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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. The MacArthur Foundation itself pledged $150 million to the new fund. It’s a call to action for philanthropy to step up.”

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Unlocking change: Free access to Candid’s nonprofit resources

Candid

That’s why we freely share our expertise with the sector through a variety of channels: Live and on-demand trainings : Learn about a range of topics from starting a nonprofit to proposal writing, management, governance, sustainability, and transparency. foundations have websites.

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How to be efficiently trendy  

Candid

For example, a growth or decrease in individual giving might be vitally important to your nonprofit but totally irrelevant to others (like those primarily funded by government sources.) Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has been around for a long time, but the use of recent technologies— like ChatGPT— is new and still being explored.

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Pop the champagne: This year Candid’s grants data set turns 21!

Candid

Around this time, we also introduced the Philanthropy Classification System —a detailed coding system that provided more nuanced ways to explore this larger data set. government agencies ii. We’ve also started capturing a new type of grantmaker: select, high-net-worth individuals (such as Mackenzie Scott). ii Grantmaking by U.S.

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Post-Pandemic: Rebuilding Your Volunteer and Financial Base

Bloomerang

The good news was that the survey indicated seventy-five-percent of those questioned who stated they had pulled away from their pre-pandemic volunteering roles, were aiming to get back to the grindstone, once life returned to normality. . The Chronicle Of Philanthropy. National Center For Family Philanthropy.

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What does a Purpose-Driven Company Look Like?

Saleforce Nonprofit

Leaders at companies, global brands, nonprofits, and everyone in between are asking that important question: what is a purpose-driven company? The company still sells products with potentially questionable chemicals, sugary foods, and alcohol. This isn’t disinterested philanthropy. What is a purpose-driven business?

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Data Digest: Moneyball Giving, Data and Philanthropy, Data for Africa

Tech Soup

Data Digest is a weekly round-up of the latest news on data-related projects in the nonprofit sector, compiled and authored by Keisha Taylor of GuideStar International and TechSoup Global. Data philanthropy efforts are reviewed and advice for writing about data is offered. Data and Philanthropy. The New Science of Giving.

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