sgEngage

OCTOBER 28, 2024

A huge thank you to Audrey Kidwell, Grants Manager for the Center for Disaster Philanthropy, for providing many of the resources and tips included in this article. Modern grantmakers must be prepared and ready to support their communities when—not if—a climate disaster hits. Hurricanes. Prolonged droughts.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

From funding uncertainty to overlapping natural disasters to the possibility of another global pandemic, the modern grantmaker must be prepared for a variety of challenges. What used to take weeks can now take days, which is crucial if someone has been displaced by a natural disaster and cant access their mailbox.

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Candid

APRIL 9, 2024

Part of my work at the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) involves monitoring philanthropic giving in response to disasters through our annual Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy: Data to Drive Decisions (SODP) report. When we can look at numbers immediately after a disaster, it gives us a unique perspective.

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VisionLink

DECEMBER 16, 2022

All wrapped-up and ready to delight, our CommunityOS®️ platform is designed to support your government grant funding opportunities. Like no other-- the Visionlink toolkit is based on the experience of nearly 300 disaster recovery operations, including the nation's largest natural disasters.

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The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 2, 2024

“The American Red Cross has spent and distributed all funds designated for Haiti relief on shelter, emergency relief, health, cholera prevention, water and sanitation, livelihoods, and disaster preparedness,” the statement continued. Their hopes and struggles and agonies Get us grants and consulting fees. Let us celebrate the poor.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 12, 2025

Pasadena Community Foundation, a local foundation, has given grants through a wildfire fund to help support dozens of organizations doing that work. In a disaster, quick access to cash is even more important to help people stay afloat. “Clothing isn’t cash.

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sgEngage

MAY 15, 2024

In early 2022, the Center for Disaster Philanthropy began an organization-wide grants change management review. Applied an equity lens: We aim to grant funds with an equity lens, focusing on the needs of historically or currently marginalized and at-risk populations along with more local, on-the-ground organizations.

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sgEngage

JANUARY 9, 2025

A reserve can provide the flexibility necessary to pay for items that arent covered by restricted grants. The more dependable and regular your funding is, the less risk you have and the lower your reserves can be.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

These may include delays in grant approvals, rescheduling of major events due to unforeseen circumstances, or sudden increases in demand for disaster relief services. Windfalls: Designate unexpected financial windfalls, such as one-time grants or gifts, to the reserve fund.

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TechImpact

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

The ability to grant access to certain apps, software, and files in the cloud keeps confidential and highly sensitive information on a “need to know basis.” Signing into a cloud hosting portal will grant users access, if they have a username and password. Disaster recovery. Administrative privileges.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 17, 2022

With that in mind, I wanted to share a list of funding and grant resources available for nonprofits serving that community. Grant Research Tip : As you search for funding opportunities, keep an eye on the grant application deadlines. One way to track those is by setting up a grant calendar. Funding Priority: LGBTQ+.

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Candid

MAY 12, 2021

At Candid, grants data from 990s flows into tools such as Foundation Directory , public dashboards that provide insights into philanthropy in different regions across the U.S., Sourcing grants data from 990s isn’t ideal to begin with—grant descriptions from filings are often sparse, and sometimes grants lists are missing entirely.

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Candid

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Between 2015 and 2022, education nonprofits consistently received the largest percentage of total grant dollars from institutional grantmakersan average of 27%followed by health (21%) and public benefit organizations (19%). Among individual donors, the share of dollars directed to education also declined, from 20% to 19%.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Beyond remote volunteering, common employee engagement programs included skills-based/pro bono (92%), issue workshops and trainings (92%), volunteer grants (64%), and nonprofit board training (62%). Look at tools such as Double the Donation to see if your corporate volunteers are eligible for Dollars for Doers grants or matching gifts.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Restaurant delivery platform DoorDash has launched a restaurant disaster relief fund that will offer grants of up to $10,000 to US restaurants affected by natural disasters over the next year, the company said Wednesday. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Applications will be processed every three months.

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Candid

AUGUST 2, 2023

Whether it’s global heatwaves, flooding in Pakistan, Canadian wildfires that block out the sun, decade-long droughts in Africa, or ever more powerful hurricanes, natural disasters have our attention. But climate change has been a disaster experienced slowly, and now all at once. Thinking big on climate change There is good news.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 22, 2021

will focus on donor cultivation, an essential step to getting the grant. We are here to talk about how to get more grants, specifically through donor cultivation. You can even do grant tracking, which we love as well. Her initials may be MBP, but to me, she’s the MVP of grants. Margit Brazda Poirier, GPC, M.S.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Earlier this month, Candid and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) released the eighth edition of our annual Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy report. global disaster-related?philanthropy,?analyzing?funding Support underfunded areas of the disaster lifecycle. In it, we examined?available?2019?data

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Candid

APRIL 13, 2021

Over the course of 2020, MacKenzie Scott announced grants totaling almost $6 billion. At the time, we did not know anything about the grants themselves. Because Scott is not using a foundation, she is not required to release grant-specific data. These grants represent about $2.4 Grant size distribution.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 23, 2021

When disaster strikes, timing is everything, and the best kind of relief is the kind that comes fast. Disaster relief organizations understand that needs begin before the storm arrives, through evacuation orders, and last until homes are rebuilt or are safe to inhabit. They can appoint an in-house team to lead the effort.

