OMB Watch's
Nonprofit and Technology Project
- www.ombwatch.org
The Nonprofits' Policy & Technology
Project is OMB Watch's three-year
initiative to improve communications
linkages within the nonprofit
sector in order to strengthen
public policy participation.
Offerings include NPTALK,
an electronic forum for professionals,
experts, researchers, and
advocates interested in issues
related to how nonprofit organizations
utilize information technologies
in their public policy activities.
Time
Warner Foundation - http://www.timewarner.com/corp/citizenship/community/index.html
The Time Warner Foundation
is dedicated to using the
power of media, communications,
and information technology
to serve the public interest
and strengthen society. Rather
than simply providing grant
monies or funding unsolicited
requests, the foundation prefers
to enter into strategic partnerships
with organizations that have
a demonstrated commitment
to pioneering innovative ways
of meeting its four priorities:
Equipping Kids for the 21st
Century; Extending Internet
Benefits to All; Engaging
Communities in the Arts; and
Empowering Citizens and Civic
Participation.
AT&T Foundation
- www.att.com/foundation
The AT&T Foundation supports
education programs that focus
on the use of technology to
enhance teaching and learning.
Grant guidelines and application
information available online.
JPMorgan Chase
- www.jpmorganchase.com/cm/cs?pagename=Chase/Href&urlname=jpmc/community
JPMorgan Chase works with thousands of not-for-profits across the United States and in global markets to make an impact in three primary areas of need: Community asset development to encourage community development and economic empowerment; Youth education to enhance educational initiatives for public education, from early childhood programs to pre-collegiate schooling; and Community life to enrich communities with sponsorships and events focused on arts and culture. The grant application process involves two phases - a preliminary inquiry by the not-for-profit agency and, if accepted, an invitation to apply.
Microsoft
Corporation Community Affairs
- www.microsoft.com
Redmond, Washington-based
Microsoft makes grants of
cash, software, and technical
support to nonprofit organizations
worldwide in order to help
bring the benefits of information
technology to people and communities;
provide support to organizations
in communities in which its
employees live and work; and
support its employees taking
an active role in their community
through volunteer and matching-gift
programs.
Rockefeller
Foundation - www.rockfound.org
The New York City-based Rockefeller
Foundation's Communication
for Social Change (CFSC) supports
projects in three areas: researching,
testing, and applying new
indicators and evaluation
tools to measure the effectiveness
of communication projects
and programs; testing and
conducting trials of communication-for-social-change
methodology on key social
issues impacting the poor
and excluded, especially in
partnership with foundation
grantees; and creating new
training models about how
to apply communication-for-social-change
methodology.
Verizon Foundation
- foundation.verizon.com
The Verizon Foundation supports
projects and programs that
directly address community
needs through effective communications
and information management
technology. The foundation
recently launched two new
programs: E-Solutions, which
provides a full menu of technology
training, including an online
Needs Analysis Tool, to nonprofits
nationwide; and eGrants -
cash awards of $240 to smaller
nonprofits (those with an
annual budget under $500,000)
to help them get connected
to the Internet.
Verizon Foundation
- foundation.verizon.com/resourcecenter
The Verizon Foundation has launched an online initiative designed to help nonprofit
organizations around the country operate more efficiently. The new site offers training and
online tools ranging from strategies to enhance marketing and communications, to finding
technology resources, to techniques to increase fundraising. The center provides free
access to a national database of technology resources that include an online library, research
papers, articles and specialists who can assist nonprofits in running their business operations
more efficiently.The center also offers a combination of online, on-demand and face-to-face
training conducted by experts in a variety of fields.
Foundation Center
- foundationcenter.org
The Foundation Center is the nation's leading authority on philanthropy, connecting nonprofits and the grantmakers supporting them to tools they can use and information they can trust. The Center maintains the most comprehensive database on U.S. grantmakers and their grants — a robust, accessible knowledge bank for the sector.
eGrants.org
- https://www.groundspring.org/index_gs.cfm
eGrants, a 501(c)(3) organization
created in 1999 by the San
Francisco-based Tides Foundation,
facilitates online donations
for nonprofit groups working
for positive social change.
e-Philanthropy - www.ephilanthropy.org
The ePhilanthropy Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit, education organization that seeks to foster the ethical use of the Internet for philanthropic purposes. The Foundation provides educational services via conferences and seminars, through its various publications, flyers and printed articles and over the Internet in its various eLearning courses.
Google Grants - www.google.com/grants/
Google Grants is a unique in-kind donation program awarding free AdWords advertising to select charitable organizations. We support organizations sharing our philosophy of community service to help the world in areas such as science and technology, education, global public health, the environment, youth advocacy, and the arts.
Independent
Charities of America -
www.independentcharities.org
Independent Charities of America
is a nonprofit organization
that pre-screens "high quality
national and international
charities, and presents them
for your giving considerations."
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