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Global philanthropy responds to the Ukraine crisis

Candid

Since February 24, more than two million people have fled Ukraine. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) estimates that some 18 million people will ultimately become affected, including 6.7 Governments have also directed hundreds of millions of dollars in assistance for Ukraine.

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Collecting data during a humanitarian crisis

Candid

When a crisis occurs—whether it’s the war in Ukraine or the COVID-19 pandemic—people seek up-to-date information. We also made the data publicly available through special issue pages about the war in Ukraine and coronavirus , where users can access the data, alongside news stories and additional resources. . foundation grantmaking.

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Compassion Services International on Growing Your Nonprofit Email List, Donation Thank You’s, and Powerful Storytelling

CauseVox

In our effort to highlight brilliant changemakers, we sat down with Cylinda Nickel at Compassion Services International to dive deeper into their global fundraising initiatives – particularly their work for Ukraine- and hear about her top fundraising tips. Their goal is to bring hope and help to various nations during times of crisis.

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Butler shows hundreds of employees the door after raising $50M for room service delivery

TechCrunch

To customers, it pledged to deliver orders — including “convenience” items on the side, like chargers and shaving cream — in under 30 minutes, charged directly to their hotel bill. But Butler, intent on expansion, continued to take on expensive new hotel restaurant leases.

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Update: Philanthropy’s response to Ukraine crisis

Candid

Since March 11, when Candid last looked at the global philanthropic response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, human suffering and economic devastation has only increased. We have identified 540 grants worth $667,728,963 and 122 pledges worth $653,512,350 as of April 1. Ukraine and neighboring countries. Overview of findings.

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How foreign workers helped spur Spain’s rapid economic growth

Fast Company Tech

Inside a cavernous production plant in Spain, people from 62 nationalities work side by side to keep a food company humming as millions of legs of ham travel on hooks along conveyor belts. It credits the newcomers with sustaining the aging countrys social security systema challenge common in other European nations.

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JD Vance warns against ‘excessive regulation’ at Paris AI summit

Fast Company Tech

was noticeably absent from a joint statement signed by more than 60 nations, pledging to “promote AI accessibility to reduce digital divides” and “ensure AI is open, inclusive, transparent, ethical, safe, secure and trustworthy.” Trump has pledged to end the war in Ukraine within six months of taking office.

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