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Let’s All Pull Together: Reflections from Harambee 2023

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Here are some of my reflections and top takeaways from the conference. Fittingly, the university hosted the session “A Report on Philanthropic Funding to Historically Black Colleges and Universities.” She and my great-grandfather worked as sharecroppers while raising eight children.

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64 Online Stores That Benefit Nonprofits and the Greater Good

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The Getty Store enhances knowledge and appreciation of the arts by providing unique high-quality merchandise and books that reflect the Getty Museum as a whole. Jude Children’s Research Hospital continue to treat and defeat childhood cancer and other deadly diseases. 32) World Wildlife Fund Gifts :: gifts.worldwildlife.org.

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The kids are not alright. Here’s how philanthropy can help  

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Casey Foundation’s annual KIDS COUNT Data Book , are alarming: Too few children are graduating from high school ready to earn because many aren’t arriving ready to learn—or not regularly attending school at all. For example, funding more school buses can help get kids to school every day.

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5 Considerations When Updating Your Grant Application

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How well does your application match your funding priorities? If someone didn’t know your organization well and came across your funding program, would they be able to tell that you prioritize big-picture problem solving or funding marginalized voices, for example? How can you simplify your funding application?

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48 Online Stores That Benefit Nonprofits and the Greater Good

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The Getty Store enhances knowledge and appreciation of the arts by providing unique high-quality merchandise and books that reflect the Getty Museum as a whole. Jude Children’s Research Hospital continue to treat and defeat childhood cancer and other deadly diseases. 25) World Wildlife Fund Gifts :: gifts.worldwildlife.org.

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Alumni giving’s growing relationship with high-profile, big money donors 

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billion in funding. In April of this year, CEO of the hedge fund Citadel, Kenneth C. In June 2023, alumna, Marilyn Simons, and her husband, James Simons, founder of the quantitative hedge fund, Renaissance Technologies—and former chair of the math department at Stony Brook University— committed $500 million to the university.

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Preparing Your Nonprofit to Move Beyond the Founder

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But instead of giving in to paranoia, this is a time to take stock of the situation, giving yourself time for self-reflection. Like children as they grow to independence, there will come times when you may find your relationship to the organization grows confusing and fraught. Ask Yourself: Is it Me?