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  • How Funders Can Undermine Nonprofits — And How To Do Better

    Chandler Foundation May 14, 2023

    Shaady Salehi, executive director of the Trust-Based Philanthropy Project, on why transparent, trusting relationships between donors and doers are key to achieving impact.95…

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  • How to Improve Climate Funding By Prioritizing Indigenous Communities

    Stanford Social Innovation Review May 14, 2023

    More collaborative approaches are needed to translate pledges into action.

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    More Lean Funders Should Consider General Operating Support

    Exponent Philanthropy May 14, 2023

    When funders give general operating support, also known as gen op grants, they help sustain a nonprofit’s mission, rather than specific programs or projects. Grantees can use these funds to…

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  • How Funders Can Better Support BIPOC Leadership

    Nonprofit Quarterly May 13, 2023

    Much has been written about the wave of incoming BIPOC leadership at nonprofits and about how philanthropy needs to better support these leaders. Yet, we continue to hear that BIPOC nonprofit…

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  • How CTE Can Pave a Pathway to Affordable, Successful Careers

    Forbes May 13, 2023

    Aligning higher education with the needs of the workforce and employers has become a common theme as innovation disrupts the status quo and revolutionizes the labor needs of today’s economy.…

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    Working Together for Equitable Recovery

    Disaster Relief and Recovery Magazine May 13, 2023

    Recently one of our grantee partners in Oklahoma, who has been tracking disasters in the state since March 2015, shared that disasters requiring assistance from outside the local community occur…

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  • How to Center Communities in Your Charitable Giving

    Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors May 12, 2023

    On May 9, 2023, RPA hosted a webinar focused on Philanthropy’s Role in Creating a Just World: Centering People and Communities in Your Giving. The conversation highlighted the ways in which three different foundations center impacted communities in their work.

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  • Measuring Hunger Programs to Increase Food Access

    Stanford Social Innovation Review May 11, 2023

    Despite spending billions on food programs each year, the root causes of hunger remain unaddressed.

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  • Understanding Nutrition and the Environment to Shape a Better Food System

    Food Tank May 11, 2023

    Headlines during the COVID-19 pandemic have highlighted the vulnerability of our food system—far too many people continue to face food shortages or have not had the means to acquire healthy…

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    Lessons for Disaster Preparedness from Puerto Rico

    Disaster Relief and Recovery Magazine May 10, 2023

    Remember that disasters are not natural I am eager to share about who we met in Puerto Rico and what we learned, but first, I want to stress that investing…

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    How Philanthropic Support for Journalism is Making a Difference

    The Center for Effective Philanthropy May 10, 2023

    In the past year alone, journalists from The Associated Press have explored the impact of climate change on the Jordan River and other sacred rivers in Africa, Asia, and South America; revealed…

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    We Have the Solutions: The Importance of Funding Native-led Efforts [We Give Summit]

    Philanthropy Together May 10, 2023

    Native Americans make up approximately 3% of the population, yet receive just 0.4% of philanthropic funding. “Native peoples have solutions but don’t often have the support,” said Carly Bad Heart…

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