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    Where You Can Donate to Help Fill the Gaps Left by Foreign Aid Cuts

    Vox Mar 13, 2025

    The president took away life-saving aid. You can give some of it back.

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    What 10 Years of Collaborative Giving Teaches Us

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Mar 13, 2025

    Collaborative giving has surged over the past 10 years.

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    The Ongoing Struggle for LGBTQ+ Rights and Collective Liberation

    Pride Foundation Mar 12, 2025

    Whenever I’m faced with a hard decision or a question that seems to have both endless answers and no right answer, Jeanette Winterson’s words, “What you risk reveals what you value” from Written on the Body echo in my head, urging me to dig deeper into what is really at the heart of it.

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  • What is a Giving Circle?

    Philanthropy Together Mar 12, 2025

    Video Transcript What is a Giving Circle? A Giving Circle brings a group of people with shared values together to make social change. Individuals pool their time and money and…

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  • The Impact of Collaborative Philanthropy in Strengthening Democracy and Civil Society

    Giving Compass Mar 12, 2025

    Collaborative philanthropy has long been a powerful tool for fostering resilience and sustainability. Now, as political landscapes and civil societies shift, it’s even more critical. The 2019 report, Sustaining Civil…

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  • How Nonprofits Can Build Trust with Muslim Donors During Ramadan

    The Conversation Mar 12, 2025

    As Muslims fast from dawn to dusk during Ramadan, an important aspect of their faith is their role as stewards of God on Earth. One way Muslims do this is…

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    6 Percent Payout: Behind the Shift at MacArthur Foundation

    MacArthur Foundation Mar 4, 2025

    We at MacArthur believe it is time to tap our reserves to get more money flowing. We will immediately commit to increase our charitable payout to at least 6 percent for 2025 and 2026, and where possible, use flexible, trust-based models for our charitable gifts.

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    Implementing Big Ideas to Promote Sustainable Development

    Brookings Mar 3, 2025

    This report shares updates from the 2024 annual 17 Rooms flagship process, which seeks to support “big ideas” for people and planet…

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    Private Foundations’ Giving Increases in Light of Federal Funding Cuts

    Observer Feb 28, 2025

    The MacArthur Foundation is among the philanthropic organizations ramping up annual giving to counter a growing funding “crisis.”…

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    Investing in Agroecology for Food Systems Transformation

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Feb 20, 2025

    How philanthropy can help build a more resilient and equitable food system through agroecology…

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    Mackenzie Scott Gifts Without Strings Work, Finds 3-Year Study

    CBS News Feb 20, 2025

    New research from the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) found that the uncommon size and lack of restrictions of MacKenzie Scott’s charitable gifts have not only helped those nonprofits become more financially stable but has enabled them to increase the scope of their impact.

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  • Why Donors Must Listen First in Times of Crisis

    Center for Effective Philanthropy Feb 18, 2025

    The speed and intensity of the unprecedented attacks on the nonprofit and public sectors unleashed in the first month of President Trump’s second administration has been staggering. Funders must act quickly to stand by…

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