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Stream the Latest “Driven by Cause” Podcast Featuring Julie Packard, Executive Director of the Monterey Bay Aquarium

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As the Executive Director of the Monterey Bay Sea Aquarium, which she helped found in the 1970s, the Aquarium has led the way in becoming one of the nation's leading ocean conservation organizations. In this episode, we speak with Julie Packard, an international leader and groundbreaking innovator for environmental conservation.

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Meyer Foundation Announces Director and Inaugural Cohort of Partner Organizations for $20M Fund for Black-led Change Commitment

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The Meyer Foundation, one of the Washington area's largest and oldest locally focused philanthropies, announced Stephanie Sneed as director of its recently launched Fund for Black-led Change, effective June 1, as well as the inaugural cohort of organizations awarded resources through the Fund.

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Introducing the 2021 Classy Awards Leadership Council

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The collective knowledge of our Leadership Council makes the Classy Awards a distinction unlike any other. Author of Measuring Social Change: Performance and Accountability in a Complex World , which received The Alliance for Nonprofit Management’s Best Book Award for 2020. Executive Director. Kimberly Mitchell. Anna Rathmann.

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Your 2022 Guide to Blackbaud’s K-12 Conference

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Tracy Dodge is the director of student information and registrar at Washington International School, where she oversees the student information system, learning management system, and other integrated solutions. In this session, Hiram Cuevas, director of information systems and academic technology at St. Use the Tools.

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Philanthropy’s response to the Turkey and Syria earthquake 

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Notable individual contributions include $30 million from an anonymous Pakistani donor, who reportedly walked into the Turkish Embassy in Washington, D.C., to make the gift. million ($122 million). To date, TPF has distributed more than $5.5 million in grants to local nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in Turkey.

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Guest Post: What Good Could Come After a No?

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It was 2020, and I was already getting nervous about the every 17-year invasion of cicadas these nasty insects, due in the Washington, DC area in 2021. I think volunteer directors, managers and coordinators see things that are necessary and incredibly impactful for our programs. I was more than nervous. I was panicked.

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How Malala Fund’s Innovative Grantmaking is Revolutionizing Education for Girls

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To help keep girls learning, Malala Fund has awarded new grant funding to Champions leading pandemic response initiatives. To help keep girls learning, Malala Fund has awarded new grant funding to Champions leading pandemic response initiatives. Tabshoura is an award-winning e-learning platform that helps.