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What happened in 2020 disaster philanthropy beyond COVID-19?  

Candid

Puerto Rico “ earthquake swarm.” Puerto Rico experienced a series of earthquakes beginning in December 2019. We identified $791,176 to date in earthquake funding for Puerto Rico. The blasts caused destruction for several miles, killing nearly 220 people and injuring more than 6,000 others. million in aid.

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The Surprising Truth About Donor Fatigue And What Nonprofits Can Do To Avoid It

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: With the hurricanes, gun violence, and fires, I gave generously, including donations to Global Giving funds. Alison Carlman, Director of Impact and Communications at Global Giving, offers a deep dive into some Global Giving data to find the answer. I surpassed my giving budget for disaster relief giving.

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Founders Fund backs Vest, a startup out to give Latin Americans a bridge to investing in the US stock market

TechCrunch

It also provides in-app content to educate on investing fundamentals and provide insight into current events and economic trends as well as native multi-lingual support. states of Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, New Mexico, New York, Texas, Washington and Puerto Rico. Because Vest is structured as a U.S.

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Enterprise escalator Impact Rooms rises to prepare African startups for growth and investment

TechCrunch

We want to encourage capital into African women-led businesses, and to support a high number of existing local and global investors to invest more capital in this market,” Impact Room CEO and founder Blantern told TechCrunch. Impact Rooms is backed by US-based investment group Global Blockchain Ventures (GBV).

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Lessons from 2019 to maximize future disaster giving decisions

Candid

global disaster-related?philanthropy,?analyzing?funding upon 12 data sources, t he report documented $30 billion in private, public, corporate, and individual disaster-related giving to address major disasters and humanitarian crises that affected millions globally in 2019. In it, we examined?available?2019?data philanthropy,?analyzing?funding

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6 Trends Shaping Corporate Engagement Today

Connection Cafe

We started talking about how the field of corporate engagement has changed , and what trends are shaping the future of corporate social engagement. And we all witnessed the role that tech innovators like Tesla played in reconnecting Puerto Rico. Business is the warehouse for technology talent and innovation.

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What’s Stripe’s deal?

TechCrunch

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