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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.

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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. The full keynote and presentation are below.

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A $500 Million Pledge to Support Local News

Non Profit Quarterly

In an effort to turn this trend around, the MacArthur Foundation unveiled in September 2023 the Press Forward initiative, a coalition of 22 founding donors set on “strengthening communities and democracy by supporting local news.” The MacArthur Foundation itself pledged $150 million to the new fund.

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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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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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Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America spread #GoSilent across the web for Memorial Day

Amy Sample Ward

If you’re in the US today, there’s probably little chance you didn’t know it was Memorial Day – from the specials on TV, to local events, to remembrance stories, and even community gatherings, it’s hard to miss the message of today’s holiday. Sharing across platforms – Twitter.

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