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Lessons from the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season: What philanthropy can do better

Candid

Hardest hit by flooding was the Central Appalachia region, where years of disinvestment by government and philanthropy left the region ill prepared. The Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) annually publishes the State of Disaster Philanthropy (SODP) report using Candid data, but the lag in data reporting means its always two years behind.

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Empowering young women in philanthropy to create lasting change

Candid

Women have a unique opportunity to use their position to advance philanthropy and impact to tackle the pressing problems affecting human and planetary health. Why focus on young women in philanthropy? When should we start educating young women in philanthropy? Significant giving by women is already under way.

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Are corporations making good on their racial equity pledges?

Candid

Candid ha s been tracking racial equity funding for a decad e , but this recent philanthropy response was staggering. A s of July 2020, we’d identified racial e quity grants and pledges worth $4.2 What are corporate pledges? . Corporate pledges for racial equity represent a range of initiatives. 3] .

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The Maui wildfires: A record in disaster philanthropy, an opportunity to ‘get it right’ 

Candid

Part of my work at the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) involves monitoring philanthropic giving in response to disasters through our annual Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy: Data to Drive Decisions (SODP) report. However, this delay is important, too, for pledges do not always equal final payments.

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Money talks: Why tuning into the Giving Pledge matters 

Candid

As the saying goes, “Money talks,” and there’s no better example of this than the Giving Pledge and its effect on the social sector. To date, 241 individuals with a cumulative net worth easily surpassing $1 trillion have made the pledge—a public commitment to give the majority of their fortunes to charity.

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Global philanthropy responds to the Ukraine crisis

Candid

We have been tracking philanthropy’s response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. We have identified 208 pledges and grants for Ukraine relief. This includes 34 pledges worth $241,773,200 and 174 grants worth $343,561,933 as of March 8. Pledges by funder type. Here’s what we know so far. Overview of findings.

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A $500 Million Pledge to Support Local News

Non Profit Quarterly

The MacArthur Foundation itself pledged $150 million to the new fund. It’s a call to action for philanthropy to step up.” It’s a call to action for philanthropy to step up in this moment….We Since 2005, some 2,200 local newspapers have closed. We have a crisis in our country,” Im adds.

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