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Lessons from the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season: What philanthropy can do better

Candid

It will take the affected communities years to recover. It also hit manufactured housing communities, home to many in the tourism and service industries that drive the states economy. Hardest hit by flooding was the Central Appalachia region, where years of disinvestment by government and philanthropy left the region ill prepared.

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The power of small grants and deep listening to fund the ‘unfundable’ 

Candid

A group of visionary women came together in 1984 to award Boston Women’s Fund’s (BWF) first five grants totaling $20,000. From the outset, our founding mothers created an alternative model of grantmaking that involved participation from community members and deep trust in their grantee partners.

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How to Leverage your Grants Management System to Elevate Grantee Well-Being

sgEngage

Philanthropy is known for stretched dollars and thin margins so one more meal can be served and one more person can get support. From streamlined applications to implementing trust-based philanthropy principles, your grant management system can support your goals to improve your grantees well-being.

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What do the mega gifts of 2024 say about giving? 

Candid

Candids Philanthropy News Digest and the Chronicle of Philanthropy covered 24 nine- and 10-figure gifts from U.S.-based According to Dollars and Change , a report from Candid, GivingTuesday, and Network for Good, total dollars awarded and average grant or gift size increased between 2015 and 2022. billion from $5.4

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Applications are now open for the 2024 Giving Hearts Awards

Charity Village

The AFP Greater Vancouver Chapter announced nominations are now being accepted for the 2024 Giving Hearts Awards. Nominate an incredible changemaker, family, or organization that generously devotes their time, leadership, or financial support to benefit communities.

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Receiving the 2011 CASE Award for Enterprising Social Innovation

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Last October, I had the pleasure and honor to visit the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, to accept on behalf of Benetech the 2011 CASE Award for Enterprising Social Innovation (ESI). We are grateful for CASE’s recognition of Benetech's work.

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5 things to know about philanthropy to HBCUs

Candid

Little has been known about how philanthropy has—or hasn’t—supported them, until now. Candid and ABFE partnered to create and publish Philanthropy and HBCUs: Foundation funding to historically Black colleges and universities. The number of large foundations awarding grants to HBCUs also decreased during this time.