Roundtable Discussion on Conflict, and “Work is Good”
02 Oct
Posted by Travis as Grantee Network, Organizations
Yesterday, the Great Bay Foundation hosted a Roundtable Discussion in Braintree, Massachusetts. The day began with a luncheon in which the participants—all members of the Great Bay Network—discussed how we can turn negative aspects of conflict into a creative dynamic for positive change. The discussion topic was inspired by an NPR review of Doris Kearns [...]
We are especially delighted to highlight AbleVision, an innovative, award-winning video program written and produced entirely by individuals with physical and mental disabilities.
A program of Great Bay grantee Triangle, Inc. (Malden, Massachusetts), AbleVision was created in 2003 in partnership with Malden Access Television. AbleVision’s main purpose is to act as a voice for the disabled [...]
Is your nonprofit organization in need of web design and marketing support? If so, you might want to take a look at a program run by Axon Design and Marketing, a Portland, Maine based firm. Axon’s “Grant Program” is structured to enable the business to give back to the community while helping nonprofits “better understand [...]
Ted Regan: Re-’Kindling’ the Social Entrepreneurial Fire
13 Aug
Posted by Travis as Bytes, Grantee Network, Grantees, Grantees in the News, Organizations, Social Entrepreneurs: In Their Own Words, Uncategorized
Ted Regan has been a familiar face at the Great Bay Foundation since 2002, when we first funded Rippleffect, the youth development organization he co-founded that offers “learning adventures in living classrooms” to disadvantaged youth. Among Ted’s many accomplishments during his nine year tenure at Rippleffect was leading the successful effort to buy and [...]
‘Social Entrepreneurship’ is becoming commonplace in MBA programs across the country. Schools are recognizing students’ interest in social-sector management topics and the growing trend of MBA graduates seeking to use their educations to “make a difference.” The Foster School of Business at the University of Washington has gone one step further: it holds [...]
Sliders, Sinkers, and Adam and Eve on a Raft!
15 Jul
Posted by Elizabeth as Organizations, Publications
Social Enterprise comes in a multitude of permutations, but we found one of the most provocative in this recent New York Times article, Youthful Offenders Restoring Luster to Diners of Old. The article describes a unique program in which offenders at the Rhode Island juvenile detention center are working to restore four vintage diners for [...]
Idealware: Meeting Nonprofits’ Technology Needs
08 Jul
Posted by Travis as Grantee Network, Organizations
The effective use of technology has become vitally important to a nonprofit’s ability to achieve its mission. Yet as nonprofit technology needs increase, so do the many software options available to meet those needs. How are nonprofits supposed to choose among the many choices and identify the solution(s) that is/are right for them? [...]
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