NPower NY a Grand Prize Winner in National Business Plan Competition :: PNNOnline :: the nonprofit news and information resource

NPower NY a Grand Prize Winner in National Business Plan Competition :: PNNOnline :: the nonprofit news and information resource: "NPower NY a Grand Prize Winner in National Business Plan Competition
Posted by: emilyd on Friday, June 17, 2005


Topic Special Features


NPower NY was named as one of four grand prize winners in the National Business Plan Competition for Nonprofit Organizations sponsored by Yale School of Management -- The Goldman Sachs Foundation Partnership on Nonprofit Ventures.


Nearly 500 nonprofit organizations from across the country entered business plans in the competition. NPower NY�s proposal focused on NPower Basic, an affordable package of hardware, software and technical support services for nonprofits, which is currently in the pilot stage. Central to the design of NPower Basic is its employment of graduates from its Technology Service Corps program (TSC). The Technology Service Corps program trains 18-25 year olds from low-income communities on a suite of technology and professional skills, provides 'real world' work experience through its internship program and community-service events; and places graduates in the nonprofit sector as junior IT administrators. "