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Online, Small Donations Add Up

Posted by Jen Hopkins on March 18, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

If the question is how to reach the people who care about your creative work, your museum, your community art project, then can the web be your friend even though it’s not face to face? Kickstarter.com helps creative people reach donors near and far, online. Could this help cross the generational divide, meet young people [...]

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Follow the Crowd

Posted by Jen Hopkins on March 13, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

Is mapping tool Ushahidi the future of humanitarian aid and philanthropy? The wisdom of the collective crowd on the ground drives real time decisionmaking. We see great insight when we get the experts out of the middle.
The new paradigm is many-to-many-to-many: the victims are re-imagined as agents who supply on-the-ground data; a self-organizing mob of [...]

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$3M NH Energy Fund Opens

Posted by Jen Hopkins on March 10, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

Good news for NH nonprofits and businesses–low interest loans are now available for energy improvements to help with the upfront costs of energy efficiency and renewable energy, saving energy and money in the long term. Proposals due April 30.
Over $3 Million Available for Businesses and Nonprofits to Finance Energy Improvements
CONCORD, NH — New Hampshire businesses [...]

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