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

Candid

Hurricane Helene: The challenge of underinvestment Floods dont attract as much funding as hurricanes and tropical storms. As of December 12, 2024, Candids tracking of press releases and other funding announcements have found 227 grants and pledges worth nearly $278 million for Hurricanes Helene and Milton. A third grant provides $7.5

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A $500 Million Pledge to Support Local News

Non Profit Quarterly

Image credit: Jon Tyson on Unsplash The decades-long decimation of local news—and the dangers that the trend poses for public oversight, an informed citizenry, and democracy itself—remains very much underway. Since 2005, some 2,200 local newspapers have closed, according to a press release by the MacArthur Foundation.

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Are corporations making good on their racial equity pledges?

Candid

A s of July 2020, we’d identified racial e quity grants and pledges worth $4.2 Yet a closer look at th is funding shows that pledges — particularly those from corporate funders — account for nearly three-quarters of the dollars we’ve tracked. What are corporate pledges? . billion dollars. 3] . 3] .

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The most innovative companies in economic development for 2025

Fast Company Tech

Others found ways to expand the opportunities within existing hometown industries: NCBiotech built pathways to bring more local residents into the Research Triangles booming life sciences sector. Naval Shipyard with a $1 billion diversity pledge. The citys locally owned Orion Amphitheater , the nexus of the $2.2

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Customer Story: Spur Local Raises Over $1M With Their Give Local Campaign

CauseVox

And we couldn’t think of a better organization to highlight than Spur Local. Spur Local blew it out of the water last year with their Give Local Together Campaign. About Spur Local Spur Local (formerly Catalogue for Philanthropy), is a nonprofit dedicated to strengthening communities in the Greater Washington region.

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30+ Engaging Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Ideas for Nonprofits

Qgiv

However, finding the right peer-to-peer fundraising ideas to suit your nonprofit’s needs and your audience’s interests can be challenging. At the same time, they’ll solicit donations and pledges from their networks of family and friends for each service project they complete or hour of volunteer service they complete.

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Microsoft’s latest environmental pledge tackles water scarcity

The Verge

Microsoft plans to address dwindling water resources in its latest environmental pledge. The pledge builds on Microsoft’s previous eyebrow-raising climate commitment to capture more planet-heating carbon dioxide than it releases by 2030. Water woes are localized. Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images.

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