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A New Era for Foundation Collaboration

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In the past, many foundations viewed collaboration as a speed bump. Collaborations, after all, take time. But at a time when many foundations are looking for creative ways to address the overlapping crises of COVID-19, racial injustice, and climate change, they are viewing collaboration much differently.

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Grow the Human Skills: Critical Thinking, Creativity, Collaboration, and Communication

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The 4Cs or critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, and communication complement technology and will serve any organization well in competitive markets. Practice Critical Thinking The Summit supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory can perform 10.51 quadrillion floating-point operations per second.

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Client Spotlight: National Pediatric Cancer Foundation

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In 2012, President Barack Obama named September National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month to raise awareness of pediatric cancer. The National Pediatric Cancer Foundation (NPCF) works tirelessly to change that. The National Pediatric Cancer Foundation (NPCF) works tirelessly to change that. Background and Mission.

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Reimagining grantmaking with data collaboration at scale 

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PEAK Grantmaking’s “Reimagining Philanthropy” conference in March exploring these themes was a fitting setting for a session Candid organized about advancing systems change via data collaboration at scale. The post Reimagining grantmaking with data collaboration at scale appeared first on Candid Blog.

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Tickets Are Now on Sale for the 2023 Driven by Cause Philanthropic Summit Presented by Arreva & Nova Southeastern University

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This is an unparalleled opportunity to collaborate, engage, and learn from national and local speakers, executive directors, funders, sports foundations, and educators through curated thought-leadership sessions with action items for nonprofits’ success in today’s world.

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How Grantmakers Can Improve Collaboration Through Empathy and Experimentation

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Years ago, I worked on a project where I was hired to interview about 75 different foundations in one state. These included all types of foundations, large to small, family-run, disease-related, corporate-operated. Do you know the one thing that nearly every foundation representative shared? Collaboration in a Crisis.

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Foundations step up funding to bolster trust in local news 

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MacArthur, and William and Flora Hewlett Foundations have recognized the importance of a vibrant local news ecosystem. As part of their democracy portfolios, they’re funding not only newsroom operations and training but also research and collaborations to bring diverse voices to the fore. Knight, John D. and Catherine T.

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