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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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Elon Musk pledges $100 million for new X Prize carbon removal competition

The Verge

Elon Musk is putting up $100 million as part of a new X Prize Foundation competition focused on carbon removal technology. Winners will have to “demonstrate a solution that can pull carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere or oceans and lock it away permanently in an environmentally benign way,” according to the X Prize Foundation.

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Money talks: Why tuning into the Giving Pledge matters 

Candid

As the saying goes, “Money talks,” and there’s no better example of this than the Giving Pledge and its effect on the social sector. To date, 241 individuals with a cumulative net worth easily surpassing $1 trillion have made the pledge—a public commitment to give the majority of their fortunes to charity.

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Learning from peers to refine your nonprofit funding strategy

Candid

Research funding strategies Researching your peer organizations funding strategies involves checking out public financial sources and, ideally, talking directly with those peers to get more details. Once youve identified peer organizations of similar size and mission, you can determine which organizations revenue mixes to research.

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A $500 Million Pledge to Support Local News

Non Profit Quarterly

Image credit: Jon Tyson on Unsplash The decades-long decimation of local news—and the dangers that the trend poses for public oversight, an informed citizenry, and democracy itself—remains very much underway. Since 2005, some 2,200 local newspapers have closed, according to a press release by the MacArthur Foundation.

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100+ Fundraising Tasks for Your Nonprofit’s Board

Nonprofit Tech for Good

A CTA is an invitation to take action, such as donating, volunteering, signing up for something, signing a petition, pledging to do something, etc. Offer to write letters of intent or grant requests for the organization and possibly even submit them to foundations or companies. Help edit or review grant proposals and grant reports.

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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. The commitment is an intentional public pledge to stand alongside Native communities. But it wasn’t until we showed up as listeners and learners, and not as experts, that our effectiveness truly blossomed.