food waste
Will Silicon Valley “Disrupt” Food Waste?
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Can you make money from food waste while tackling the issue of food insecurity in the best possible way? Two Bay Area nonprofits don’t think so.
Nonprofit Management
YWCA Metropolitan Chicago Adopts a Digital Startup Ethos
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Chicago’s YWCA seeks a new non-nonprofit model.
Internet security
Picking Up the Mop—A Silicon Valley Tale of Data Privacy Activism
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The New York Times’ Nicholas Confessore writes about the “unlikely activist” Alastair Mactaggart, who successfully spearheaded an initiative to protect data privacy in California. While Mactaggart is not, perhaps, a typical organizer, his campaign borrows themes and tactics from many activist movements before him.
Silicon Valley
Through the Looking Glass with Silicon Valley Philanthropy
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Most local nonprofits apparently do not understand the implicit “giving code” embodied by new high-tech donors. Likewise, many of these donors do not take the time or have the interest to understand local needs.
Technology
Benetech and Bay Area Nonprofits Seek to Address the “Pain Points” of 211
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What if it were as easy to find the social services you need as it is to find a restaurant review on Yelp? In Silicon Valley, the nonprofit social enterprise Benetech is partnering with Kaiser, the local United Way, and others to design a system that will get there.
community foundations
Questions about the Advocacy Stance at “The World’s Biggest Community Foundation”
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According to Dr. Emmett Carson, the Silicon Valley Community Foundation doesn’t just design philanthropy strategies; it goes a step further by advocating for issues on behalf of communities from San Jose to San Francisco.
gentrification
Facebook Founder’s Philanthropy Reaches Left on Housing Rights
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The affordability issue in Silicon Valley touches renters at all socioeconomic levels. Homeowners argue against density and traffic. Investors demand fewer controls on property rights. Tenants want relief from high rents and long commutes—and inclusion advocates want to preserve socioeconomic diversity.
Immigration
The 6 Tactics of Civil Society’s Massive First Response to Immigration Exclusion
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This past weekend’s events involved an impressive array of civil actions, organized relatively spontaneously on many fronts all across the country.
Nonprofit News
The Chasm Between Tech-based Donors and Nonprofits in Silicon Valley
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Silicon Valley is home to vast personal wealth that might benefit charities, but the entrepreneurial impatience that fuels innovation stands in contrast to the dogged persistence nonprofits require to address society’s wicked problems.
nonprofit jobs
Skyrocketing Costs and Tech Talent Wars: The Problems Silicon Valley Nonprofits Face
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For nonprofits seeking tech staff in Silicon Valley and the Bay Area in general, it’s by no means a buyer’s employment market.