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    Funding Global South Technological Innovation and Leadership

    Alliance Magazine Aug 15, 2025

    The Global South is leading on technological innovation for itself. Yet philanthropy continues to fund Global North ‘tech transfer models’ and ignore what’s already happening in the communities it resources.

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  • Translating Your Philanthropic Objectives Into Action [Video]

    National Center for Family Philanthropy Aug 15, 2025

    Understand your purpose, your role, and your context and how to use those elements to build an effective social impact strategy. This primer will help you and your family build…

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  • Giving Vehicles and Structures [Video]

    National Center for Family Philanthropy Aug 15, 2025

    Learn which factors to consider and how to select a philanthropic vehicle, or suite of vehicles, that supports your giving goals. Choosing the right vehicle(s) for your family philanthropy can…

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  • Newsfluencers: The Role of Creators in a Changing Local Media Landscape

    Social Currant and New Media Ventures Aug 15, 2025

    It’s no secret: the way people get their news is changing fast. According to Pew Research Center, one in five Americans now say they regularly get their news from influencers…

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    Foundations Are Increasingly Self-Censoring, Study Indicates

    Nonprofit Quarterly Aug 13, 2025

    A study reveals that major US foundations remained silent or scrubbed DEI content from their websites in response to Trump.

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    10 Questions to Help Funders Turn Uncertainty Into Action

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Aug 13, 2025

    Ten questions to help unsure funders get unstuck and take strategic action now.

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    How Impact Accounting Risks Reinforcing Global Inequity

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Aug 11, 2025

    Is water in Sweden really 25 times more valuable than water in Mauritania?

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    Closing the Intention-Action Gap on Climate Philanthropy by Identifying Your Giving Archetype

    Ideas42 Aug 7, 2025

    As we inch closer to Giving Season, our team wondered: Can themed reflection quizzes turn passion into action?

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    How Funders Can Lead with Their Voice and Influence

    National Center for Family Philanthropy Aug 4, 2025

    Funders can use their voice and influence to amplify their grantmkaing, something that is particularly important as nonprofits face a dearth of funds.

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    How Women’s Inherited Wealth Will Drive Social Impact

    Forbes Jul 31, 2025

    Women stand to inherit 70% of about $124tn in “the great wealth transfer” over the next 5-30 years. That shifts the economic-political-cultural power dynamics.Here’s how…

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    Why the Social Impact Sector Needs AI‑Native Innovation

    Fast Company Jul 31, 2025

    A manifesto for funding AI-native nonprofits It’s time to admit it: Too much of the social impact sector is still funding yesterday’s solutions while claiming to advance towards a better tomorrow. I’ve been in this sector since I was a teenager—first as a volunteer, then a builder, and now the …

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    Shifting from Transactions to Transformation in Rural Philanthropy

    Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society Jul 30, 2025

    Kim Garner serves as the Merced Regional Director at the Central Valley Opportunity Fund, a donor-advised fund housed within the Central Valley Community Foundation.Based in Merced, a small rural city where the nonprofit ecosystem is still taking shape, Kim supports grassroots organizations tackling…

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