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

Candid

As of December 12, 2024, Candids tracking of press releases and other funding announcements have found 227 grants and pledges worth nearly $278 million for Hurricanes Helene and Milton. million was disbursed, despite much more being pledged. million was disbursed, despite much more being pledged.

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Black Founders Matter presses VCs to pledge commitment to diversity

TechCrunch

The fund announced today the formation of the 25 by 25 Pledge , which encourages venture capitalists to commit to investing a quarter of their funds into BIPOC women founders by the year 2025. ” Michel was inspired to start the pledge after realizing his own investments leaned toward Black male founders. .

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Are corporations making good on their racial equity pledges?

Candid

A s of July 2020, we’d identified racial e quity grants and pledges worth $4.2 Yet a closer look at th is funding shows that pledges — particularly those from corporate funders — account for nearly three-quarters of the dollars we’ve tracked. What are corporate pledges? . billion dollars. 3] . 3] .

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A $500 Million Pledge to Support Local News

Non Profit Quarterly

Since 2005, some 2,200 local newspapers have closed, according to a press release by the MacArthur Foundation. In an effort to turn this trend around, the MacArthur Foundation unveiled in September 2023 the Press Forward initiative, a coalition of 22 founding donors set on “strengthening communities and democracy by supporting local news.”

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Walmart pledges $1 billion to pay employees’ college tuition, books

Candid

Walmart press release 07/27/2021. "This investment is another way we can support our associates to pursue their passion and purpose while removing the barriers that too often keep adult working learners from obtaining degrees.". Walmart to Pay 100 percent of college tuition and books for associates." .

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9 Social Media for Social Good Sites You Should know About

NetWits

Jumo’s received a very warm welcome and a lot of press being that the founder Chris Hughes was also the co-founder of Facebook and director of online organizing for Barack Obama’s 2008 Presidential campaign. This takes the concept of pledging your financial support to a whole new “social&# level. 3) Jumo – [link].

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Global philanthropy responds to the Ukraine crisis

Candid

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. Candid collects data from publicly available sources, including press releases, websites, membership reports and surveys, and local reporting. Pledges by funder type.

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