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India’s Philanthropy Spending Grows, Development Goals Elusive

The NonProfit Times

Philanthropy expenditures in India have grown by an average annual rate of 13% during the past five years, reaching the equivalent of $280 billion. of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) during fiscal year 2023. Family philanthropy and retail giving contributed to overall private philanthropy growth of 10%.

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Responsive Philanthropy: How to Address Community Needs in Time of Crisis

sgEngage

To meet demand, the foundation launched two rapid response funds for public health and social justice initiatives within a month of each other. The foundation needed to mobilize the funds and turn them into grants that would tangibly change the lives of Headwaters’ communities in real time. But that also presented a challenge.

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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Arts & Culture

Bloomerang

The large difference is that most funders tend to direct a majority of their arts funding to local and regional organizations. These organizations are currently offering grant and funding opportunities and/or accepting letters of inquiry or project ideas. . Funding Priority: Arts & Culture. Ford Foundation. Ford Foundation.

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Responsive Philanthropy: How to Address Community Needs in Time of Crisis

sgEngage

To meet demand, the foundation launched two rapid response funds for public health and social justice initiatives within a month of each other. The foundation needed to mobilize the funds and turn them into grants that would tangibly change the lives of Headwaters’ communities in real time. But that also presented a challenge.

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Connecting the dots: Fighting for equity through a data partnership 

Candid

When the Supreme Court gutted race-conscious admissions last summer and the American Alliance for Equal Rights followed with a lawsuit against the Fearless Fund, some in the philanthropic sector feared that demographic data had become a potential liability. It also provides a quantitative baseline to evaluate and build upon equity strategies.

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Funding & Grant Resources For Nonprofits Focused On Arts & Culture

Kindful

The large difference is that most funders tend to direct a majority of their arts funding to local and regional organizations. These organizations are currently offering grant and funding opportunities and/or accepting letters of inquiry or project ideas. . Funding Priority: Arts & Culture. Ford Foundation. Ford Foundation.

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An Evolution of Evaluation in Grantmaking With a Participatory Lens

sgEngage

Grantmakers want to know if their funding has created the change they have envisioned. A Shared and Flexible Understanding of Impact As practitioners of and advocates for participatory philanthropy, we believe there’s a better way. We all want to know whether our work makes a difference. But is this the right question?