It was the day off for the Partners in Equestrian Therapy volunteers. Six tech developers from Cal Poly’s Hack4Impact stood on the ranch grounds, hay scattered. The smell of manure perfumed the area. The monotonous pattering of rain was occasionally interrupted by horses braying in the stables. The Partners in Equestrian Therapy, a nonprofit focused […]
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City of San Luis Obispo offers $100,000 total in grants to nonprofits
The City of San Luis Obispo has allocated a total of $100,000 to be distributed as $4,000 grants to help support events put on by nonprofit organizations in San Luis Obispo. “The events range from different types of experiences like conferences, concerts that first and foremost help benefit and support the residents in our community, […]
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Cal Poly student software developers partner with nonprofits to develop tools for change
Cal Poly students are building free software for nonprofits with the hope of recentering the technology community around social impact. Hack4Impact is a national organization that connects students with nonprofits through software development. Students identify and create software solutions, such as building a website, for nonprofits who may not have sufficient resources to do so. […]
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Guest commentary: Cal Poly Corp. records should be transparent
Institutions sheltered from taxes should be transparent. Period. Let’s all work together to get rid of obscure auxiliary organizations and make this a better, more affordable and more transparent place to go to school.