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Scott Resumes Giving Away Millions In Large Chunks

The NonProfit Times

MacKenzie Scott, who in the past few years has given away more than $17 billion, has provided $65 million to the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) in New York City. It is the largest contribution in LISC’s nearly half-century history. The LISC gift was not a solo. We are enormously grateful for Ms.

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FreeWill Acquires AI-Driven GrantAssistant

The NonProfit Times

According to the National Council of Nonprofits, roughly one-third of total funding for all nonprofits is from government grants and contracts, and according to the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University, another $100 billion in annual charitable funding derives from grant-making made by private foundations.

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National Development Council uses Tech Impact Services to Stay Connected While Working On The Go

TechImpact

For many nonprofits, maintaining effective communication and cooperation between employees who find themselves spread across wide areas is often a challenge.

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NPO Leaders Mourn Passing Of President Jimmy Carter

The NonProfit Times

The connection to Habitat for Humanity started in September 1984, when Carter and his wife Rosalynn, who died in 2023, went to New York City and helped restore a six-story apartment building. Williams, president and CEO of United Way Worldwide, remembered Carter as a monumental figure in the nations history.

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Runa Sandvik’s new startup Granitt secures at-risk people from hackers and nation states

TechCrunch

Journalists and activists are increasingly targeted by the wealthy and resourceful who seek to keep the truth hidden, from nation-state aligned hackers hacking into journalist’s inboxes to governments deploying mobile spyware to snoop on their most vocal critics. When The New York Times was hacked by China in 2012, that was phishing.

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Using data to make LGBTQ+ elders and their needs visible 

Candid

SAGE (Advocacy and Services for LGBTQ+ Elders) is the only national organization dedicated to addressing issues related to LGBTQ+ people and aging. In an effort to better understand what it means to be an LGBTQ+ elder in the United States, SAGE launched its own biennial national survey—the State of LGBTQ+ Aging.

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GivingTuesday Seems To Have Started Strong

The NonProfit Times

At DonorsChoose in New York City, a platform through which public schoolteachers submit “wish lists” for classroom and student supplies, GivingTuesday had an early start through a promo code sent to previous donors on Monday. Eastern, the giving totals at the Combined Federal Campaign reached $1,881,893. “As

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