GeekWire

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

As part of our Giving Tuesday promotion, we’re donating $5 from each ticket sold to Junior Achievement of Washington , a nonprofit that prepares young people for success. (GeekWire File Photo) Today is a great time to secure your tickets for the GeekWire Gala. Grab your tickets here ! The Gala returns to downtown Seattle on Dec.

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GeekWire

JUNE 28, 2023

(Photo via TechTalk.seattle.gov) The City of Seattle is awarding $545,000 in Technology Matching Fund grants to help support 18 nonprofit organizations and their projects to expand digital literacy and close the technology gap. The TMF grant program was started in 1997 to support community and nonprofit groups.

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Venture Beast

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

As part of a "security for all" push, Microsoft says it is bringing enterprise security to small to midsize businesses and nonprofits. Read More.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Their solution is a platform that allows companies to find and sign up for volunteering opportunities with local nonprofits. Launched earlier this year, Field Day is rolling out a private beta version of its platform in January for a six-month trial run with a limited group of companies and nonprofits. Community Warehouse Photo).

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Tech Republic Security

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Research from Infoxchange indicates that poor cyber security practices in Australia’s not-for-profit sector are putting its donors’ and communities’ data at risk.

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Venture Beast

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Google Cloud is extending research credits to nonprofit researchers, according to an announcement in a company blog post. Read More.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 30, 2023

(Bigstock Photo) A wildlife research nonprofit backed by the Paul G. Home Range Wildlife Research is a nonprofit that conducts research, offers field training for biologists, and works with local communities to connect them with their landscape. The nonprofit has funding for four collars and is working to raise more, Vanbianchi said.

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Computer Weekly

JANUARY 5, 2018

You’ll have everything you need to be an amazing nonprofit communications professional. Find out How to Use Facebook Live to Raise Money For Your Nonprofit with John Haydon. Nonprofit Tech for Good has released their 2018 Cause Awareness & Giving Day Calendar. Nonprofit Training. ENDS TONIGHT! Get the details.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 23, 2021

Arnold spent time at the Gates-owned Corbis, at PATH, which has a close partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and now Microsoft, where Arnold is CTO of the company’s nonprofit-focused Tech for Social Impact. For many nonprofits, it’s not a lack of willingness to modernize, it’s simply not knowing where to start.”

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GeekWire

MAY 11, 2023

The nonprofit film and education organization SIFF acquired the Cinerama from the estate of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, ending more than three years of uncertainty for the historic downtown Seattle movie theater. GeekWire File Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Seattle film lovers got their Hollywood ending.

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Kitaboo

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

And a majority of these organizations are the nonprofit associations. While for-profit companies will always be the first ones to invest in latest technologies and innovations to drive their revenue, nonprofit organizations lag behind. Nonprofit / October 10, 2019. Nonprofit / September 12, 2019. You May Also Like.

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Venture Beast

MARCH 31, 2021

Windfall, a startup developing a data science platform for nonprofits, has raised $21 million in venture capital. Read More.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 15, 2021

A new nonprofit is trying to keep the momentum going. The idea for the nonprofit originated two years ago with leaders from the Seattle startup Syndio : CEO Maria Colacurcio and founder and Chief Data Scientist Zev Eigen. But now that the streets are largely emptied of protestors and marches, some are left wondering what has changed.

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GeekWire

APRIL 21, 2023

Huzar this year launched StuffTV , a nonprofit producing videos that delve into the climate change impacts of the goods we buy and toss out, and steps we can take to reduce the damage from runaway consumption. But what does it really mean?

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

In 2019, Remote Energy traveled to Kenya to train women in solar photovoltaic installation in partnership with a nonprofit called Women in Sustainable Energy and Entrepreneurship, which works with women in Eastern Africa. Their nonprofit, Tacoma, Wash.-based Photo courtesy of Katie G.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

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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GeekWire

MARCH 8, 2021

iUrban Teen founder Deena Pierott, left, received some funding for her nonprofit from Seattle Seahawks player Bobby Wagner, right. ” Exposure and access is something Pierott would like more of for herself, for iUrban Teen and for the work the nonprofit has been doing over the years. Photo courtesy of Deena Pierott).

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

SIFF , the nonprofit that champions film and the movie-going experience in Seattle, is joining the call to save the Cinerama, the historic movie theater that has been in limbo for almost two years. The Cinerama movie theater in Seattle. GeekWire File Photo / Kurt Schlosser).

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 11, 2020

A Seattle-based nonprofit launched to provide digital health solutions for poorer countries is applying its expertise to help with COVID-19 testing. The nonprofit uses machine learning to analyze thousands of photos of test results to automate the interpretation results. Most of the Audere team, gathered together in pre-COVID times.

