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Ford, Skoll, Compton foundations launch fund for visual storytelling

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The Ford , Skoll , and Compton foundations have announced the launch of a donor collaborative to help strengthen the impact of moving image storytelling. Ford, Skoll, and Compton foundations press release 07/28/2021.

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Five myths and misconceptions about Candid’s grant data

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tax exempt nonprofit organizations must file various Forms 990 with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) each year. foundations (e.g. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation , Ford Foundation , and Hewlett Foundation ) share such data with Candid. based foundations. Many of the largest U.S. institutions.

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International Human Rights Day 2011

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

T, December 10th, the international community is observing Human Rights Day to commemorate the 63rd anniversary of the creation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In my Fall 2011 President’s Update , I mentioned PBS NewsHour’s two stories, and complete press coverage of our work is listed on our website. and Catherine T.

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Global philanthropy responds to the Ukraine crisis

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million that will be internally displaced and 12 million who will need humanitarian assistance of some kind. Corporations account for 55% of the total dollar value of grants awarded; foundations and public charities 40%; and high-net-worth individuals for 5%. Little is known about the recipients of this funding. Giving by funder type.

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Charitable giving grew 5.1 percent in 2020, ‘Giving USA’ finds

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Produced by the Giving USA Foundation and the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy , Giving USA 2021: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 20 20 (key findings, 5 pages, PDF) estimates that charitable giving totaled $471.44 Giving by foundations jumped 17 percent (15.6 Total charitable giving grew 5.1

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Five Reasons to Attend Nonprofit Summit May 17-18

Saleforce Nonprofit

Our nonprofit Trailblazers know better than anyone how to rise to the occasion of the world’s most pressing issues and how important relationships and reliance on community can be. Reason #2: Dynamic Speakers & International Panels. Now, keep reading for more details on our new learning opportunities….

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Open for comment: Proposed changes to Candid’s taxonomy

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How we got here The Philanthropy Classification System was developed in 2015 by what was then the Foundation Center (one of Candid’s predecessor organizations ), which found that the National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) used by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) did not adequately capture the work of the sector.