AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 30, 2023

Managing donors, members, and constituents is essential to the success of most nonprofits. There are several CRM applications that focus on the needs of nonprofit organizations. In this blog post, I’ll discuss a no-cost, nonprofit-focused CRM called CiviCRM. On the Actions menu, choose Deregister AMI to delete the AMI.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Delivering top-notch internal customer support is crucial for nonprofit organizations. To meet these demands, many nonprofits, including Thorn , are turning to innovative technology solutions. If your nonprofit organization is looking to enhance internal customer support, consider Thorn’s success story.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Nonprofit leaders today have various technical products and solutions to consider. The addition of “smart technology” to your nonprofit’s technology conversations may seem intimidating or even unfamiliar to the human-centered work that your organization does. So what is smart technology, and what are the benefits for nonprofits?

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 14, 2023

Today at the IMAGINE: Nonprofit conference , Amazon Web Services (AWS) launched the 2023 AWS IMAGINE Grant cycle. Each year, the grant program provides a holistic package of resources, including unrestricted funding, to nonprofit organizations pursuing cloud technology projects for mission impact.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 30, 2023

Nonprofit organizations are increasingly using videos to fundraise, raise awareness, and attract new members or donors. The Media2Cloud on AWS solution in the AWS Solutions Library can help nonprofit organizations store, catalog, and search their video libraries in a way that is cost-effective, and that scales to meet any need.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Many nonprofit organizations rely on video content to spread their missions, boost membership, and raise funds. However, delivering video content to your audience at a large scale can be a daunting task for nonprofit organizations of all sizes. To learn more about Video on Demand on AWS, explore the implementation guide.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 18, 2023

Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT® is a leading customer relationship management (CRM) software used by nonprofits to communicate with donors and drive fundraising programs. With improved data insights, nonprofits can personalize communications with constituents, strengthen donor relationships, enhance operational efficiencies, and more.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 8, 2024

Educause is a nonprofit membership association committed to advancing the strategic use of technology and data to further the promise of higher education. In response, Amazon Web Services (AWS) helped Educause develop a Higher Education Generative AI Readiness Assessment grounded in responsible use.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 27, 2025

This presentation from re:Invent 2024 highlights how the Santa Clara County (SCC) Public Health Department worked with the AWS Professional Services team to implement a collaborative public health data platform. Nonprofits today face a big challenge: Increasing giving to drive more global impact.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Nonprofit organizations (NPOs) and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) focusing on sustainability are dedicated to fostering a healthy environment, preserving our planet, and providing a livable future for upcoming generations. They often lead and implement projects aimed at conserving natural habitats and restoring degraded ecosystems.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Cybersecurity: A top priority I also moderated a fireside chat about implementing an impactful, large-scale cybersecurity strategy with Ryan Murray, chief information security officer of the State of Arizona, and Dr. Bianca Lochner, chief information officer of the City of Scottsdale.

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American City & Country

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Cooperative purchasing is a best practice for public sector agencies, but a new idea for nonprofits. Implementation: Become a member and start integrating cooperative purchasing into your procurement processes. This access to top-tier suppliers enhances the overall quality of procurement for public sector organizations.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Easterseals, DC MD VA is a multifaceted nonprofit organization with the goal of enriching lives and expanding opportunities for children and adults in the Washington DC, Maryland, and Virginia (DMV) area, including people with disabilities and military backgrounds. Learn more about AWS for nonprofits.

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Grant Consulting Services, LLC

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Is your nonprofit organization making a difference? How Nonprofit Programs Impact the Community Are you wondering if there’s still good in the world? Look at nonprofits’ work to help restore your faith in humanity. Catalysts Nonprofit missions are effective because they often begin at the grassroots level.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 5, 2023

When your credit union defines and implements its plans to migrate workloads to the cloud through a digital transformation strategy, it can result in additional features and capabilities for your members. Like spinning a heavy flywheel, growth is difficult to achieve and maintain.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

Many nonprofit organizations need to provide their donors, members, and beneficiaries with relevant information that they can access from anywhere. For example, nonprofit healthcare providers often need to provide their members with information about how to make the most of healthcare benefits such as Medicare and Medicaid.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 21, 2024

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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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Additional contextual data regarding wildfire fuel from First Street Foundation Wildfire Model First Street Foundation, a nonprofit research and technology group, supplies 30 meter resolution data on wildfire hazards. If thermal imagery is available, consider implementing an ensemble approach to improve model performance and confidence.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

MARCH 31, 2023

Funders and nonprofits – two sides to a very important coin. Sure, nonprofits would not last long without the resources provided by individual donors, foundations, corporations, and (in some cases) government agencies. Nonprofits do so much above and beyond the services provided by our governmental agencies. Site visits happen.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

AUGUST 14, 2022

As I’m in the business of teaching grant writing online and I want my students to have incredible success , I think a lot about how to learn as a nonprofit professional. Since I started in 2016, I’ve had the opportunity to teach thousands of nonprofit leaders. Know when to turn off the fire hose. In some ways, this is great.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

