Craigslist Foundation
A favorite of Red Room author, founder, and CEO Ivory Madison.
Mission: Craigslist Foundationis a nonprofit organization that produces events and online resources that help emerging nonprofit leaders get established, gain visibility, develop the skills and knowledge required for long-term success, and connect with peers, potential supporters, and valuable industry resources.
Name of founder: Craig Newmark
Year founded: 2000
Accomplishments:
- 2,500 attendants attending nonprofit bootcamps each year between 2006 and 2009earned a ninety-seven percent approval rating.
- Played a small role in the creation of All for Good, an application that distributes volunteer opportunities across the Web and helps people get involved in their communities. As part of the core planning group for All for Good, and continuing as part of the advisory board of Our Good Works (the nonprofit guiding the All for Good Project), the Foundations contributes its perspectives on community, technology, and collaboration.
Profile: Craigslist Foundation doesn't take sides; its mission is to empower and help people connect. As a neutral community catalyst, Craigslist Foundation plays an invaluable role in the nonprofit community by helping:
- Introduce budding leaders to the landscape of possible partners and valuable support resources
- Produce events and resources to train and empower the next generation of nonprofit leaders and social entrepreneurs
- Connect leaders with the peers, potential supporters and resources their organizations need to succeed
- Create networks in specific nonprofit sectors that collaborate and share information among like-minded organizations and the government agencies and corporations that impact their sector
- Create online version of its nonprofit bootcamp
To volunteer, make a donation, or become otherwise involved, please go to the foundation's Get Involved page.
–Huntington W. Sharp, Editor, Red Room
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