Non-Profit

FROG: Building a Not-For-Profit On the Very Cheap

Authored by Guy Kawasaki on June 18, 2007 - 9:13am.
In the spirit of the $12,107.09 startup, check out this blog on how some folks started FROG, an organization to help Guyana (no relation to me), on the very cheap. It includes a great list of free/cheap apps to use. Lots to admire and learn here.

NovaLogic to Donate Portion of "Delta Force" Game Sales

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 6, 2006 - 3:42pm.
Los Angeles - Game publisher NovaLogic on Wednesday said it will provide a portion of the sales of its "Delta Force Black Hawk Down: Team Sabre" title for PlayStation 2 to The Special Operations Warrior Foundation. The nonprofit provides scholarship grants and educational counseling to the children of Special Operations personnel who were killed in an operational mission or training accident.

Liemandt Foundation Posts Educational Game Contest Titles Online

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 5, 2006 - 3:25pm.
Austin, Texas - The Liemandt Foundation, a nonprofit that operates the "Hidden Agenda" educational video game development contest for college students, announced that winning games from the past years of the contest are now available online for play by middle school students. The betas versions of the games teach school subjects like science and math. The winning collegiate development team that created each title was awarded $25,000 from the contest.

The World's Biggest Short Film

Authored by Rohit Bhargava on September 21, 2006 - 8:35am.

I2m_1secondfilm For anyone who ever wanted to be listed on the closing credits of a film, your chance has arrived online.  The 1 Second Film is a nonprofit collaborative film project that has stated a single simple aim ... to create "The World's Biggest Short Film."  To do it, the project is enlisting donations of $1 or more from anyone and everyone.  Each donor will be listed as a Producer in the 90 minute long credits of the film, in order based on amount of donation.  The actual 1 second film will consist of an animated sequence of images taken from 12 giant 5ft by 9ft paintings, each of which was individually directed and contributed to by hundreds of artists in March of 2001.