The "Grants
for Non-Profits" Index summarizes grants recently
made available to non-profits
to support their missions, increase technology innovation,
and promote efficiency through technology. Many major
software manufacturers and hardware corporations have
made giving to
non-profits a high priority in their organizations,
which means now is the time to open up and utilize
offerings available to your group. Grants for efficiency
through technology are available for community development,
civic betterment, disabled or elder assistance, education,
faith-based social service providers, grassroots organizing
groups, health-care agencies, recreation organizations,
social service providers, technology centers and youth/after-school
groups or services. In addition, non-profits
will find grants that cut across all sectors. These
grants are available for non-profit-
business-education or community partnerships. They
support IT training for the non-profit
organization, whether staff or clientele and back
the need for graduating skilled workers, retraining
employees, and helping displaced workers meet such
special challenges as employment that will equip them
to work until retirement. Timely profiles of over
125 grant/funding/resource opportunities for technology
for non profit organizations are assembled in the
"Grants
for Non Profits" Index.
Recent Excerpts from
Technology Grant News:
"Technology Opportunities
Program (TOP) Winner - America's Second Harvest Creates
WAN for 200
Affiliates to Distribute Food"
http://www.ntia.doc.gov
e-mail: top@ntia.doc.gov
http://www.secondharvest.org
Contact: Dan Delaney
Tel.: (312) 263-2303
America's Second Harvest obtained a Department of
Commerce NTIA Technology Opportunities Grant to put
in a Wide-Area Network (WAN) for their 200 affiliates
(main distribution points nationwide). Hewlett-Packard
did an online application for them for companies to
donate product through direct online application.
The donation website is: http://www.ResourceLink.org
. Instead of a truckload of cereal staying in
Boloxi, Mississippi, the cereal company can notify
Second Harvest, and Second Harvest can notify their
affiliates and make arrangements for immediate shipment
point-to-point. The product donators are already seeing
a 6 figure savings on a monthly basis from savings
in food inventory storage costs."
"SBC Excelerator Technology Grants Provide $9 Million
To Build Technology Infrastructure for Non
Profits"
http://www.sbc.com/gen/corporate-citizenship?pid=2501
"The SBC Excelerator competitive technology grants
program will provide $9 million in grants to help
non profits fully integrate technology into their
ongoing operations and community outreach. SBC Excelerator
competitive grants range from $2,500 to $25,000. Examples
of qualifying projects include the following:
- Internet Access - Networked, high-speed access
to the Internet and e-mail.
- Data Networking - Network connectivity to enable
easy sharing of database applications and information
systems.
- Online Outreach - Interactive web-based applications
that support activities such as service delivery,
volunteer recruiting, e-fundraising, etc.
- Staff Technology Capacity - Technology training
programs for nonprofit staff members.
- Pooled Technology Resources - Programs that work
to address the technology needs of multiple nonprofits,
e.g. technology circuit riders (mobile, skilled
technology consultants) and application service
providers. Non profit technology training providers
will also be considered in this category. To qualify,
providers must be non profits themselves and exclusively
or primarily serve the non profit community."
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