals of FEMA: Building a Culture of Preparedness and Ready the Nation for Catastrophic Disasters.

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CauseVox

JANUARY 3, 2025

– Are there policy changes or regulations coming down the pike that will negatively impact your organization? Search Engine Optimization, or SEO, is another way to target your audience and expand your reach organically. How search engines work can seem like a mystery but SEO can help demystify it a bit.

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GrantNews

AUGUST 7, 2024

Economy Historian John William Templeton and engineer Frederick E. Jordan Sr founded National Black Business as an annual observance in 2004 to “drive the policy agenda affecting the 2.6 Overview of the Role of Black Business Ownership in the U.S. million African American businesses.”

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Candid

APRIL 26, 2021

Improve ranking in search engine results. . Regulatory compliance means that your organization and your site need to comply with all relevant laws and policies, including the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). Increase mobile usability.

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The NonProfit Times

JUNE 11, 2024

His track record includes serving as CEO of Netnod and advising governments on internet governance, data retention and broadband policy. Lindqvist has been an active member of the internet community for more than 20 years, serving on the Internet Architecture Board and as working group chair in RIPE and the Internet Engineering Task Force.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Have a quick look at the Facebook Data Use Policy. Beware of Social Engineers. Social engineering, as it’s called in information security, is someone calling us on the phone to trick us into disclosing personal information and login details for our organizations. " Social engineers are basically con artists.

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Tech Soup

MAY 6, 2015

In the case of Google, Keith Enright stated that engineers are directed to complete a standard "privacy design document" for a new product, including how data is collected, stored, used, or deleted. It is heartening, however, to see that it didn't take too long for users to question How-old.net policies. spanhidden.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Adopt an Acceptable Use Policy and Train Staff on It! Many organizations have acceptable use policies as standard language in their employee handbooks, defining in legal terms the appropriate behavior for using technology resources. Learn how to develop a secure backup strategy for your organization. Learn More.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 14, 2013

They plan to do it through policy and regulatory changes. The real bottleneck now is anti-competitive policies that keep prices unaffordable. One little bright spot is that some former Google and NSA engineers have gotten together to launch a free service called Disconnect Search. The nonprofit World Wide Web Foundation.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Mailshell's four spam-identification engines recognize spam with a high accuracy rate and a near-zero false-positive rate. Policy Patrol Mail Security Bundle (admin fee: $60) prevents email-related issues like legal liability, damage to your reputation, and confidentiality breaches.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 10, 2016

The Greatest Risk: Social Engineering. The report says that social engineering is a primary method for hackers to gain access to organizational data. Cybercriminals resort first to social engineering tactics that target employees. The average costs of a serious data loss event for a small to medium-sized office is about $38,000.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 3, 2012

And SOPA's enforcement would've involved not only blocking access to a website through Internet Service Providers, but preventing search engines from linking to a site and, perhaps most important to nonprofits, barring payment processors like PayPal from processing donations for the site.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Or, you could fine-tune your search engine optimization (SEO) strategy to make your site more visible on search engine results pages. In addition to having a valid charitable status, your organization also has to adhere to the website policy. Another invaluable engagement tactic is to leverage the Google Ad Grant.

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GrantNews

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Funding is for preservation projects for historic sites, including architectural and engineering services, through subgrants to communities determined rural by the US Bureau of the Census. Grants to Indian Tribes and housing entities to promote affordable/safe housing on Indian reservations and other Indian areas.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 9, 2012

Other helpful folks on tap include TechSoup's senior network and systems engineer Ross Braden and IT consultant Peter Cheer. Writing Nonprofit IT Policies and Procedures. And with 20 years of industry experience under his belt, there are few of your tech planning questions that Richard couldn't answer.

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GrantNews

APRIL 4, 2024

In addition, they offer activities and programs specifically designed for children, and most libraries have a zero-tolerance policy for bullying and harassment. Lastly, grants to nonprofits, government agencies, schools, and libraries to advance K-12 STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) education programs.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 22, 2013

I was building social media contacts with progressive policy organizations and conducting a routine communications capacity audit. A couple years ago I was working at a nonprofit, and I made a call to a small grassroots organizing group in Arkansas.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 9, 2017

The big companies that host our applications and critical data online have teams of cybersecurity engineers that use state-of-the-art tools and techniques to guard against intrusion and data theft. They also offer tools we can use to set up safeguards such as two-factor authentication and data loss prevention policies.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 25, 2014

As always, there’s plenty more news like how Facebook’s news feed policy is not good news for charities, how smartphone kill switch legislation will affect your organization, how things like your own perspiration will run your phone someday and some more NPTech quick hits. Facebook’s Problematic News Feeds.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

that affected their Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) service that in turn took down multiple cloud websites including Engine Yard , Foursquare , HootSuite , Heroku , Quora , and Reddit. The way to judge a cloud vendor's strength is to read their service level agreement, privacy policy, audit reports, and standard contract.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Cloud applications are updated frequently, and teams of skilled cybersecurity engineers use sophisticated software to watch over datacenters. All providers have different privacy policies regarding using your data themselves and allowing governments to have it on demand.

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Selfish Giving

APRIL 13, 2022

But what are you going to use when you sit down with an engineering company? Or could you earn a donation whenever a policy is purchased? It's the same way with case studies. That case study you have on your retail partner will work great with other retailers. Different prospects require different case studies.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 20, 2015

Symantec is actively engaged in reversing climate change through its involvement with the nonprofit Business for Innovative Climate & Energy Policy (BICEP). Symantec's primary CSR focus in the coming year is the environment. The company has also scored 98 of 100 points on the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP).

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Tech Soup

MARCH 7, 2013

In the early part of 2000, I was working for a large engineering company, SAIC , when I was approached by two coworkers about setting up a technology nonprofit. Rather than jump in with my "8 Things You Need to Know about Technology" post, I thought I’d do a more complete introduction first.

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NonProfit PRO

JUNE 6, 2025

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Assel Grant Services

OCTOBER 22, 2023

This includes institutions of higher education, research, and education in most fields of science and engineering, K-12 school systems, businesses, informal science organizations, and other research organizations. Review NSF’s proposal and award policies and procedures guide (PAPPG) for detailed eligibility information.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

I've heard leading thinkers like Beth Kanter , Geoff Livingston , and Guy Kawasaki provide nonprofit execs with practical tips and tools-actionable insights nonprofits can use immediately to raise more money online, market their organizations, and affect policy. Representative Samples? The key to success is strategize, test, and optimize.

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California Grants Portal

MAY 4, 2022

In addition to the resources above, there are several grant search engines requiring a paid subscription. Grants Research Chart The Grantsmanship Center helps nonprofits plan programs, write proposals, and create earned income through their customized trainings, webinars, podcasts, and publications (some of which are for purchase).

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