Foundations play a critical role in advancing equity and addressing disparities in our society. One key practice that foundations are increasingly adopting is the collection and use of disaggregated data.…
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Click here for more.Some of the most effective foundations engaged in policy and advocacy in the United States are small, place-based foundations. By focusing deeply, developing insight into their issue, leveraging their reputation…
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Globally, we are facing multiple and compounding crises. Whether it is the devastating impacts of climate change, a seemingly never-ending pandemic, or armed conflicts from Ethiopia to Ukraine, it can…
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Click here for more.Only 42% of Black students and 49% of Latinx students earn a degree after six years of entering college, compared with 68% of white students; and only 16% of students…
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What does dirt bike culture have in common with STEM education? They’re being utilized to end the cycle of poverty, disrupt the prison pipeline, and build bridges in communities at…
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Click here for more.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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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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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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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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Click here for more.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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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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Click here for more.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…