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The competition and the conference were created by TechSoup (http://www.techsoup.org), a nonprofit that helps the global nonprofit community acquire and use technology to fulfill their missions.

The conference attendees and online voters assessed the projects on the basis of their technological innovation, financial sustainability, and social benefit.

The winning projects will share half of a $100,000 cash award, with the other 18 finalists dividing the balance of the award funds.

In addition, all of the finalists are eligible for substantial in-kind support donated by the newly formed NetSquared Innovator Support Network to help them turn their visions into realities.

Hundreds of people and organizations participated, in a wide variety of ways and brought a tremendous span of resources to the table.

We hope and expect that they will multiply and that the support base for Web-driven social enterprises will be immensely strengthened."

"Next, in the short term, cash always helps, and Maplight.org, Miro Open Source, Open Standards Video, and The Freecycle Network convinced a tough crowd that they stood out among extremely challenging competition.

The conference is also supported by the following organizations: Aspiration Technology Community Technology Foundation of California; Full Circle Fund Kellogg Foundation; Make Change Trust; Mozilla Foundation; Nonprofit Finance Fund; Nord Foundation; Omidyar Network; Silicon Valley Community Foundation; Sunlight Foundation; and Surdna Foundation.

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