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Highlights from Candid’s most popular philanthropic resources in 2023?

Candid

To build trust and prioritize community voices, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s Community Fund adopted a participatory grantmaking practice in 2021 and 2022. It also examines the findings from its comprehensive assessment of New York City’s nonprofits’ leadership demographics.

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Why Your Giving Day is Your Secret Weapon

M+R

Launching a Giving Day from scratch: California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco’s Academy Day The California Academy of Sciences is an aquarium, planetarium, rainforest, and natural history museum located in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. Johanna Levy is an Account Supervisor at M+R based in New York City, but not in Brooklyn.

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The Power of Giving: Supporting AAPI Nonprofits That Align with Your Values

Neon CRM

Visit Stop AAPI Hate’s Website If You’re an Art Lover, Support the Asian American Arts Alliance The Asian American Arts Alliance (A4) is a New York-based organization dedicated to “strengthening Asian American artists and cultural groups through resource sharing, promotion, and community building.”

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COVID-related National Service cannot just be gap year for privileged youth

ASU Lodestar Center

America has a long and rich history of national service, often turning to it as a powerful lever in times of crisis, as it did after 9/11, Hurricane Katrina and the Great Recession of 2008. It has been reported that the virus is twice as deadly for Black and Latino people in New York City as compared to whites.

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What are the nonprofit management implications of Pay for Success programs?

ASU Lodestar Center

Entering into a rigorous, time-intensive pay for success contract is likely a better plan if a program is not brand new. The Rikers Island pay for success program was rooted in evidence-based research, but had never been operated by the service provider in as complex a setting as the New York City prison (MDRC, 2015).

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Women of Color Leading Essential, Activist Work in Cultural Institutions

Museum 2.0

I was impressed by her expertise, and the example that Raven and Amanda are setting in strengthening their own voices as emerging leaders in this space. Betty Reid Soskin - Rewriting History in the National Parks Yes, I DID save the best for last. She writes about race, history, parks, culture, and politics. Want to know more?

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Carrie Karnos, recipient of the 2006 James H. Veale Humanitarian Award.

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Here's the letter from the editor of Matilda Ziegler Magazine, which explains why Carrie was deserving of this award: A Letter from the Editor New York City Dec. Working for an organization with a long, illustrious history, I am always curious about how other organizations got their start. Congratulations, Carrie!

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