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    Institutional Philanthropy Boosts Giving in Response to Development Aid Cuts

    The Bridgespan Group Sep 9, 2025

    The Bridgespan Group’s services include strategy consulting and advising, sourcing and diligence, and leadership team support. We take what we learn from this work, identify best practices and innovative ideas, and share them with the social sector.

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    Collecting Data on How Nonprofits and Foundations Navigate Uncertainty

    The Center for Effective Philanthropy Sep 9, 2025

    Phil Buchanan and Elisha Smith Arrillaga discuss forthcoming CEP research on the current context and the importance of listening to nonprofits.

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    The Morris Model: A Blueprint for Rural Clean Energy

    Brookings Sep 8, 2025

    Morris, Minnesota, a rural place on the edge of the prairie, is at the forefront of environmental sustainability. In this episode, Tony Pipa visits Morris to discover how its residents and local leaders have set aside partisan politics to build powerful, trusted partnerships to invest in clean…

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    The Lawsuit That Saved a Study on Learning to Read

    The Hechinger Report Sep 8, 2025

    The Trump administration tried to kill the largest reading experiment ever funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s research arm — just months before the yearslong study was complete. The administration agreed to finish the research only after it was sued.

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    Early Wealth Building as a Public Policy Imperative

    The Aspen Institute Sep 8, 2025

    Aspen FSP’s Senior Policy Advisor Ray Boshara shares about his work to create a universal early wealth building policy in the U.S.

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  • Federal Cuts Disrupt Decades of Nonprofit-Government Partnership

    SFGate Sep 5, 2025

    Dawn Price signs rent checks worth about $160,000 every month for 79 people that her nonprofit helps house in Laguna Beach, California. Usually, she logs into an online portal to withdraw enough from an account funded by a grant from the federal housing agency. But in February, she couldn’t. Access …

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    Building Resilient Child Care Systems Through Data and Collaboration

    Urban Institute Sep 4, 2025

    Hartford, Connecticut, models how cities can use data and community insights to inform strategies to improve child care and early learning systems.

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    Infant Mortality Rises in States with Restrictive Abortion Laws

    The Conversation Sep 4, 2025

    A new study found that, on average, infant deaths increased by more than 7% in states with laws that limited abortions.

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    Budget Cuts Threaten the Global Goal of Eradicating Polio

    Global Citizen Sep 4, 2025

    Progress against polio is at risk, and Germany’s funding cuts could help fuel a comeback unless urgent action is taken. We spoke with WHO to break it all down.

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    The Return of Traffic Stops as a Pipeline for Immigration Arrests

    The Marshall Project Sep 4, 2025

    Even without a formal agreement for police to help with immigration enforcement, the ways local and federal agencies work can result in ICE arrests.

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    Immigrant Students Face Fear and Lost Protections

    Chalkbeat Sep 3, 2025

    Immigration raids have made headlines. But the administration is also pursuing changes aimed at depriving immigrant students of safe, engaging learning environments, writes Misti Kemmer.

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    Sustaining Civic Technology Beyond the Funding Cycle

    Alliance Magazine Sep 3, 2025

    Across Latin America, a familiar pattern plays out again and again: philanthropic donors excited by civic technology give small, time-bound grants to develop prototypes, and then watch those prototypes quietly disappear when the grant ends.

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