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3 nonprofits committed to empowering women in tech

CIO Business Intelligence

A 2020 report from McKinsey found that companies with stronger gender diversity numbers were 25% more likely to outperform their less diverse competition. A 2017 poll in the Pew Research Center report found that 50% of women said they had experienced gender discrimination at work , while only 19% of men said the same.

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4 nonprofits fostering diversity and career advancement in IT

CIO Business Intelligence

Nonprofit NPower is working to change that by fostering opportunity for those outside traditional IT pipelines through its tuition-free Tech Fundamentals program , which has helped young adults from underserved communities, as well as military members, military spouses, and veterans, forge new careers in IT for over 20 years.

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Nonprofits accept cryptocurrency as Bitcoin and Ether values spike – is it a fad or the next frontier?

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As the values of Bitcoin and Ether are hovering near record highs, America’s nonprofits are in the peak months of their annual fundraising. 501 Commons, the nonprofit that organizes GivingTuesday and GiveBIG events in Washington, said few nonprofits in the state are directly accepting crypto at this point.

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Amazon is reportedly using Chinese suppliers with ties to forced labor

The Verge

Amazon is allegedly employing suppliers in China with links to forced labor, according to a report from the Tech Transparency Project (TTP), a research group owned by the nonprofit watchdog organization Campaign for Accountability (via NBC News ). Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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14 organizations that support LGBTQ+ tech workers

CIO Business Intelligence

That’s certainly true for the LGBTQIA+ community, with only 76% of LGBTQ+ workers reporting they feel safe in their workplace and 64% of trans and gender nonconforming (GNC) individuals saying the same, according to a report from Blind. as a part of the Out for Work conference.

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Seattle startups among winners in BECU and CoMotion fintech incubator competition

GeekWire

They also gain access to training, events, and BECU’s networks. Nickels , based in Michigan, sells its white-labeled financial software to banks and credit unions, helping their customers manage third-party credit card debt through monthly spending reports that analyze costs. The startup is led by founder and CEO Joseph Gracia.

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Accelerating digital transformation with sustainable solutions

CIO Business Intelligence

From there, we can dynamically connect to industry-leading cloud and network providers around the world via software-defined interconnection, gaining maximum choice, flexibility, cost control, and performance advantages. Equinix has +22,760 volunteered community service hours to over 1,700 nonprofits in 2022.

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