Nonprofit Data Move Into the Spotlight
A conference at the University of Chicago on August 23 will focus on one of the hottest topics in the charity world: the use of data by nonprofits.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
App Helps People Apply for Citizenship
A nonprofit coalition has created a mobile app to help immigrants with green cards navigate the daunting naturalization process.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
New Google Giving App Promotes Small Gifts
The technology giant highlights one charity a day and encourages people to give it $1.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Video Games Gauge Young Patients’ Pain
The games elicit specific movements, which are measured using infrared technology.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
App Helps Patients Find Information
The phone app asks users questions about their breast-cancer diagnosis and sends them articles and other information tailored to their needs.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Cast Your Vote for the Best Nonprofit Videos
Individuals and charities are competing for a $3,500 award.
By Idit Knaan
Contributor
Contest Seeks Ideas to Prevent Genocide
The U.S. Agency for International Development has put out a call for ideas on how to use technology to “ethnic cleansing” and mass rape.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Kiva Aids Its Millionth Borrower
Kiva, the nonprofit that allows people to lend to entrepreneurs in developing countries, now makes more than $1.5-million in loans each week.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Fund Gives $20-Million to Education Technology
The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation has awarded grants for technology that allows parents and teachers to adapt instruction to meet the needs of individual students.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
An Easier Way to Show Progress
Ned Breslin of Water for People is building a new online platform to help charities see—and show others—how well they are doing in real time.
By CODY SWITZER
Contributor
Nonprofits Race to Get Ahead of the Explosion in Small Screens
Many charities are devising game plans to adjust their fundraising andcommunications to accommodate the growing use of smartphones and tablets.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Mobile Donors Respond to Traditional-Style Appeals on the Radio
An appeal by popular radio personalities was far more successful than a request for donations on a scoreboard during a sports event.
By Raymund Flandez
Contributor
U.N. Foundation Offers a Challenge and a Lesson on Global Health
The international charity uses gamelike challenges to teach mobile users about its work.
By Scott Westcott
Contributor
Charities Take Different Paths to Attracting Mobile Viewers
More charities want to make their Web sites mobile-friendly, but they are divided on the best approach.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Bird-Counting App Helps Charity Collect Data
The National Audubon Society uses mobile apps to crowdsource information about bird sightings.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
App Seeks to Protect Women From Dangerous Social Situations
A mobile application helps women avoid dangerous situations by providing a simple way to signal their friends to come to their aid.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor