The Martus Project - Secure Information Management

vijayat — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 21:05:45 -0400

Benetech founder Jim Fruchterman honored as MacArthur Fellow for using technology for social change

Celeste W of studio 501c — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 01:09:43 -0400

Jim Fruchterman was named a MacArthur genius yesterday. You can find links to his blog and to a couple of bloggers who know him at my blog, studio 501c.

Benetech

Lars K — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 14:38:03 -0500

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www.benetech.org

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Benetech is a non-profit venture that combines the impact of technological solutions with the social entrepreneurship business model to help disadvantaged communities in our society and across the world.

The Benetech Initiative is a non-profit venture that provides social benefits by harnessing the power of technology. Benetech delivers these benefits using the new model of social entrepreneurship, which combines market forces with philanthropic capital and entrepreneurial drive. Benetech focuses the efforts of technology and technologists to solve important problems facing society.

Benetech's purpose is to use the high technology model to address pressing social problems. Many great technologies can easily be applied to social needs, but the profitability of such efforts rarely meets the financial expectations of high technology investors. Benetech specifically pursues endeavors that emphasize a strong social, rather than financial, rate of return on investment. Benetech explores the application of technology to social needs in the areas of disability, bridging the digital divide, education, literacy, human rights, employment of the disadvantaged, and the prevention of suffering.

NetSquared, an initiative of TechSoup.org - benetech

The Martus Project - Secure Information Management

Benetech founder Jim Fruchterman honored as MacArthur Fellow for using technology for social change

Benetech

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