Conservation is facing a crisis, fueled by myriad factors including cuts in funding, weakening support from governments, and disinformation. A significant driver of this crisis is a lack of understanding among…
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Click here for more.Since January 2025, government cuts to international development assistance have closed clinics, cut jobs, and left communities without care, underscoring the need for global health philanthropy to step up. The toll…
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Beyond-the-check support going beyond grantmaking is a core practice within trust-based philanthropy. Yet the question of how to do it — creatively, strategically, and with care — often goes unanswered. From 2019…
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Click here for more.Today, the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) released the 12th edition of the State of Disaster Philanthropy (SODP), which explores 2023 giving and practices, how philanthropy is responding to current changes…
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Click here for more.There’s budgeting in a downturn—and then there’s budgeting in a political maelstrom. Since January, the Trump administration and its allies in Congress have moved quickly and deliberately to implement a…
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Eight people showed up for a zoom call in February of 2023, some of them longtime friends and co-conspirators, others strangers. All shared a commitment to serve on the inaugural…
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Click here for more.Youth apprenticeships provide a viable solution nationwide for offering high school students meaningful work, particularly in rural settings. These programs are more than just a job. Youth apprenticeship fosters a…
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Capital, like water, flows through the path of least resistance—but for businesses in overlooked areas, that path is often clogged. Local government leaders play a critical role in directing capital…
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Last week, I was in Toronto facilitating a conversation on equitable grantmaking with a group of brilliant colleagues, including several funders and impact investment leaders. During the rise of authoritarianism,…
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As an NCFP Fellow, I was given the opportunity to explore a question about family philanthropy with the goal of contributing to more effective practices in the field. I wanted…
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Click here for more.When young entrepreneurs in Iraq started a movement in 2013 to build a new startup ecosystem, they aimed to reinvent the troubled country’s economy. But as funding for their activities…
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The Holloway Family Foundation’s Annual Relay Grant is a streamlined, trust-based approach to grantmaking that places funding decisions in the hands of women nonprofit leaders of color. In 2020, several reports…