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Duke Energy Foundation to Award $700,000 in Natural Disaster Preparedness Grants

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The Duke Energy Foundation is accepting grant applications to help support natural disaster resiliency in North Carolina communities.

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10 Tips for Managing Crisis Volunteers in Natural Disasters

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In natural disasters, the training and quick action of first responders and emergency services save lives and livelihoods. But there is another crucial force operating in the background of any natural disaster: crisis volunteers. Spontaneous volunteers—selfless individuals who step up in a crisis—also converge on disaster sites.

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Choosing a Scholarship Award Management System

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They must work with advancement teams to understand scholarship funding, find students who fit donors specific requirements, shepherd those students through the application process, manage scholarship review committees, disburse awards, and report back to the donors how their funds were utilized. What is an award management system?

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

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In Sarasota County, it destroyed million-dollar homes on barrier islands, impacting the donors nonprofits and foundations rely on for disaster relief funding. Our most recent report looked at 2022 disasters. Funders that have yet to award grants might consider investing in capacity building and resilient rebuilding.

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The Maui wildfires: A record in disaster philanthropy, an opportunity to ‘get it right’ 

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Part of my work at the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) involves monitoring philanthropic giving in response to disasters through our annual Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy: Data to Drive Decisions (SODP) report. When we can look at numbers immediately after a disaster, it gives us a unique perspective.

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West Virginia VOAD Receives the Governor’s Service Award

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VisionLink would like to congratulate the Member Agencies of the West Virginia Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD) on receiving the Governor’s Service Award. The award honors WV VOAD’s dedication to service and acknowledges their commitment to volunteerism throughout West Virginia.

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The odds are shifting in the Oscars race: Here are the likely front-runners after last weekend’s industry awards

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After a rough start to 2025 due to the devastating Eaton and Palisades fires , awards season in Hollywood is officially back in the swing of things. The fires, which broke out right after the Golden Globes, even caused some to question awards shows relevance in this time of crisis. before quietly acknowledging, Im not nominated.

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