"'Non-profit-like' Tongue Twister or Aspiration?"
As private and corporate giving increasingly pushes nonprofits to be more businesslike, Paul Light reminds us of the value of nonprofitness - high performing in pursuit of the collective or public good.

Executive Summary: The High Tech Donor Study
This study provides an in depth analysis of philanthropy from high-tech donors. Covered is the new trend toward venture philanthropy and characteristics of high tech donors.

Grassroots Tech Help
Nonprofit Express's Todd Cohen reports on the new Project Alchemy initiative (backed by four foundations) to provide technology assistance to small grassroots groups in the Pacific Northwest. (Free registration with Nonprofit Express is required to view this article.)

Goal: Stronger Nonprofits: How to "do" capacity building
Foundation News & Commentary writer Lee Draper discusses how venture philanthropy has brought renewed interest in helping nonprofits manage themselves.

Making Waves: Stories of Participatory Communication for Social Change
Rockefeller Foundation has found that much of the ideal communication processes that involve people could be found in a number of grassroots experiences in a variety of forms in many developing countries.

NPower Business Plan
This plan documents the need for a new non-profit technology assistance provider for organizations in the Puget Sound area. An incredible model for other communities.

The Promise of Venture Philanthropy
In this keynote address, Surdna Foundation's Executive Director, Ed Skloot discusses how venture philanthropy is changing the sector. Skloot encourages organizations to adapt to the world of commerce and take advantage of new wealth and new technology in order to promulgate the values of the nonprofit sector.

Communications Funding
Visit Benton's list of funders that support communications technology initiatives.