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Click here for more.Leveraging Modern Giving Technology for a Strategic Approach to Philanthropy
Alliance Magazine Oct 21, 2025The philanthropic sector stands at a critical crossroad.Nonprofit organisations of all sizes are frantic as Washington begins to pull back approximately $250 billion in annual grants, while the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), ……
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Click here for more.Improving Nonprofit Communications to Advance Human Rights Advocacy
Alliance Magazine Oct 16, 2025When thinking about human rights challenges, communications don’t always come to mind.So it was music to my ears to hear Samantha Power at the Innovations in International Philanthropy Symposium extol the importance of communications ……
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PEAK Grantmaking Oct 15, 2025Every strategic conversation we have with our community could end with an invitation to invest.
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Click here for more.Why Nonprofits Must Take the Lead on AI Policy
The Center for Effective Philanthropy Oct 15, 2025Lowell Weiss makes the case that the social sector must engage with AI and in the debates shaping AI use and protections.
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National Center for Family Philanthropy Oct 15, 2025Capacity-building has long been a way for funders to supplement their traditional grants, boost nonprofit effectiveness, and ultimately help nonprofits be more……
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Click here for more.Racial Equity in Lean Foundations: Identifying Ongoing Gaps and Progress
Exponent Philanthropy Oct 14, 2025Philanthropy thrives when it listens, learns, and evolves to meet the needs of the communities it serves. In recent years, lean funders have increasingly recognized that racial equity is not an optional add-on but central to their mission, regardless of focus area.
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The Charlotte Observer Oct 9, 2025Philanthropy runs through Charlotte’s veins. For decades, the city’s culture of giving has left its fingerprints on some of the most robust and …
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HistPhil Oct 8, 2025Editors’ Note: Nicole P. Marwell and Jennifer E. Mosley discuss their new book, Mismeasuring Impact: How Randomized Controlled Trials Threaten the Nonprofit Sector (Stanford University Press, 2025). Recent scholarship has offered varying interpretations of what the appropriate function of…
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Global Funders Pull Back Amidst US Policy Uncertainty
Devex Oct 8, 2025The U.S. Treasury Department joined GEF-9 talks amid the government shutdown, signaling a focus on biodiversity over climate funding.
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Urban Institute Oct 7, 2025The survey can illuminate the impact of policy changes on the nonprofit sector, including disruptions to government funding this year.
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Click here for more.Funders’ Hesitance Around AI Stems From Issues with Evaluating AI Projects, Report Finds
The Center for Effective Philanthropy Oct 6, 2025How should funders evaluate AI projects? An AI nonprofit leader shares advice for funders — including that they don’t need to be AI experts.
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