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Going Beyond the Dollar: The Community Leadership Role of Foundations

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Foundations play a crucial role in supporting nonprofit organizations and driving positive change within communities. However, in recent years, there has been a growing recognition that foundations possess the potential to offer more than just monetary resources.

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Classy Welcomes Ford Foundation COO Depelsha McGruder to Its Board of Directors

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McGruder, the Ford Foundation’s Chief Operating Officer and Treasurer, oversees Ford’s global operations and finances for its offices in New York, Africa, Asia, and Latin America. United for Social Change, sister organizations working to positively influence how black boys and men are perceived and treated by law enforcement and in society.

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MacArthur Offers $100 Million For One Good Program

The NonProfit Times

Lever for Change influences its networks to find and fund solutions to the world’s challenges, including issues like racial inequity, gender inequality, lack of economic opportunity, and climate change. Some problems cannot be solved by grants of the size that foundations typically provide. The $640 million was nearly 2.56

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Happy International Women’s Day!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Today is International Women’s Day which has been observed since the early 1900s (here’s a good history ). The UN highlights a different theme for International Women’s Day. It would be interesting to learn more about their measurement framework and results, but for now – Happy International Women’s Day.

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Giving USA 2022 Annual Report: Findings and How They Influence Fundraising in 2023

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Giving by foundations grew 3.4% However, in terms of inflation related dollars, foundational giving actually declined in spending power by -1.2%. Foundational giving was estimated to have increased by 9.3 Giving to international affairs was level with 2020 with 0.0 Individuals gave $326.87 billion, which was a 4.9%

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What grantmaking practices should foundations adopt to best support nonprofit organizations?

ASU Lodestar Center

Grantmaking foundations have the financial resources that nonprofit organizations need to accomplish their work. Nonprofit organizations are doing the work essential to further the grantmaking foundation’s mission. Grantmaking practices are important to grantmaking foundations. Clearly define the foundation’s mission.

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10 LinkedIn Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

It’s an ideal community to connect co-workers, influencers, donors, and corporate sponsors. email addresses are not allowed, and as a general rule, should not be used for your nonprofit communications publicly or internally. Launched on May 5, 2003, LinkedIn is a social network for professionals. Gmail, Yahoo, etc.

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