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The Impact of COVID-19 on Nonprofits and Grant Making

Peak Proposals

Nonprofits, particularly small community-based organizations, struggle to fund their programs during a typical year. We’ve also included suggestions on how to ease the transition to remote work since many nonprofits are having to close their offices. to set up a free site and tips for updating your website to increase engagement.

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How AWS is supporting nonprofits, governments, and communities impacted by Hurricane Ian

AWS Public Sector Blog

To provide more accurate and recent data, AWS engaged volunteers across the company to contribute to public mapping efforts. Increasing work capacity The AWS Disaster Preparedness and Response team organized volunteers across AWS to support the disaster relief nonprofit Crisis Cleanup.

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Unhoused individuals gain shelter, prove their identity using AWS-powered solution Kiip

AWS Public Sector Blog

Using technology to improve social services HOPICS is one of five housing coordinators for Los Angeles County with a focus on South Los Angeles. Are you a nonprofit that wants to learn more about how cloud computing can accelerate your mission? From that start, HOPICS has helped thousands of individuals.

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Frugal architecture in action: The Urban Institute innovates with R and Serverless on AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

Cost, resilience, and performance are non-functional requirements that are often at tension with each other.” — Werner Vogels, The Frugal Architect, Law III Nonprofit organizations are typically frugal and responsible. To expand their reach, they often collaborate with academia and other nonprofits, and they engage early-career talent.

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Disaster Accountability Project

Eric Holdeman's Disaster Zone Podcast

The Disaster Accountability Project was created to help coordinate nongovernmental organizational efforts. Prior to starting DAP, Ben had a background in youth civic engagement and issue advocacy. Ben studied Political Science and Nonprofit Management and holds a law degree from the University of Connecticut School of Law.

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Building an accountable and effective Senior Executive Service through the Public Service Leadership Model

Partnership for Public Service

The Achieving Results competency is a critical way to measure impact in government, but also requires leaders to masterthe models other competencies: Becoming Self-Aware , Engaging Others and Leading Change. The methods for recruiting and hiring senior executives have been the same for decades and are due for an update.

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How three AWS IMAGINE Grant winners are transforming the future of games, music, and health with AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

The AWS IMAGINE Grant is a yearly program designed for nonprofits in the US to pursue technology-driven projects to advance their mission. To deliver on its mission, the Special Olympics team built a serverless fan engagement app powered by AWS ahead of the 2022 games. At previous events, fans only had access to a basic app.

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