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  • Kingmakers of Oakland: Transforming an Education System that Fails Black Boys

    Kingmakers of Oakland May 10, 2023

    As a black boy in the San Francisco public school system, Chris Chatmon didn’t have access or exposure to Black history classes. It wasn’t until college that he was able…

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  • Trends in Philanthropy to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)

    Candid May 9, 2023

    Candid Blog | Discover five key insights about funding disparities in philanthropy to HBCUs based on Candid and ABFE’s new research report.

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    Workers Defense Project: How a Community-led Organization is Righting Injustices in Texas

    Workers Defense Project May 9, 2023

    More than 20 years ago, Workers Defense Project (WDP) started as a wage theft clinic in the broom closet of an immigrant and refugee shelter in response to the pervasive…

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  • Improving Advocacy Coalition Support and Effectiveness

    TCC Group May 9, 2023

    Like it or not, policy advocacy is a large group project.  Different advocacy organizations supporting the same policy bring different insights, resources, skills, and abilities to do the work. The…

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  • Reimagining Nonprofit Hiring to Become More Diverse and More Equitable

    Fund the People

    READ THE TRANSCRIPT In this episode, you’ll gain an understanding of how bias commonly plays out in the hiring process, and how organizations can better recruit and retain a powerful, diverse workforce that expands opportunity across lines of race and gender.Our guests are Alfonso T.

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    Pushing for Systems Change: How Social Movements Can Shift Society [We Give Summit]

    Philanthropy Together May 9, 2023

    From the abolitionists, suffragettes, and Civil Rights movement to the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests, people have long been organizing movements for the rights we have today. During the Pushing…

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    Advancing Equity Through Large, Unrestricted Gifts: A Study of MacKenzie Scott’s Giving [We Give Summit]

    Philanthropy Together May 8, 2023

    MacKenzie Scott’s philanthropic approach – giving large, unrestricted gifts – has made headlines in recent years. What can everyday givers learn from this strategy? Phil Buchanan, president of the Center…

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    Who Is Threatening ‘Philanthropic Freedom?’

    The Center for Effective Philanthropy May 7, 2023

    In college, I had a journalism professor who taught us never to start a piece with a question. But I can’t help myself. I want to know: Who is threatening…

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  • Support for Indigenous Climate Philanthropy and Solutions

    Mashable May 7, 2023

    The Indigenous Earth Fund, an initiative from the Decolonizing Wealth Project, redistributes climate justice charitable funding to support the cultural solutions of Indigenous-led organizations.

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    What Can We Learn from MacKenzie Scott’s Pivot to an ‘Open Call’ Giving Approach?

    The Center for Effective Philanthropy May 6, 2023

    The scale, speed, and innovative approach of Mackenzie Scott’s giving is unprecedented. It should energize dialog and actions among givers of all sorts, ideally moving the field toward learning and…

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    Honoring Time: Grantseeker Compensation

    National Center for Family Philanthropy May 6, 2023

    How can funders honor the time that grantseekers spend on application processes in instances where the nonprofit is not selected for a grant? In cases where they are, will the…

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  • Embracing Community-led Development to Drive Local Change

    Alliance Magazine May 6, 2023

    As localization becomes a growing focus in international development, my colleagues and I at the Movement for Community-led Development (MCLD) are determined to ensure it becomes more than the flavour of the week.

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