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Venture Beast

MARCH 30, 2021

McGovern Foundation will merge to launch an initiative to promote nonprofits' adoption of AI. The Cloudera Foundation and Patrick J. Read More.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Airbnb is launching a nonprofit to allow the hosts who rent out their properties on its platform to provide free and discounted stays to refugees, people affected by natural disasters, and frontline workers in the coronavirus pandemic. Photo illustration by Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto via Getty Images.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

Fourteen years later, the nonprofit Seattle startup is doing great. The nonprofit has scored endorsements from celebrities including Ellen DeGeneres, Ashton Kutcher, Jewel and Gayle King. Working at Cathey’s living room table, the two created TisBest, hustling to launch their nonprofit before the holidays. ”

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Forrester IT

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Patagonia made headlines recently when founder Yvon Chouinard transferred ownership of the company to its nonprofit, Holdfast Collective, and its trust, Patagonia Purpose Trust, as a commitment to living its purpose to “save our home planet.”

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Gizmodo

OCTOBER 19, 2021

An animal rights nonprofit is suing YouTube for failing to take down videos of animal abuse, and often allegedly profiting from them by selling ads running alongside the content, the New York Times reported on Tuesday. Read more.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

In June, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced that it hired Angela Jones , the well-regarded CEO of Washington STEM , the statewide education nonprofit that connects underserved students with STEM education and opportunities. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser). Angela Jones, former CEO of Washington STEM. Brian Wells Photo).

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Social, Agile and Transformation

AUGUST 1, 2022

Earlier this summer, I rebranded my YouTube channel from 5 Minutes with @NYIke to the Driving Digital Standup. . The change reflects a broader mission that includes sharing insights from CIOs, CDOs, and other digital transformation leaders.

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GeekWire

JULY 15, 2023

Stevenson this week was named director of Sea.citi, a nonprofit that launched in 2018 and aims to help tech workers engage with civic issues. (WTIA Photo) Terrance Stevenson is bringing his passion for peace-building, community development, and innovation to the Seattle tech industry.

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Data Center Knowledge

JUNE 4, 2014

The colocation deal is part of the process of restructuring VANIX as a nonprofit member-governed Internet exchange. colocation Cologix Connectivity Peering'

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Information Week

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The nonprofit National Student Clearinghouse is another victim caught in the ripple effect of the MOVEit breach announced in May.

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GeekWire

JUNE 25, 2020

A portion of the team entry fee will be placed into a collective prize pool, with the winning team designating a nonprofit of their choice to receive the funds. Contact us at events@geekwire.com for information about registering your corporate team, pricing, sponsorship opportunities and other details.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 22, 2020

The founders of the nonprofit had gathered heaps of anecdotal evidence that tabletop games such as Dungeons & Dragons could help kids who struggled socially — whether they had autism, ADHD, anxiety or other challenges — learn to more successfully interact with others. Dungeons & Dragons dice come in odd shapes and sizes.

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Kitaboo

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

And a majority of these organizations are the nonprofit associations. While for-profit companies will always be the first ones to invest in latest technologies and innovations to drive their revenue, nonprofit organizations lag behind. They will still have a corner in the office where all the paperwork is being stored.

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GeekWire

MAY 15, 2021

million into efforts by Seattle-based nonprofit PATH to bring more oxygen to COVID-19 patients in India. PATH coordinated with vendors to install pressure swing adsorption oxygen generation plants at medical facilities in India. Photo courtesy of PATH).

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Seattle nonprofit Housing Connector is trying to level the playing field for the region’s most vulnerable renters — even in the face of escalating housing shortages and soaring costs of living. It’s no secret that there’s a housing crisis in the Seattle area. Bidding wars abound. Rents are up nearly 30% over last year.

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Vox

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Second, OpenAI was founded as a nonprofit. The rest of the profit — if there was any — would go back into OpenAI’s nonprofit. The company was still governed by a board of directors charged with carrying out that nonprofit mission, but the board was pretty much the only thing left of OpenAI’s nonprofit origins.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Senior researcher Alex Hanna, and software engineer Dylan Baker, will join Timnit Gebru’s nonprofit research institute, Distributed AI Research (DAIR). Two members of Google’s Ethical AI group have announced their departures from the company, according to a report from Bloomberg. Today's my last day at Google.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Josh Holland of Seattle Neighborhood Greenways on Rainier Avenue South in Seattle with one of the signs the nonprofit made calling attention to car-related fatalities. At right is a map showing all of the memorial sites around the city.

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