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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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How to Develop Your Nonprofit Operating Reserves

sgEngage

However, this is not a universal benchmark. Find the Right Number for Your Nonprofit Operating Reserves The Nonprofit Operating Reserves Initiative (NORI) Workgroup suggests that the minimum operating reserve ratio at the lowest point during the year should be 25 percent, or about three months of the annual operating expense budget.

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The most innovative companies in economic development for 2025

Fast Company Tech

And PIDC , a public-private investment group in Philadelphia, is redeveloping the centuries-old U.S. Naval Shipyard with a $1 billion diversity pledge. But the challenging road required to hit that target inspired the city government to seek out new kinds of partnerships to meet that bold pledge.

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100+ Fundraising Tasks for Your Nonprofit’s Board

Nonprofit Tech for Good

A CTA is an invitation to take action, such as donating, volunteering, signing up for something, signing a petition, pledging to do something, etc. Download this Board of Directors Fundraising Worksheet to help your board members execute their board pledges to raise or give donations. 50 helps us feed one child for a week.”).

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Three US states have signed on to Apple and Google’s exposure notification system

The Verge

The companies have pledged not to collect data from the framework or otherwise monetize it, and they intend to shut the system down once the public health crisis has passed. Today’s update simply opens the door for public health apps to use the framework and the enhanced Bluetooth access that it enables.

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What counts as racial equity funding?  

Candid

We began tracking grants and pledges based on press releases and public announcements to tell a real-time story. . contacted us with two primary concerns about the way the data was presented: the distinction between racial equity and racial justice funding, and the mixing of grants and pledges. a major part of the?recent

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Nigeria’s AltSchool raises $1M pre-seed to build an alternative school for Africans

TechCrunch

Yusuf met with educational stakeholders at a public university in Ife, a neighbouring town near Lagos, to pull this off, but the deal never materialized. The country’s unemployment rate is at a staggering 34% and continues to leave many university graduates in its trail.

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