By Marnie Webb, Chief Community Impact Officer, TechSoup TechSoup has been working with civil society organizations of all sizes, all mission areas, and in all parts of the world, for more than 30 years. As a result, we know that innovating with even well-established technology is difficult for many —…

By Tamara Dalloul, Program Manager, NGOsource & STEP NGOsource was launched in 2013 as a project of the Council on Foundations and TechSoup. Our goal was to improve the efficiency of international grantmaking and address the complex and resource-intensive equivalency determination (ED) process that U.S. grantmakers faced in their cross-border philanthropy. Before NGOsource, grantmakers had to individually conduct…

By Kyle Reis, Senior Director, TechSoup Like all libraries, tribal libraries are much more than a place to check out books. They play a crucial role in Native communities by serving as centers for education, cultural preservation, and access to information. They are community gathering spaces to foster cultural exchange, host events related to health and…

By Adam Eads, Senior Program Manager of Solutions & Services, TechSoup In 2020, TechSoup and collaborating organizations conducted a global survey, Data Handling and Digital Readiness in Civil Society: Global Study 2020, funded by Okta. One of the largest studies of its kind, the survey involved over 11,750 civil society…

By Marnie Webb, Chief Community Impact Officer, TechSoup When we launched our Growth Capital Campaign in 2019, I wrote five articles to share more about each of our five main issues areas: Expand our nonprofit marketplace Provide increased validation and data services Develop more apps for good Continue to develop…

Building a Digital Transformation Framework By Mona Raina, Senior Director of Technology Solutions and Services and Cameron Jones, Vice President of Solutions & Services The TechSoup Digital Assessment Tool (DAT) aims to help small nonprofits understand their current capabilities and build a digital plan without having to invest in an…

An Introduction By Mona Raina, Senior Director of Technology Solutions and Services and Cameron Jones, Vice President of Solutions & Services We hear it from nonprofits every day: “Can you help us figure out how to upgrade our systems? Where should we start?” TechSoup has been focused for years on…

By Marnie Webb, Chief Community Impact Officer, TechSoup Today, Connect Humanity released the largest survey ever conducted on digital access. With results from over 7,500 civil society respondents worldwide, the Digital Equity Survey confirmed what many of us already know: It is too expensive to access the internet, neither we…

This article was originally published in The NonProfit Times on December 16, 2022. Small nonprofit organizations are the safety nets of our communities. When hurricanes devastated parts of Florida and Puerto Rico this fall, small, local organizations were among the first to rush in to provide emergency services. Small organizations…