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Lessons from 2019 to maximize future disaster giving decisions

Candid

Putting this best practice into action, in 2019—two years after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico—the Amgen Foundation awarded $257,500 to the University of Puerto Rico for rebuilding efforts. . Funding community organizing efforts can activate and engage residents to change those systems. . To meet this need, the Margaret A.

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What counts as racial equity funding?  

Candid

The result is a refreshed site that gives a more complete picture of past funding and allows for stronger comparisons over time. . Under PRE’s recommendation, we now define funding for racial equity as grantmaking explicitly awarded to benefit people of color broadly or explicitly awarded to organizations that serve these populations.

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Data to support the relentless pursuit of racial equity 

Candid

This shift was marked by commitments of increased funding, greater flexibility in grantmaking practices, and a focus on social and economic systems transformation. billion have been awarded to advance racial equity since 2020. We have conducted grantee profile analyses as well as cross-sectional comparisons by geography and issue area.

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We’re 39 percent similar; how can we be exponentially better?

Candid

Implementing those solutions, however, requires the charitable sector to change in fundamental ways, Specifically, we will need to have more: Humility to recognize that systems and processes like duplicative and onerous grant applications and reporting forms are structural impediments for nonprofits. If you are a grantmaker. Research funding.

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Another Gold Star, FTW: A Look at Achievement Systems

NTEN

Arguments are made that achievement systems such as the gold star, grades, and other extrinsic motivators are less effective and desirable for inspiring life-long learners. Whether it is the top score in Pac Man, bonus programs in business, or your 3rd grade teacher’s star chart, achievement systems can be powerful external motivators.

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Nonprofit Technology News for March 2014

Tech Soup

It is 2025 according to a new report by the nonprofit Pew Research Center and Elon University in North Carolina. The Pew/Elon University prediction is non-partisan, however, and is based on the views of 2,558 experts and technology builders about where we will stand by the year 2025. NPTech Contests and Awards.

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Top 10 eLearning Experts to Follow on LinkedIn

Gyrus

Top 10 eLearning Experts to Follow on LinkedIn Gyrus Systems Gyrus Systems - Best Online Learning Management Systems eLearning has taken the world by storm, particularly since the COVID-19 pandemic. Viren Kapadia Viren Kapadia President and CEO of Gyrus Systems, is an IT expert and eLearning evangelist. Know More!