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Supporting Native communities is about listening and relationships

Candid

The Northwest Area Foundation has been a longtime funder of Native communities. We’ve come to understand that Native communities need to determine their own futures, not funders. The commitment is an intentional public pledge to stand alongside Native communities. Native communities view prosperity differently.

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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. It also hit manufactured housing communities, home to many in the tourism and service industries that drive the states economy. million was disbursed, despite much more being pledged. million was disbursed, despite much more being pledged. A third grant provides $7.5

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Technology & Community: Strategic Options for Building Movements

Amy Sample Ward

Technology and Community: Strategic Options for Movement Building. How many people hear that word and think it is just as generic as the word community? To that end, siloed brands are replaced by unifying goals that rally more than select individuals but entire communities. Your organization has goals, too. Or engagement?

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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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Big Tech pledged a billion to racial justice, but it was pocket change

The Verge

The money they’ve pledged, in context, looks an awful lot like pocket change. Apple theoretically could have made its $100 million pledge back in less than a day. million would be the biggest pledge from big tech companies to date, that’s like if a middle-class American worker made a one-time donation of $92.55.

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Learning from peers to refine your nonprofit funding strategy

Candid

A useful early step is to look at what peer organizations are doing. Define your funding strategy peer set First, identify five to 15 organizations that resemble yours in mission, size, and geographic scope. If you work at a nonprofit, you already know the importance of developing a strategy for financial sustainability.

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Mazda Canada pledges up to $1 Million to support youth changemakers

Charity Village

and its Retailer network announced their commitment to supporting and celebrating Canadian youth and youth organizations who are working hard to improve their communities, with a $1 million pledge to help further their charitable impact. Mazda Canada Inc.

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