New App Helps People Aid the Homeless
The app uses a smartphone’s GPS function to give information about shelters, food programs, and other services close by.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
DoSomething Uses Trademark Humor to Say Sorry for Text-Message Error
A post intended for 4,000 people went to 2.1 million, resulting in numerous policy changes at the organization, along with some teasing.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Start-Up Seeks to Provide Inexpensive Satellite Images for Nonprofits
The company’s nonprofit arm will use overhead imagery to help causes like environmentalism and human rights.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Google’s Gift Powers a Mobile Shower Service for Homeless People
The bus has two showers, each with its own entrance, for privacy and safety.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Nonprofits Find New Donors With Databases That Track Connections
New technology is formalizing and making easier the process of uncovering hidden connections between the charity’s network and prospective donors.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Fundraiser Makes Her Own Relationship Maps
At the Calgary Zoo, a senior development officer took a do-it-yourself approach when she wasn’t happy with databases available from public and private sources.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Nonprofit Uses Radio for Education in Liberia
One charity is helping students keep up with their studies as schools in the country are closed to contain the Ebola outbreak.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Heifer Provides Tech Training in Peru
The program is giving women in the Andes access to computers, printers, and cameras to boost their income from the items they make from alpaca wool.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Taproot Foundation Starts Online Matchmaker for Charities Seeking Pro Bono Help
The website links skilled volunteers with nonprofit projects that need assistance.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
New Tool Helps Foundations Share Data
The Walter & Elise Haas Fund has created a plug-in that lets foundations publish information from any grants-management database on their websites.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor