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  • Crackdown on Environmental Action: How Funders Can Respond

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Oct 31, 2022

    As world leaders gathered in Paris to negotiate a new climate agreement in December 2015, more than 600,000 people in 175 countries marched in support of the process. Meanwhile, the…

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    And Then There Were Three: Philanthropy’s Role in ALS Drug Development

    Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy Oct 31, 2022

    Think back to the summer of 2014. Social media feeds were filled with videos of people getting drenched with ice-cold water to raise money and awareness for ALS, the neurodegenerative…

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  • How Leadership Can Drive Equity in Philanthropy

    PEAK Grantmaking Oct 30, 2022

    Philanthropy New York CEO Kathryn O’Neal-Dunham takes a holistic approach to her work and is well-attuned to how relationship dynamics within and between organizations impact outcomes. During her tenure, she has worked…

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    Lessons From Bay Area Philanthropists

    National Center for Family Philanthropy Oct 30, 2022

    The San Francisco Bay Area is one of the most prosperous places in the United States, home to technological giants, entrepreneurial universities, and cities where more billionaires per capita reside…

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    Ted Turner: A Social Investor in Full

    Chandler Foundation Oct 30, 2022

    Ted Turner has a line. (He has a lot of them.) He is one to say with a twinkle in his eye: If only I were more humble, I would…

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    Gender Lens Investing Can Help Grow Systems Change Philanthropy in Africa

    Chandler Foundation Oct 30, 2022

    “We need many more women with power, authority and influence — presidents, prime ministers, CEOs — they will be the key driver of success in bringing Africa from fragility and…

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    How Rihanna’s Philanthropy Advances Climate Justice

    Chandler Foundation Oct 30, 2022

    When Hurricane Maria slammed into Dominica in 2017, 160 mph winds flattened just about everything — wiping out houses, schools, health clinics, and farms — and left the island nation…

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  • How WASH Action Can Help End Malnutrition

    IssueLab Oct 29, 2022

    In this report we analyze the approaches governments and donors are taking to cross-integrate nutrition and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) within their nutrition and WASH national policies and plans.…

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  • Shedding Traditional Models: Equity in Philanthropy

    Philanthropy News Digest Oct 29, 2022

    For those who work in philanthropy, the chaos that began in early 2020 have propelled more much-needed critical introspection than the field has ever faced. The inequities laid bare by…

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  • Scaling Climate Solutions Through Grassroots Efforts

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Oct 28, 2022

    The ecological crisis requires urgent, coordinated, and impactful solutions on a level unprecedented in human history. Yet, philanthropy has often taken too narrow of a view of “scale” when it…

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    How a Connecticut Family Foundation Evolved to Support Youth-led Social Change

    National Center for Family Philanthropy Oct 28, 2022

    The origins of the Perrin Family Foundation are similar to many other grantmakers rooted in the wealth of successful American executives. Charles Perrin started his career at General Foods in…

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  • Questions to Help Foster an Equity Mindset

    Nonprofit AF Oct 28, 2022

    The reality is that inequity is pervasive. This is why our sector exists. However, because inequity can be complex and not always obvious, it takes intentionality to develop a mindset…

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