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Money talks: Why tuning into the Giving Pledge matters 

Candid

Influential Pledgers’ philanthropic approaches The Giving Pledge was formed in 2010 by Bill Gates, Melinda French Gates, and Warren Buffett to encourage the super-rich to publicly elevate and accelerate their giving. Case in point: Through the Gates Foundation , Bill and Melinda Gates have such outsized effect on philanthropy in the U.S.

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Is climate change action the new face of natural disaster relief?

Candid

Whether it’s global heatwaves, flooding in Pakistan, Canadian wildfires that block out the sun, decade-long droughts in Africa, or ever more powerful hurricanes, natural disasters have our attention. Foundation funding for climate-related grantmaking increased 25% between 2020 and 2021.

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The Link Between ICT and Science and Technology in Africa: Implications for Civil Society Organisations

Tech Soup

Last week, several TechSoup Global staffers participated in Foundation Week in Brussels. That is one of the conclusions I drew from the Seminar on Science and technology partnerships with Africa: Opportunities for European Foundations. This post comes from GuideStar International communications manager Keisha Taylor.

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A New Year: A New Learning Journey Begins

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In 2010, I launched the Networked Nonprofit with a flurry of speaking and training gigs literally around the world, while also designing and facilitating many workshops, peer learning groups, and coaching grantees as Visiting Scholar.

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#1MilliForJadudi: A Crowdfunding Campaign in Kenya to help Cancer Patient

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In 2010, I had an opportunity to do a Networked Nonprofit workshop in Kenya. Ever since I’ve kept in touch with her over Twitter. Zawadi has launched her own consulting firm and works with African nonprofits and social change activists on their social media and crowd funding campaigns. We did a little coaching.

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Raise Your Hand for Girls on October 11, 2012

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I raised money through my blog and later on Twitter to help send her to college from 2006-2010 through the Sharing Foundation’s program. She is working two jobs, one is at the Bamboo Indochine store at the airport. The photo above is Leng Sopharath. She graduated from college and is married.

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Empowering Young Children through Philanthropy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One of them was Vincent Law who is doing interesting work with teaching young children about giving and philanthropy. In 2010, the conference was held in Baltimore, Maryland. So in 2006 I founded a charity called Child Psychoecology Foundation (CPF). At one of the pre-conference master classes, I met 2 young women from Cairo.