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Are corporations making good on their racial equity pledges?

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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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Climate Justice in the field: An interview with the Donors of Color Network

Candid

Recently we interviewed Abdul Dosunmu, campaign manager for the Donors of Color Network’s (DOCN) Climate Funders Justice Pledge , one of the intermediaries featured in the guide. Toward this goal, DOCN is collecting noteworthy case studies from Pledge participants that can serve as examples for others.

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Making Giving Fun: Case Study from Oxfam

Amy Sample Ward

It’s the time of year again when organizations, large and small, try to break out the holiday wishes, stories, and campaigns to get one last donation, one last gift and one last pledge in before the new year. Tags: case studies campaign christmas education games gifts giving holidays oxfam. What do you think?

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Case Study: Community-Based Fundraising

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Case Study: The Highmark Walk for a Healthy Community. With web-based fundraising software, all participating nonprofits are able to expand their donor base through online event registration, secure pledge and donation payments, and view detailed financial and participant reporting.

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From TechPresident: Facebook Haggadah: A Case Study in Viral ROI

Amy Sample Ward

Sifry , the co-founder of Personal Democracy Forum, took a closer look at ROI for Facebook apps in his piece last week Facebook Haggadah: A Case Study in Viral ROI (Is This App Different From All Other Apps?) for TechPresident. Here’s an excerpt from his post : Within a day his Facebook Haggadah was all over the web.

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Reframe, commit, and expand: How to meaningfully invest in Black leaders

Candid

Despite 2020’s influx of interest in Black leaders, who have always been here, leaders like Toyin have yet to receive support from the $67 billion pledged towards racial equity. The money pledged is an example of historical cycles of reactionary funding traditionally followed by retrenchment and backlash.

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Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America spread #GoSilent across the web for Memorial Day

Amy Sample Ward

The timing coincides with the President’s remarks in Arlington, but one minute of silence can be pledged at any time, really. Here’s an example of a Senator showing his support for veterans through participation in the #gosilent pledge: Tracking silence.

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