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    Examining the Potential Harm of Companies Scaling Up

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Mar 3, 2022

    I’m sure that John List did not intend for his new book, The Voltage Effect: How to Make Good Ideas Great and Great Ideas Scale, to raise foundational questions about American…

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    Guidance for Donors: What to Know to Support Ukraine

    Charity and Security Network Mar 2, 2022

    Giving Compass’ Take: • This issue brief provides background information on Russia-Ukraine sanctions and recommendations for donors on how to best support civil society efforts in the region.  • How do you…

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    A Guide to Advocacy Capacity Review

    The Aspen Institute Feb 26, 2022

    Giving Compass’ Take: • The Aspen Institute built this guide to Advocacy Capacity Review based on the Hewlett Foundation’s grant-making strategy to support family planning and reproductive health advocacy in SubSaharan Africa.  •…

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    Mo-Mentum: Why Mo Ibrahim Focuses on Governance in Philanthropy

    Chandler Foundation Feb 23, 2022

    Mo Ibrahim has just given US$ 5m to the recently retired president of the West African nation of Niger, one of the world’s most impoverished countries. Not everyone thinks this…

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    What Donors Should Know About Feedback and Equity

    Feedback Labs Feb 22, 2022

    Nonprofits, funders, and partners working to meaningfully engage the people at the heart of their work and advance equity can consider the following observations gleaned from our work with the…

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    An Inclusive Approach to Grantmaking

    Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy

    Prior to the establishment of the Bosch Community Fund in 2011, Bosch in North America maintained a corporate contributions program to support the communities where we have a presence. The…

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    How Solutions Journalism Can Change the Conversation

    Chandler Foundation Feb 20, 2022

    What is News? For too long, journalists have defined news as “what’s wrong.” Journalism’s theory of change is “Society will get better when we reveal problems that need fixing.” ‍…

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    Asking the Right Questions to Make a Greater Impact in Overlooked Communities

    The Center for Effective Philanthropy Feb 15, 2022

    As a leader of a global anti-human trafficking organization serving some of the most underserved populations, I am energized by my sensitivity to others’ needs. This empathy compels me to…

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    Building a Bold Future: A Conversation with Tonya Allen [Audio]

    Minneapolis Foundation Feb 12, 2022

    Tonya Allen, president of the McKnight Foundation, is all about being bold. Chanda spoke with Tonya about building and sharing power, and how that relates to one’s ability to rewrite…

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    Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Is The New Advocacy

    NonProfit Quarterly

    Diversity, equity, and inclusion are three words perpetually bound together in our modern lexicon to convey the ideal components of a fair and just society. In theory, they provide a…

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    Funders Share Stories of Change, Part Three: Listening, Collaboration, & Systems Change

    The Center for Effective Philanthropy Feb 8, 2022

    This is part three of a CEP blog series in which leaders from eight foundations shared — in their own words — the most important changes they have made at…

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    How Foundations Can Shift Power to Build Power

    NCRP Feb 6, 2022

    The staff at the Pink House Foundation (PHF) have really done their colleagues an invaluable service by detailing their racial justice efforts on the editorial pages of Inside Philanthropy. In Answering…

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