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Crisis, Climate And Conflict Drove Disaster Philanthropy

The NonProfit Times

Giving to disasters by the 1,000 largest funders was more than seven times greater during 2022 than 10 years early, hitting $860.2 New Data from the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) while it is not record-level funding, it was the third highest amount since the nonprofit started reporting such data in 2014. of the $126.7

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Global philanthropy responds to the Ukraine crisis

Candid

Since February 24, more than two million people have fled Ukraine. 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 been tracking philanthropy’s response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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Collecting data during a humanitarian crisis

Candid

When a crisis occurs—whether it’s the war in Ukraine or the COVID-19 pandemic—people seek up-to-date information. We also made the data publicly available through special issue pages about the war in Ukraine and coronavirus , where users can access the data, alongside news stories and additional resources. .

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Egyptian healthtech startup Vezeeta cuts 10% of 500-person staff

TechCrunch

TechCrunch reached out to the Egypt- and Dubai-based company for comment but didn’t get any response at the time of publication. . One said the layoffs were a result of “disasters in the market,” while another said it was “due to the global market crisis caused by the war in Ukraine.” .

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PitchBook’s new tool uses AI to predict which startups will successfully exit

TechCrunch

When given the name of a VC-backed company, VC Exit Predictor generates a score on the probability that it’ll be acquired, go public or not exit due to becoming self-sustaining or experiencing any event (e.g., bankruptcy) that prevents an exit. ” VC Exit Predictor might perform well on PitchBook’s test set.

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Compassion Services International on Growing Your Nonprofit Email List, Donation Thank You’s, and Powerful Storytelling

CauseVox

In our effort to highlight brilliant changemakers, we sat down with Cylinda Nickel at Compassion Services International to dive deeper into their global fundraising initiatives – particularly their work for Ukraine- and hear about her top fundraising tips. Watch the interview on demand here. About Compassion Services International.

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MobileActive Strategy Guide Now Available for Download

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

extremely effective way for organizations to get messages out to the public, monitor elections, and encourage voter participation.??? a number of popular uprisings in the Ukraine and South Korea, to name just a. issue advocacy, fundraising, humanitarian and disaster relief, and mobile. Mobile phones offer an. organizing.