Mar 24th, 2020 Philanthropy, Social Impact, Volunteer Consulting
How You Can Support Nonprofits Responding to COVID-19
Nonprofits around the world are heroically responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, working day and night to provide our communities with food, shelter, healthcare, education, and other much needed forms of kindness and security. As these organizations manage a new, huge demand for their services, they also face diminishing resources due to scrapped programs, loss of volunteer events, and cancelled fundraisers....
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Nov 21st, 2019 All, Philanthropy
How Taproot Foundation Helps Nonprofits Maximize Volunteers Through Pro Bono Services
Originally posted on the Chronicle of Philanthropy This week's Business of Giving features Lindsay Firestone Gruber, president and CEO of the Taproot Foundation. The organization, founded in 2001, helps nonprofits maximize volunteer hours through its pro bono professional services. These services, such as human resources, technology, marketing, strategic planning, and legal counsel directly sustain an organization’s infrastructure and leadership. “Good...
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Oct 27th, 2017 Philanthropy, Pro Bono Week, Social Impact
How can I help?
How can we provide disaster relief? Flooded streets, collapsed buildings, growing inequality, healthcare, citizenship, and more. Of course we’re all wondering how we can provide disaster relief and wishing we knew precisely how and where to show up. Our hearts break for families who have lost and suffered so much, for lives forever changed. We learn of the devastation and...
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Oct 22nd, 2013 Advisory Services, Philanthropy, Social Impact
Pro Bono + Pro Mujer = Deeper Social Impact
On September 17, Pro Mujer participated in a Pro Bono Challenge hosted by MasterCard Worldwide and organized by Taproot Foundation. When we first were invited, we were intrigued by the concept. For us, the real issue is how do you make pro bono work? How do you get valuable technical expertise through employee engagement that will have impact on an...
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Aug 5th, 2013 Global, Philanthropy
Armin’s pro bono adventures reloaded week 3
By Armin Pialek, Taproot and BMW Foundation Project Manager San Francisco, more than any other city in the world, stands for technology and innovation - both of which can deeply leverage impact for nonprofits. This week I want to draw attention to a very powerful collaboration between the Taproot Foundation and LinkedIn. As the largest network of professionals in the...
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Jul 25th, 2013 Advisory Services, Philanthropy, Social Impact
The Taproot Foundation and the Foundation Center Announce New Strategic Partnership
New York, NY, July 25, 2013. Taproot Foundation and the Foundation Center announced today the launch of a new partnership that seeks to expand knowledge-sharing resources and support for the nonprofit sector. Strengthening the nonprofit sector through partnership Both organizations already offer trailblazing tools and services for nonprofits seeking access to pro bono resources (Taproot) and knowledge about financial grants...
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Jul 16th, 2013 Advisory Services, Corporate Social Responsibility, Philanthropy
Pro Bono + Grant-Making = Philanthropy 2.0?
By Alexandra McArthur, Associate Consultant, Advisory Services, Taproot Foundation The anticipation was mounting as American Express President, Ed Gilligan took the stage. The American Express employees in attendance held their breath and then cheers erupted as he announced the 10 teams whose strategy recommendations had been selected for funding from American Express. Contrary to what you might expect, American Express...
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Jul 24th, 2012 Philanthropy
A Skills-Based Revolutionary: Taproot’s Aaron Hurst
Below is an excerpt from an interview with Aaron Hurst by Ryan Scott, CEO of Causecast and Forbes contributor. A taproot is the core root of a plant that gathers nutrients from lateral roots and delivers them to the plant so it can flourish. Which makes it the perfect name for an organization that sees itself as a taproot for...
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Jul 23rd, 2012 All, Philanthropy
Six Common Pro Bono Models
When we think about pro bono services, we typically picture teams of business professionals doing projects for a nonprofit -- building a new Web site, helping to create a strategic plan for an organization, and so on. In reality, there's an incredibly diverse array of models through which nonprofits can receive pro bono resources. Here are the six most common...
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Jul 20th, 2012 Philanthropy, Social Impact
PRO BONO ADVENTURES OF ARMIN: WEEK 15
Armin Pialek is the first Fellow in a pilot joint venture between Taproot and the BMW Foundation. He is working to first bring pro bono to Germany, and then to replicate the model to engage Fellows to develop pro bono with Taproot and the BMW Foundation around the globe. Pro bono as a driver of social change Last week I...
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