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    Bridging the Climate Adaptation Funding Gap

    Alliance Magazine Jul 10, 2025

    As deadly and destructive climate impacts are felt around the world, the need for measures to cope with and respond to the effects of climate change—known as adaptation and resilience—is growing.Extreme events such as ……

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    Retributive Philanthropy: When Giving Becomes a Form of Protest

    Phys.org Jul 7, 2025

    Picture this: A person is so outraged by a company’s actions that instead of writing a complaint, they write a check to a charity that stands in direct opposition. Their donation isn’t just about doing good. It’s about making a point.

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    Why Community Foundations Matter Now More Than Ever

    Alliance Magazine Jul 3, 2025

    In the pursuit of truly radical transformation, community foundations are essential. Institutional philanthropy overlooks this to their own loss. In the ongoing global conversation about the future of philanthropy, two recent publications offer essential insights.

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    Collaborative Funds: Exploring Pathways for Launching and Scaling

    The Center for Effective Philanthropy Jul 3, 2025

    Freedom Fund CEO argues that the way a collaborative fund is launched and who joins along the way matters deeply to its long-term impact.

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    Investing in Local Leaders for Systems Change

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Jul 2, 2025

    Across the globe, humanity is facing a convergence of challenges, including rising inequality, shrinking civic space, climate instability, and growing anti-rights movements. These challenges are deepening just as foreign assistance…

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    Global Development Under Threat: Can the Sector Adapt to Meet the Moment?

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Jul 2, 2025

    Finding a way forward in the global pullback from solidarity…

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    Reimagining Philanthropy as a Catalyst for Systems Change After Aid Cuts

    Alliance Magazine Jul 1, 2025

    As the aid system crashes, a strand of opinion has suggested that philanthropy could step in to compensate for the cuts to funding that this has caused. It is finally dawning on the sector that ……

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    Development Philanthropy Requires Catalytic Collaboration

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Jun 30, 2025

    Between hard bargains and charity, the future requires catalytic collaboration.

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    Grassroots Giving Declines Despite Uptick in Nonprofit Fundraising

    Nonprofit Quarterly Jun 27, 2025

    Even as overall dollars raised by nonprofits increased last year, the number of donors giving dropped for the fourth year in a row.

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    Why Defining the Opposition Is Key to Nonprofit Impact

    Forbes Jun 26, 2025

    A great nonprofit leader needs to do battle with a worthy villain. It’s essential to our narrative.

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    Providing Strategic Support for Nonprofits Navigating Challenges and Change

    Independent Sector Jun 25, 2025

    Chamlee McGuire speaks with us about how Heightened Development is helping nonprofits and social enterprises make a greater impact.

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    Native-Led Funder Provides Grant to Support Well-Being of Girls

    MPR News Jun 25, 2025

    The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community recently announced a partnership with Girls on The Run Minnesota.

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