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Lessons from the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season: What philanthropy can do better

Candid

In Sarasota County, it destroyed million-dollar homes on barrier islands, impacting the donors nonprofits and foundations rely on for disaster relief funding. Hardest hit by flooding was the Central Appalachia region, where years of disinvestment by government and philanthropy left the region ill prepared. What can philanthropy do?

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NextGen philanthropists and the transfer of intergenerational wealth

ASU Lodestar Center

The report, titled Respecting Legacy, Revolutionizing Philanthropy, delves into all kinds of interesting questions about these donors. They were influenced by parents (89%), grandparents (63%), close friends (56%) and peers (47%) in their approach to philanthropy; and for most, a philanthropic mindset was instilled early on in life.

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Intergenerational Wired Fundraisers: A Conversation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Her reflection questions: How might young people use social networks (existing or yet-to-be-built) to learn about philanthropy and support causes that matter to them? He discovered the Sharing Foundation's project on Global Giving and decided to enter the America's Giving Challenge. Not the Sharing Foundation's web site ).

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Lever for Change: How ‘big bet philanthropy’ is transforming the sector 

Candid

MacArthur Foundation and I established Lever for Change five years ago, we didn’t use any complex formula in setting our goal of mobilizing $1 billion by 2023. A billion dollars, an order of magnitude greater than the foundation’s record-setting $100 million annual grant program , checked all those boxes. and Catherine T.

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Mapping technology gap data to address and eliminate the digital divide

Tableau

Digitunity, an initiative of the National Cristina Foundation, is a national organization working to eliminate the technology gap and build inclusive device ownership so everyone can thrive in a digitally-connected society. At the time, many said that technology skills were a “nice to have” rather than a tremendous door to opportunity.

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Mapping technology gap data to address and eliminate the digital divide

Tableau

Digitunity, an initiative of the National Cristina Foundation, is a national organization working to eliminate the technology gap and build inclusive device ownership so everyone can thrive in a digitally-connected society. At the time, many said that technology skills were a “nice to have” rather than a tremendous door to opportunity.

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Best of Beth's Blog 2008: Finding The Top Ten Posts In Less Than Five MInutes!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Don't Let $50,000 for the Sharing Foundation Slip Away! Sharing Foundation Has Supporters in Finland. Why Nhung Sun, A Cambodian Blogger, Supports The Sharing Foundation. Intergenerational Wired Fundraisers: A Conversation. Teaching Your Kids About Philanthropy. Why Is Pharoth Wearing A Foo Camp T-Shirt?