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The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 6, 2024

(Photo By Deposit Photos) By Marnie Webb From the frontlines of disaster relief to the forefront of technological innovation, civil society organizations are navigating a rapidly changing landscape. Traditional funding sources, such as government grants and philanthropic donations, are becoming increasingly unpredictable.

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.orgSource

AUGUST 19, 2024

A security incident is a disaster of the highest order. Many of the data disasters I’ve seen result from well-intentioned employees trying to get a job done without the correct information about how to do it. Granting access while guiding usage builds a culture where data is valued. Much of the data in your systems is not yours.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 12, 2025

Granting your partner access to your intimate emotions is a recipe for disaster if jealousy is a pre-existing issue in the relationship.In As technology becomes increasingly woven into our daily lives, the line between convenience and control is growing increasingly blurred.

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sgEngage

APRIL 1, 2025

Review Your Grant Strategy Remember, the role of foundations is to move money, Kristina said. Make sure you are getting information from the people on the ground and pairing that with industry-wide information to help you understand what might need to change with your grant strategy.

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Candid

MARCH 11, 2022

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) head Filippo Grandi described this humanitarian disaster as “the fastest-moving refugee crisis we have seen in Europe since the end of the Second World War”. We have identified 208 pledges and grants for Ukraine relief. Unknown and multiple recipients received 40% of grants and 62% of total grant funding.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Traditionally, NGOs in Kenya have depended on outside support from grant makers and wealthy individuals. As a result, the focus has been writing grant proposals rather than appealing for individual support. The top three causes are medical expenses (54%), disaster relief (12%), and education costs (12%). Why is that?

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The NonProfit Times

MAY 1, 2024

Low-interest federal disaster loans are available to certain private nonprofit organizations in Washington state following the federal disaster declaration for Public Assistance as a result of severe winter storms, straight-line winds, flooding, landslides and mudslides that occurred this past Jan. 5 through 29.

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The NonProfit Times

MAY 28, 2024

AmeriCorps, the national service program that annually matches volunteers with community needs across the country, will award grants totaling more than $370 million to nonprofit and faith-based organizations spanning the public and private sectors for the upcoming fiscal year. Nearly half ($177.4 The balance ($192.6

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Coast Guard, provides disaster assistance and emergency financial support for Coast Guard members. As they have in countless disasters before, the U.S. This fund provides prompt and effective grants to empower local nonprofits and agencies to rescue and recover their own communities amid devastating impacts from Hurricane Helene.

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Candid

APRIL 23, 2024

In 2022, when both contributions to the funds and their investment returns declined, DAF account holders continued to recommend grants. As a result, total dollars distributed through DAF grants increased significantly over the previous year, outpacing contributions for the first time since we started reporting this data in 2012.

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VisionLink

AUGUST 28, 2019

Visionlink is proud to support the work of National VOAD's Project Comeback in Texas with our multi-agency Disaster Case Management solution, helping more than 700 case managers from 14 nonprofit partners assist more than 12,000 households.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

It’s a highly recognized organisation that traditionally gets funded through institutional grants. The top three causes are medical expenses (25%), start-up costs for a social enterprise (25%), and disaster relief (23%). 78% donate in response to natural disasters. ?

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Bonterra

APRIL 13, 2024

Grants management software Unify giving and grantmaking Build strategic nonprofit partnerships that drive more social impact with less work for your teams. Learn more Measure program outcomes in real time Built-in reporting Bonterra’s native reporting tool empowers grants administrators to measure program outcomes, not just outputs.

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sgEngage

AUGUST 19, 2024

Whether you’ve been updating your forms or waiting for the next grant cycle, we have several sessions to help you streamline your application process, saving time for both you and your applicants. Audrey Kidwell from the Center for Disaster Philanthropy will share her experience leading change management efforts at her organization.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 18, 2013

During the Q/A after the presentation, one of the most frequent questions asked has been, “Will Facebook be making grants to nonprofits?” Many of us who work with nonprofits on technology, like my colleague John Haydon , agree that nonprofits need a Facebook Ad Grant program much more than a donation button. Fundraising'

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Tech Soup

JUNE 13, 2012

Wondering how the cloud fits in with your nonprofit or library’s disaster recovery plan? Sam Chenkin, product manager for npCloud, discussed all of this and more in our recent webinar, Backup and Disaster Recovery in the Cloud. Disasters Big and Small. You can now view the archive on the TechSoup YouTube page.

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sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

This post features advice from IT and grants management experts on how to streamline your tech solutions, create clear processes, and drive more external and internal impact. This wasn’t Tacker’s first go at responding to a disaster. Many of these people told us this was the first financial help they received.”

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