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A clarion call to invest in historically Black colleges and universities

Candid

Over 185 years later, HBCUs continue to be the backbone of Black America. This is why, today, in partnership with Candid, we are pleased to announce the launch of the most comprehensive report of its kind, Philanthropy and HBCUs: Foundation funding to historically Black colleges and universities. My story isn’t unique.

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How Mentorship Can Break Down Racial Divides

Saleforce Nonprofit

For me, it was elementary school, in Topeka, Kansas, when I declared, “I want to be a television reporter!” My professors took a chance on me and found a television internship that turned into a full-time reporting gig, all while juggling classes during my senior year. It was updated for National Mentoring Month in January 2023.

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Why is "World Class" so Classist?

Museum 2.0

Jason Beaubien was reporting on the Soumaya Museum in Mexico City, the gleaming new art museum built as a "gift to Mexico" by the world's richest man, Carlos Slim. The news report , strangely, focused on the question of whether the Soumaya Museum is a rich man's indulgence or a truly "worthy" cultural institution.

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How can nonprofit leaders enact effective practices to achieve the promise of social equity?

ASU Lodestar Center

Without leadership prioritizing equitable practices, class representation suffers in these roles and lessens sector diversity. Contributions from high net worth individuals are concealing declines in middle and lower class giving. According to a 2018 Blackbaud report , 37% of donations were coming in from online sources.

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Normalizing seeking support for mental health takes collective action

Candid

According to the same Kaiser Family Foundation report, forty-seven percent of women have reported symptoms of anxiety and/or depressive disorder compared to 38 percent of men in December 2020. Mental Health America. Add to this a reckoning with racial justice, and you have a populace on the verge of stress overload.

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Weekly update from PND

Candid

September 30, 2021 Charitable giving by affluent Americans in 2020 averaged $43,195, a 48 percent increase over $29,269 in 2017, a report from Bank of America and Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy finds. MacArthur Foundation has announced its 2021 class of MacArthur Fellows. and Catherine T.

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Remembering Franklin Thomas

Candid

Many will remember Franklin Thomas as the president of Ford Foundation, fewer will realize that he was the first Black foundation president in America, but I knew him as my boss and mentor. Frank spoke to our orientation class as we watched a film that Ford had funded depicting Black stereotypes in American media.

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