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Philanthropy’s response to the Turkey and Syria earthquake 

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The earthquakes on February 6 that devastated southern Turkey and northern Syria have left an estimated 54,000 people dead. The disaster also displaced over 1.9 million Turks in temporary shelters and left more than 500,000 Syrians homeless, according to the United Nations. billion) to Turkey. An estimated 2.2

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The impact of COVID-19 on civil society, part two

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News from Turkey does offer a glimmer of hope. As a result, they implemented new focuses on trust building, modifying elements of the application process to center equity and expand access to applicants that otherwise might not have been eligible for grant support. According to a Center for Effective Philanthropy report, in the U.S.