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  • Lessons in Disaster Philanthropy Funding From Maui Wildfires

    Candid Apr 23, 2024

    Candid Blog | CEP’s Tanya Gulliver-Garcia explores funding for Maui wildfires–and what learnings the record-setting response to Hawaii’s recent natural hazard hold for future investment in disaster philanthropy.

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  • Lessons on Sunsetting from The Atlantic Philanthropies

    The Atlantic Philanthropies Apr 23, 2024

    A fascinating look at the numbers behind The Atlantic Philanthropies’ life-changing projects and world-changing impact—all thanks to the passionate pursuit of getting to zero.

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  • Women in Philanthropy: Dismantling the Gender Gap

    Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Apr 23, 2024

    On a Tuesday morning in March during Women’s History Month, Ariela Blätter had some bad news.  “No country in the world affords women the same opportunities as men,” Blätter, president…

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  • How Philanthropy Can Address Both Climate and Racial Justice

    Grantmakers in Health Apr 22, 2024

    In 2018, the Kresge Foundation launched the Climate Change, Health, and Equity (CCHE) initiative as a 5-year, $22 million commitment to accelerate action on climate change and climate-related inequities in health. Since…

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  • Equitable Grantmaking: Essential, Fundamental Practices

    Exponent Philanthropy Apr 22, 2024

    To make an outsized and lasting impact in their communities and issue areas, grantmakers must be intentional about equity and inclusion within their boards, governance, and funding efforts. The journey towards…

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  • Textbooks in California and Texas Can Misrepresent Climate Change in History

    Stanford News Apr 21, 2024

    A new AI-driven analysis finds the most popular U.S. history textbooks used in California and Texas commonly misrepresent the scientific consensus around climate change.

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  • Grantmaking Due Diligence: Organizational Budget Size

    Exponent Philanthropy Apr 20, 2024

    Organizational budget size is a favorite proxy indicator in philanthropy. Donors use rules of thumb to streamline grantmaking due diligence, but generalizations are imperfect. Using organizational budget size as a…

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  • Going Beyond Innovating: Reimagining the Program Officer Role

    The Center for Effective Philanthropy Apr 19, 2024

    This is the fourth and final in a series of posts contributed by the Feedback Incentives Learning Group, a group of funders convened by Feedback Labs that are dedicated to encouraging peer funders…

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    Key Insights From the Collective Giving Landscape Report

    Philanthropy Together Apr 18, 2024

    Earlier this month, the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy and Colmena-Consulting, in partnership with Philanthropy Together, released In Abundance: An Analysis of the Thriving Landscape of Collective Giving in…

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  • Optimizing Generosity: The Ultimate Technology Stack for Donor-Advised Funds

    Giving Compass Apr 18, 2024

    Donor-advised funds have emerged as a popular vehicle for charitable giving, offering donors flexibility, tax advantages, and strategic philanthropic planning. However, to fully harness the potential of DAFs, organizations and…

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  • How Philanthropy Can Embrace and Invest in the Reparations Movement

    Alliance Magazine Apr 18, 2024

    Across the world, reparations have been employed to address a wide range of human rights injustices. Last year, New Zealand made reparations to the Ngāti Maru, one of its Indigenous peoples.After World War II, ……

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  • A Socially Responsible Investment Fund to Finance Justice

    Philanthropy News Digest Apr 18, 2024

    After serving for two years as under secretary of agriculture for rural development in the Obama administration, Lisa Mensah joined Opportunity Finance Network, a leading network of community development financial institutions, as…

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