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    Federal Scrutiny Impacts Corporate Philanthropy, Forcing Nonprofits to Scale Back

    Forbes Sep 10, 2025

    A new survey of over 80 corporate citizenship and philanthropy leaders at leading U.S. multinational companies say that federal scrutiny of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs has affected their corporate giving…

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    How Philanthropy Can Leverage Disruption to Advance Systems Change

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Sep 9, 2025

    Why philanthropy must see disruption not as a detour but as an opportunity to positively transform systems—and three strategies to lead the way.

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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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    Making Climate Action Happen Means Investing in Workforce Development

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Sep 8, 2025

    Sami Indigenous reindeer herders say they need more geographic flexibility to ensure the animals’ survival.

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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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    Investing in Native Leadership and Frameworks for Giving

    Nonprofit Quarterly Sep 3, 2025

    How can philanthropy support Native people? Money helps, but it also requires rooting giving in values of reciprocity, responsibility, relationships, redistribution, and respect.

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    Digital Storytelling Powers Nonprofit Growth Amidst Funding Cuts

    Fortune Sep 1, 2025

    “If you’re telling those stories,” says Nicole Bronzan, “I can only imagine that people will be more inclined to open up their pocketbooks.”…

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    Investing in Climate Mobility to Prepare for Climate-Driven Displacement

    The Center for Effective Philanthropy Aug 26, 2025

    Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina, learn how communities can build climate mobility infrastructure to support the millions of Americans displaced by climate disasters.

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    Turning Grantee Insights Into Equitable Disaster Recovery

    Center for Disaster Philanthropy Aug 21, 2025

    The when, where and how of informed disaster giving…

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    How Can Philanthropy Help Stabilize Scientific Research?

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Aug 20, 2025

    A new toolkit to reinforce and reinvent American research science in a time of crisis.

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    Catalytic Leadership in Philanthropy: A Call to Action for Lean Funders

    Exponent Philanthropy Aug 20, 2025

    In today’s complex philanthropic landscape, traditional grantmaking often falls short of addressing deep-rooted societal challenges. Many funders devote most of their time to making grants rather than tackling the systems and structures that sustain these problems.

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