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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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Record Revenue, Double Digit Hike For GivingTuesday

The NonProfit Times

Generosity isn’t just about money – it’s about connection and community,” Asha Curran, GivingTuesday’s chief executive officer said via a statement. “In Pledges are tracked for a week at the Combined Federal Campaign, where the total online pledge result was $3.1 million was pledged on GivingTuesday through the CFC.

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Big Brothers Big Sisters of America Commits to Advance Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace

NonProfit PRO

Big Brothers Big Sisters of America joins the growing coalition pledging to advance diversity and inclusion in the workplace. As one of over 2,000 CEOs who have come together, BBBSA President and CEO Artis Stevens is committing himself and BBBSA to upholding this pledge to create a more equitable workplace community.

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Big Brothers Big Sisters of America President and CEO Joins in Commitment to Advance Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace

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Big Brothers Big Sisters of America joins the growing coalition pledging to advance diversity and inclusion in the workplace. As one of over 2,000 CEOs who have come together, BBBSA President and CEO Artis Stevens is committing himself and BBBSA to upholding this pledge to create a more equitable workplace community.

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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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