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    5 Tips to Boost Donors’ Support for New or Underfunded Issues

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Oct 28, 2025

    Five ways to engage philanthropists and advocates in early-stage or overlooked causes, such as intensive animal agriculture, that have outsized potential for impact.

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    Improving Access to Long-Term Capacity Building for Nonprofits and Funders

    AVPN Oct 28, 2025

    Nonprofits across Asia have long faced resource gaps and fragmented support systems. Through the ImpactCollab Capacity-Building Platform, AVPN, with support from the Ford Foundation, is addressing the emerging capacity-building needs that are critical for nonprofits to create lasting impact.

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    A Global Living Wage Could Be the Next Big Idea in International Development

    Alliance Magazine Oct 27, 2025

    The foundation of today’s global economic system, namely the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group, was established in 1944 through the Bretton Woods Agreement.Both agencies were initially tasked with regulating the international ……

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    Decolonial Thought in Brazilian Philanthropy: Embracing Relationality and Local Knowledge

    Alliance Magazine Oct 24, 2025

    The accumulation of wealth in Brazil, a country marked by deep inequalities, has always been tied to practices rooted in the history of colonialism. To explore philanthropy in Brazil is, inevitably, to speak of colonialism.

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    How Can Philanthropy Effectively Support Frontline Climate Justice Leaders?

    Mongabay Oct 24, 2025

    Philanthropy should support frontline leaders in times of crisis, become more movement-oriented, and learn from frontline communities.

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    Private Donors Gave Over $125M to Maintain Foreign Aid Programs After Federal Cuts

    AP News Oct 24, 2025

    Efforts to back fill some of the cuts to U.S. foreign aid by the Trump administration raised over $125 million in eight months.

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    Philanthropy’s Role in Bridging the Mental Health Funding Gap

    Medscape Oct 24, 2025

    New barriers to mental health care arose after wide grant cancellations at the NIH and NSF. To keep research and funding from grinding to a halt, some foundations and nonprofits are joining forces.

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    Improving Nonprofit Communications to Advance Human Rights Advocacy

    Alliance Magazine Oct 16, 2025

    When 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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    Shifting From a Scarcity to Abundance Mindset to Embrace Philanthropic Capital

    PEAK Grantmaking Oct 15, 2025

    Every strategic conversation we have with our community could end with an invitation to invest.

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    Communities Across 5 States Struggle After Flooding and Landslides in Mexico

    Center for Disaster Philanthropy Oct 15, 2025

    The when, where and how of informed disaster giving…

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    The Why and How of Nonprofit Capacity Building

    National Center for Family Philanthropy Oct 15, 2025

    Capacity-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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    Racial Equity in Lean Foundations: Identifying Ongoing Gaps and Progress

    Exponent Philanthropy Oct 14, 2025

    Philanthropy 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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