Join us for the San Francisco Net Tuesday on September 9:
Involver: How Nonprofits Can Create Video Campaigns for Social Networks.
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation is pleased to be working with Netsquared to be a part of enhancing the capacity of emerging leaders from organizations to be more efficient in serving various communities through Web-based nonprofit innovations.
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation was established in 1930 "to help people help themselves through the practical application of knowledge and resources to improve their quality of life and that of future generations." Its programming activities center around the common vision of a world in which each person has a sense of worth; accepts responsibility for self, family, community, and societal well-being; and has the capacity to be productive, and to help create nurturing families, responsive institutions, and healthy communities.
The Community Technology Foundation of California (CTFC) encourages the design and integration of networking technology and its application to improve social and economic conditions. Fundamental to our mission is the idea of collaboration, inclusion and accessibility which is why we are proud to support the Net² conference. The Net² conference will be addressing nonprofit web innovation and working towards a goal of using the web for social change.
CTFC is a statewide public foundation dedicated to increasing access to and use of information and telecommunications technology by underserved communities, including communities of color, low-income, disabled, immigrant, limited English proficient, rural and inner-city communities, seniors and at-risk youth. We view technology not as an end in itself, but as the key that unlocks communication, knowledge, and access to services that promote social justice, improve critical educational and economic development, and cultural dimensions of community life. To learn more, please visit http://www.zerodivide.org
Surdna is a family foundation established in 1917 by John Emory Andrus. The foundation makes grants in the areas of environment, community revitalization, effective citizenry, the arts and the nonprofit sector, with annual grantmaking of approximately $37 million.
Make Change! Trust proudly supports NetSquared’s mission to drive social change through the provision of Web technologies for nonprofits.
Make Change! Trust provides donations and grants to organizations committed to leveraging modern technologies to assist other nonprofits and needy populations. MC!T believes that providing cash and resources to nonprofits so they can better pursue their work is fundamental to advancing social change.
The Trust applauds NetSquared and the project nominees in their mutual endeavor to Make Change!
Omidyar Network is proud to support NetSquared's collaborative, problem-solving approach to increasing the impact of Web-based innovations.
Omidyar Network is a mission-based organization committed to unleashing human potential on a global scale. Established in 2004 by Pierre and Pam Omidyar, the organization builds and sustains environments that enable individuals to tap their own potential to make life better for themselves and others. Omidyar Network funds businesses and nonprofit organizations that promote equal access to information, tools and opportunities; connections around shared interests; and a sense of ownership for participants. To learn more about Omidyar Network and the organizations it has funded, please visit http://www.omidyar.net
Silicon Valley Community Foundation is pleased to sponsor and support TechSoup’s Net Squared as part of its commitment to being a leading voice and catalyst for innovative solutions to the region’s most challenging problems. The foundation was created in 2006 through the landmark merger of Peninsula Community Foundation and Community Foundation Silicon Valley, and launched in January 2007. Serving all of San Mateo and Santa Clara counties the community foundation is a partner and resource to organizations improving the quality of life in our region, and to those who want to give back locally, nationally and internationally. Thousands of individuals, families, corporations, nonprofit and government organizations, and community leaders work with us to address critical needs and make an impact through effective programs and inspired philanthropy.
The Sunlight Foundation is proud to support NetSquared in its mission to spur the nonprofit and NGO community to seize the empowering capabilities of the Internet to increase their impact and achieve social change.
The Sunlight Foundation, a 501 (c)(3) educational organization, was founded in January 2006 with the goal of using the revolutionary power of the Internet and new information technology to enable citizens to learn more about what Congress and their elected representatives are doing, and thus help reduce corruption, ensure greater transparency and accountability by government, and foster public trust in the vital institutions of democracy. We are unique in that technology and the power of the Internet are at the core of every one of our efforts.
The Mozilla Foundation was established in July 2003
as a California not-for-profit corporation dedicated to the public benefit. The Mozilla Corporation was subsequently established in August 2005 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Foundation to coordinate the development and marketing of Mozilla technologies and products, including the popular Firefox Web browser.
The Mozilla Foundation is guided by the principles of the Mozilla Manifesto.
The Nord Family Foundation thanks those who have designed the NetSquared program and articulated a clear vision of making these web-based tools accessible to our fellow citizens in the nonprofit sector who serve those who survive on the margins of the worlds unprecedented wealth. Affordable social web tools hold great promise to enhance the quality of their programs to those in need. We are proud and humbled to be able to assist in gathering wonderfully creative minds that share the desire to reach these goals.
The Nord Family Foundation, in the tradition of its founders, Walter and Virginia Nord, strives to build community through support of projects that bring opportunity to the disadvantaged, strengthen the bond of families and improve the quality of people’s lives.












