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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. Hurricane Milton: Implications of repeated storms Milton was the third storm to hit Florida in three months and the second to hit in two weeks. It also hit manufactured housing communities, home to many in the tourism and service industries that drive the states economy.

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How To Help After Hurricane Helene

Bloomerang

With catastrophic flooding and winds of up to 140 mph, Hurricane Helene has had a devastating impact on Florida’s Big Bend area and much of the Southeastern U.S. Heart to Heart International deployed an advance response team to Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas and are planning to send another team to help this week with a medical van.

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7 Nonprofits Fighting for Immigrant Rights

Everyaction

DACA paved the way for these children of immigrants to obtain work authorization and relief from deportation, enabling them to go on to universities and build careers and families. The Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights. Learn more about their work serving these vulnerable communities. Florida Immigrant Coalition.

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DipJar Helps Nonprofits Raise Millions in 2021

DipJar

Individual donors have stepped up and made a difference in the communities where they live, work, play, and share. Since 2018, DipJar has helped raise over $500,000 – including more than $140,000 in 2021 at the Center and events in the community. In 2021, this Maryland nonprofit used ten DipJars to raise nearly $25,000.

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“Black & Proud”

M+R

It’s a spin on James Brown’s 1968 hit, “Say It Loud (I’m Black and I’m Proud),” which became an unofficial anthem of the Civil Rights movement; but, in its current context, is focused on the pride associated with also identifying as a member of the LGBTQIA community.

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The Consortium of Florida Education Foundations Announces Partnership with Qgiv Digital Fundraising Platform

Qgiv

The Consortium of Florida Education Foundations (the Consortium) and Qgiv are partnering together to help education foundations throughout the state of Florida! What initially drew us to Qgiv was the local connection—we wanted to work with a company that was part of our community. Read the Press Release.

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When Disaster Strikes

Blue Fox

This week, we felt called to do the same in the terrible aftermath that is still unfolding over a week after Hurricane Helene trounced the Florida Big Bend and flooded communities from Virginia all the way to Georgia. This strains infrastructure and resources when communities are already struggling.