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Can B2B CMOs Save The Planet Too?

Forrester IT

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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How business intelligence transformed care and efficiency at a Dutch special-needs nonprofit

CIO Business Intelligence

What it required was a solution that embraced data management and big-data trends to better streamline personalised management and client service for disabled adults needing residential, occupational, recreational, and other services such as community building and helping clients find meaningful employment.

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Billionaires get too much credit for philanthropy

Vox

Increasingly, that’s seen as a problem by researchers and by nonprofits scratching their heads at why they’re seeing fewer people donating. That’s the assumption that the nonprofit sector is now reexamining. That has puzzled researchers and nonprofits. But it only counts donations to religious and nonprofit organizations.

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Microsoft is selling an ugly MS Paint sweater and part of the proceeds benefit Girls Who Code

The Verge

Since MS Paint comes installed on Windows rather than being sold separately, it’s hard to know how exactly this year’s sweater will come packaged, but here’s hoping Microsoft’s goofy trend continues. Microsoft says it plans to donate a minimum $50,000 to the nonprofit from this promotion. Bill Gates wearing a sweater, as he often does.

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Seattle marijuana startup Leafly raises $23M as recent legalization boosts cannabis market

GeekWire

Leslie, a former Amazon exec who was Leafly’s CEO for less than two years, is now a founder of a farming nonprofit called Living Roots. Leafly said marijuana legalization trends are accelerating the cannabis market. Leafly spun out of Seattle marijuana investment firm Privateer Holdings in 2019. Americans spent about $18.3

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PGA of America swings for the public cloud

CIO Business Intelligence

That’s just one major drive under way by the nonprofit golf association, which is also delivering myriad tournaments and events, special services, and classes to its 28,000 members, a roster including celebrities, national golf pros, golf coaches, amateur players, and people who work in the golf industry, says PGA of America CTO Kevin Scott.

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The power of giving away 50% of your profits

Trends in the Living Networks

Companies giving away a percentage of their profits to charity is the result of two trends converging: nonprofits becoming more commercial, and fully commercial businesses seeking to have a social impact. But deciding to give 50% is the perfect result, according to futurist Ross Dawson. “We