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LGBTQ+ advocacy strategies to generate advocates year-round

EveryAction

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) declared a national state of emergency for LGBTQ+ people on June 6, 2023, the first state of emergency ever declared in its history spanning four decades. Often, the central issue is a specific policy or a cultural phenomenon that the organization seeks to promote or eliminate.

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Jury Is Out On Philanthropy And Medical Debt

The NonProfit Times

That’s the conclusion reached by a team of researchers from the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts after completing a study in partnership with RIP Medical Debt, a New York City charity that buys and cancels medical debt.

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COVID-related National Service cannot just be gap year for privileged youth

ASU Lodestar Center

America has a long and rich history of national service, often turning to it as a powerful lever in times of crisis, as it did after 9/11, Hurricane Katrina and the Great Recession of 2008. Thankfully, this pandemic will likely inspire a new wave of national service. posted by Jaime Ernesto Uzeta, CEO, Public Allies.

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Leveraging data to better serve under-resourced communities 

Candid

Forward-looking nonprofit organizations know that leveraging data is key to determining where a community’s unmet needs are, securing resources to address those needs, and advocating for more effective policies. Rather than competing for limited resources, we are collaborating to secure funding and bring about policy change.

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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Education

Kindful

Carnegie Corporation of New York. Carnegie Corporation of New York. The Carnegie Corporation of New York—established in 1911 by Andrew Carnegie to promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding—is one of America’s oldest grantmaking foundations. Areas served: New York City.

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Funding And Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Mental Health

Kindful

The New York Community Trust. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation funds a wide array of programs to help build a national culture of health. Areas served: New York (western), Massachusetts (eastern). Their investments have helped to chart a new course for the NH children’s behavioral health system.

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Funding And Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Mental Health

Bloomerang

The New York Community Trust. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation funds a wide array of programs to help build a national culture of health. Areas served: New York (western), Massachusetts (eastern). Their investments have helped to chart a new course for the NH children’s behavioral health system.

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