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What happened in 2020 disaster philanthropy beyond COVID-19?  

Candid

The year 2020 was an astounding year for disaster philanthropy, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. billion from private and community foundations and public charities, 96% of dollars addressed disease outbreaks (mainly COVID-19). i What did the remaining $223 million in disaster aid address? 5 disaster events from 2020 to remember.

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New data for strategic disaster philanthropy 

Candid

For the next 700 words, I invite you to remember the disaster events that occurred in 2019, just months before the pandemic outbreak. . In 2019, millions of people around the world were affected by disasters and humanitarian crises. Hurricane Dorian caused catastrophic damage in the Bahamas and parts of the eastern United States.

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Do Negativity And Alarm Really Raise More Funds?

Bloomerang

Fundraisers use danger messages because marketing data often—though not always—shows they’re highly effective compared with positive messages. But the data doesn’t always support that view. But the data doesn’t always support that view. Thankfully, the data also provides some rays of hope for optimists.

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Philgorithms: Two Examples of Data Mapping to Guide Donor Decisions

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As COVID accelerates innovative uses of AI in many areas, we are also seeing more development of AI-powered data mapping tools for philanthropic advising and to support donor investment decisions. We are seeing it to help donors make decision about COVID funding and other disaster related donation decisions.

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Apps for Disaster Planning

Tech Soup

TechSoup recently updated its disaster planning and recovery guide, The Resilient Organization , to include the new ways nonprofits, charities, and public libraries are using technology. Android, iOS, Windows Phone) connects you with friends and family during a large-scale disaster such as an earthquake or a hurricane.

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Exploring Disaster Philanthropy: Part 2

Connection Cafe

The largest theme that is constant in disaster philanthropy is partnership. In the aftermath of Hurricanes Rita and Katrina , about 22% of total funding went to the American Red Cross (ARC). About 50% of funding at this point for Hurricane Harvey has gone to ARC. Click here to read part 1 of this series.

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The Single Most Important Thing to Prepare for Disasters

Tech Soup

On this 10th anniversary of the Hurricane Katrina disaster, we polled a variety of smart NPtech cognoscenti on the single most important thing charities need to do to prepare for a disaster. These services all store data at geographically-diverse datacenters that are mirrored to more than one location.