1. Featured Website: Dotorgessentials.com
2. Featured Beehive Section: The buzz
3. Tech Tip
4. CTCNet announces scholarships to the 2004 CTCNet Conference
5. Compassion Capital Fund Announces Next Grant Round
6. August 13 Deadline for Nonprofit Technology Grants

1. Featured Website: www.dotorgessentials.com

Dot.orgEssentials is a monthly online journal that provides valuable, current information to help non-profit organizations create a strong Internet presence. This month's dot.orgEssentials issue is "Maintaining Your Web Site." Check it out today!

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2. Featured Beehive Section: The buzz

The buzz is the Beehive's free monthly email newsletter that you can sign up for today! Each month, a specific topic is selected that will provide you with national and local information on important issues like money, schools, jobs and more. Just go to www.thebeehive.org/philly, scroll to the bottom of the page and enter your email address and zip code. You'll be signed up shortly afterwards.

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3. Tech Tip

Here are a couple tips for better results while searching the World Wide Web. Search for specific phrases by using quotes. Simply put whatever phrase you’re looking for in quotes and press search. For example, technology grants without quotes returns close to 5 million results. But by using quotes the search will return a much more manageable 35 thousand hits.

You can take it a step further and use Boolean logic operators, “And” or “Not”, + & - respectively. “And” is inclusive and “Not” is exclusive. Use +Pennsylvania to include Pennsylvania in your search. Use –Florida to remove Florida from your searches. Say you’re looking for technology grants and want to narrow the search to grants around your neighborhood. You could search like this. “Technology Grants” +Pennsylvania –Florida to search for the phrase technology grants that includes with it Pennsylvania and excludes any Florida references.

University of Albany has a great website further explaining Boolean logic operators. Check it out here: http://library.albany.edu/internet/boolean.html

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4. CTCNet announces scholarships to the 2004 CTCNet Conference

CTCNet announces scholarships to the 2004 CTCNet Conference, June 11-13 (with Pre-Conference Events June 10) in Seattle, Washington at the DoubleTree Hotel Seattle Airport
(www.ctcnet.org/conf/2004/)

CTCNet is dedicated to expanding opportunities to participate in our conference. Through the support of Microsoft, CTCNet will select U.S. and International Microsoft Scholars. These scholarships are intended to allow community technology practitioners & clients to attend the conference who would otherwise be unable to attend.

U.S. Microsoft Scholars:

CTCNet will award ten (10) conference scholarships in the amount of $500 (in addition to free registration, valued at $230) to CTCNet Members located in the U.S. Scholarships to the 2004 CTCNet Conference are made possible by the generous support of Microsoft Corporation.

Application Deadline: May 5th, 2004 5:00pm EST

Application Process: Instructions and Application Form are at
www.ctcnet.org/conf/2004/attending/scholarships.htm

Eligibility:

-Must be staff, board member or volunteer at a CTCNet Member organization
-Must demonstrate need, e.g. barriers preventing organization from funding attendance

Criteria:

CTCNet especially encourages applications from individuals who:
-Participate in a regional or local community technology consortium
-Have never attended a CTCNet conference, or have attended only one CTCNet conference
-Reside in a region that is under-represented in CTCNet's membership (Southwest, Rocky Mountain region, South)
-Are engaged in programs related to Community Development, including affordable/subsidized housing; microenterprise & small business development; community asset-mapping; and community networking
-Represent former PowerUP grantees

Scholarship Conditions:

All scholarship awardees will be asked to do the following:
-Provide a 1-3 page post-conference report describing what you learned and how you will utilize the information & resources obtained at the conference to better serve your organization and community
-Complete the Conference Evaluation to help CTCNet continue to improve the conference

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5. Compassion Capital Fund Announces Next Grant Round

The Compassion Capital Fund helps faith-based and community organizations increase their effectiveness and enhance their ability to provide social services to serve those most in need. The Compassion Capital Fund administers two grant programs: the Demonstration Program and the Targeted Capacity Building Program. www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ccf/

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6. August 13 Deadline for Nonprofit Technology Grants

SBC Foundation: Excelerator Grant Program
The SBC Excelerator Grant Program provides grants to help nonprofit organizations integrate technology into their ongoing operations and community outreach. The program will award $5 million in competitive technology-related grants to help organizations in the SBC 13-state service area, build stronger communities.
Click here for the program's geographic score and application details.

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