MAY 1, 2024

If hearing about nonprofit budgets makes you cringe a little ( or a lot ), keep reading. In 2024, the grant landscape for nonprofits has evolved significantly, emphasizing the need for meticulous financial planning and transparent budgeting to meet funder expectations. We’ve got you.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 18, 2025

Digital public infrastructure (DPI) is a phrase regularly referenced by public sector institutions, strategic influencers, social sector organizations, nonprofits, and global CEOs as a transformational approach to leapfrogging citizen progress at scale. The following image illustrates the process flow for implementing the solution.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 15, 2024

With its ease of implementation and our ability to rapidly stand up new deployments of Amazon Connect, we are meeting our customer needs for speed, innovation, new capabilities, and cost reduction,” said David Hammond, senior manager of the AWS Alliance at Peraton.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 11, 2022

If I asked 100 nonprofit leaders how they solve problems in their nonprofits, I bet that 90 or more of them would say something about taking action. The entire nonprofit sector, it seems, is driven by this go, go, go mentality. Step 3: Identify the changes you need to make to implement the best possible solution.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 9, 2023

At AWS re:Invent 2022, I connected with inspiring customers around the world who are using the cloud to drive innovation in government, education, nonprofit, space, and healthcare. In South Korea, cafeterias implementing ZWZH reduced overall food waste by an average of 30%, while on-plate food waste was reduced by up to 42%.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Today is Giving Tuesday, one of the most important days of the year for the nonprofit sector. I know the nonprofit end-of-year responsibilities can be a lot to juggle, so this post is penned in appreciation of all you do and with the hopes of helping you keep your head above water. Take care of yourself and your team. Your next steps.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The India-based nonprofit ShikshaLokam used Amazon ECS to build a reliable and scalable platform to provide on-demand digital learning and improvement programs to 150,000 public education leaders in India. For example, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) Tax Division built a remote telework application in six weeks using Amazon ECS.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Managing multiple grant applications at once can be challenging for even seasoned nonprofit professionals. In this post, we will explore four software tools your nonprofit can leverage to better manage your ongoing grant applications: Your CRM. For example, most nonprofits will need grant management software that comes equipped with:

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 18, 2024

AWS offers the Automated Security Response on AWS solution , which is an open source implementation of automated response and remediation. For more about how AWS helps nonprofits achieve their missions, visit the AWS for Nonprofits hub. Otherwise, contact the AWS public sector sales team directly for more information.

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A Library Writer's Blog

JULY 17, 2023

Call for Papers Nonprofits, Public Policy, and Migration Crises Guest Editors: Anna Domaradzka, University of Warsaw Shawn Flanigan, San Diego State University Tania Haddad, American University of Beirut Nonprofit Policy Forum invites papers for a special issue on Nonprofits, Public Policy, and Migration Crises.

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Partnership for Public Service

MARCH 18, 2025

The Senior Executive Service provides a critical leadership link between politically appointed agency leaders who execute the presidents priorities and career civil servants who implement those priorities and carry out directives from Congress in line with their agencys mission.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2022

As a winner of the AWS IMAGINE Grant in 2020, JDRF received unrestricted funding, AWS Promotional Credit, and guidance from AWS technical specialists to begin implementing this project. Learn more about how AWS supports nonprofits at the AWS for Nonprofits hub. D 2 Platform leverages AWS to power T1D research.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2024

The American College of Radiology (ACR) is a nonprofit organization and world leader supporting the radiology community. Before implementing the solution on AWS, ACR was managing an on-premises solution, which consisted of a large SAS server and a storage area network (SAN). Going forward, they plan to implement a Phase 2 strategy.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 6, 2023

health is a healthcare technology ( HealthTech ) nonprofit that uses geospatial artificial intelligence (GeoAI) to improve the quality of healthcare. With the implementation of the data lake architecture, we generate insights that inform healthcare decisions instantaneously—allowing decisions to be informed by more current information.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2023

How AWS and AWS Partners can help unlock more value from your data AWS provides a comprehensive set of data capabilities designed to help government, education, nonprofit, and healthcare organizations analyze and interpret data, optimize data strategy, and break down silos. Amazon Web Services (AWS) and AWS Partners can help fill that gap.

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Grant Central USA

AUGUST 24, 2023

In this quick guide, we unveil five crucial tips that will empower nonprofits to secure vital funding opportunities effectively. What is the importance of grant writing for nonprofits? Grant writing for nonprofits is a critical component to secure necessary funding and advance their mission.

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Grant Central USA

AUGUST 24, 2023

In this quick guide, we unveil five crucial tips that will empower nonprofits to secure vital funding opportunities effectively. What is the importance of grant writing for nonprofits? Grant writing for nonprofits is a critical component to secure necessary funding and advance their mission.

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