Company Gives Equipment, Training to Chicago Charities

March 9, 2000 | Read Time: 1 minute

The petroleum company BP Amoco will donate more than $500,000 in computer hardware and software and $250,000 in technology services and training to more than 100 non-profit organizations in Chicago.

The company’s “Nonprofit Technology Advancement Initiative” kicks off with a conference on March 24 at the Hotel Intercontinental Chicago.

Sessions will cover such topics as how to develop a technology plan, use technology to raise money, and decide whether to buy a database or build one from scratch.

In addition to receiving computer equipment and software, each organization will receive a one-year membership in the IT Resource Center, a Chicago group that provides technology instruction and consulting to other non-profit organizations.

Participation in the program is limited to charities that have received grants from BP Amoco in the last two years.

About the Author

NICOLE WALLACE

Features Editor

Nicole Wallace is features editor of the Chronicle of Philanthropy. She has written about innovation in the nonprofit world, charities’ use of data to improve their work and to boost fundraising, advanced technologies for social good, and hybrid efforts at the intersection of the nonprofit and for-profit sectors, such as social enterprise and impact investing.Nicole spearheaded the Chronicle’s coverage of Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts on the Gulf Coast and reported from India on the role of philanthropy in rebuilding after the South Asian tsunami. She started at the Chronicle in 1996 as an editorial assistant compiling The Nonprofit Handbook.Before joining the Chronicle, Nicole worked at the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs and served in the inaugural class of the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps.A native of Columbia, Pa., she holds a bachelor’s degree in foreign service from Georgetown University.