TechFoundation Presents First TechGrants Awards in 2003.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CAMBRIDGE Cambridge, city, Canada Cambridge (kām`brĭj), city (1991 pop. 92,772), S Ont., Canada, on the Grand River, NW of Hamilton. It was formed in 1973 with the amalgamation of Galt, Hespeler, and Preston, all founded in the early 19th cent. , Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 14, 2003 TechFoundation TechFoundation is a public charity that provides technology, expertise, and capital to the nonprofit sector. It is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts and was founded by David Altshuler. has provided over $750,000 in technology and implementation grants to 100 nonprofits through new partnerships with Intranets.com, Skillsoft and Altrue. These grants, selected from the TechGrants Spring 2003 funding round, focus on nonprofit organizations Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. that show innovative uses of technology and sustainable support structure for continued technology training and implementation. The TechGrants fall round will be announced in upcoming weeks. TechGrants is a grant program and newsletter that provides nonprofits with access to capital to help afford their technology needs. The program focuses on directly funding critical technology needs by providing an electronic newsletter to educate nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. executives on innovative ways to find capital for their technology projects. "These organizations emerged from over 1000 TechGrant applicants because they are so clearly committed to making technology work for their constituents," said David Altshuler, founder and chief executive officer of TechFoundation. "It is our privilege A permission or right. In information security, it refers to the modes of operation that a user or a process is granted. Examples include user-level privilege, operator privilege and supervisory privilege. to support the critical difference these groups make for so many lives." The grantees are: 2GetHelp.com ABO Haven Inc. American Red Cross Rio Hondo Chapter Arts & Business Council of Greater Philadelphia ARTScorpsLA Atlantic Economic Development Corporation Autism Society of the Black Hills Barrio Logan College Institute Bay Area Community Resources Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Coulee Region Boston Area Rape Crisis Center Boys & Girls Clubs of Ada County Boys & Girls Clubs of Tampa Bay Broadcast Minister's Alliance of Chicago Inc. Camas Institute Foundation Cascade County Chapter of the National Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse CCHS-Columbia County Humane Society Center of Hope Community Development Corp. Inc. Chatham Township Police Dept. Cherokee Area Council Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corp Community Foundation of Cape Cod for the Lighthouse Health Access Alliance Consolidated Tribal Health Project Inc. Craig Community Association Creative Visions Foundation Inc. D.C. Employment Justice Center Deaf and Hard of Hearing Service Center Inc. Desert Alliance for Community Empowerment disABLEDperson Inc. East End Family Resource Center Eldergarden Adult Day Services Empower U Inc. EXCEED Experience Works New England Family Outreach Corpus Christi Inc. First Church of Christ/Youth Enrichment Activities of Huntersville Foundation for Blind Children Four Town Community Center Inc. Germantown Settlement Goodwill Ind. of San Francisco, San Mateo & Marin Counties Goodwill Industries of Long Beach & South Bay Heart of Florida United Way Intercommunity Ministry Volunteer Program (IMVP) Jesus and Friends Community Development Association Job Training & Employment Corp. JVS KRS Education & Rural Development Fooundation Inc. Light for Life Foundation of MN Meals on Wheels of Macon & Bibb County Inc Mercy Housing & Human Development Inc. Mobile Association for Retarded Citizens Multi-Media Training Institute Multinational Fund For Development Aid (MUDA) MWBE Inc. National Jewish Coalition for Literacy New Entry Sustainable Farming Project New Hope Ranch New Immigrant Community Empowerment Inc. Newberry County Literacy Council Inc. North Bay Resource Center North Texas Regional Library System North Valley Parent Education Network Northwest Minority Business Council Office of Human Concern/Non-Profit Tech Support Ohio Business Connection Operation Samahan Inc. Orangewood Children's Foundation Palmetto AIDS Life Support Services Parents United for Child Care Performers Access Studio Inc. PERICO Institute for Youth Development and Entreprenuership Philadelphia Teaming for Technology United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania Pro Peninsula Progressive Technology Project Saint Patrick School Shelter Against Violent Environments Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth Soteria worship & praise int South Central Ullery Development Association (SCUDA) Southern Sudanese Community Center Southwest Alliance of Navajo The ARC of Pickens County The Children's Museum of Greater Fall River Inc. The Discovery Museum Inc. The First Tee Of Avoyelles The Gay and Lesbian Community Services Center of Orange County The John Barcklow Foundation The Media Aid Center Tic Tock Around the Clock Child Care Providers Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill Twin County Alcohol and Substance Abuse services Inc. Ubi Caritas Project Welcome Vantage Foundation Vermont Slauson Economic Development Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunications Wider Omaha Lutheran School Association (WOLSA) Woburn Boys & Girls Club Wyoming Symphony Orchestra YMCA of Pittsburgh Youth for Change TechFoundation is a Cambridge, Mass.- based, nonprofit organization that delivers technology, expertise and capital to help nonprofit organizations harness harness, comprehensive term for the gear of a draft animal, excluding the yoke, by which it is attached to the load that it pulls. Although harnesses are used on dogs (for drawing travois and dogsleds), on goats, and sometimes on oxen, the typical harness is for the power of information technology. With the support of The Boston Boston, town, England Boston, town (1991 pop. 26,495), E central England, on the Witham River. Boston's fame as a port dates from the 13th cent., when it was a Hanseatic port trading wool and wine. Having recovered from a decline in the 18th and 19th cent. Foundation, Gates Foundation Gates Foundation: see Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. , Verizon Foundation and others, TechFoundation provides educational and technological assistance through its four programs, including technology fellowships, curriculum offerings, grant funds and now, discounted technology. www.techfoundation.org See .org. (networking) org - The top-level domain for organisations or individuals that don't fit any other top-level domain (national, com, edu, or gov). Though many have .org domains, it was never intended to be limited to non-profit organisations. RFC 1591. |
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