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Charity Navigator Launches Alerts Designed to Inform and Protect Donors

NonProfit PRO

Charity Navigator launched alerts, a feature that provides donors with information detailing alleged and confirmed charity misconduct. This new feature will help donors make informed philanthropic decisions while also helping trustworthy charities maintain credibility with supporters.

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Foundations step up funding to bolster trust in local news 

Candid

news organizations, specifically local news outlets, have been rapidly dwindling. The COVID-19 pandemic brought more challenges for the industry, as demand for local news grew but revenue and outlets shrank. MacArthur, and William and Flora Hewlett Foundations have recognized the importance of a vibrant local news ecosystem.

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A $500 Million Pledge to Support Local News

Non Profit Quarterly

Image credit: Jon Tyson on Unsplash The decades-long decimation of local news—and the dangers that the trend poses for public oversight, an informed citizenry, and democracy itself—remains very much underway. The MacArthur Foundation itself pledged $150 million to the new fund. And the way to do that is through journalism.”

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[Breaking News] An Extraordinary Funding Opportunity For Nonprofits To Preserve Local Journalism

Bloomerang

Press Forward seeks to reverse the dramatic decline in local news that has coincided with an increasingly divided America and weakening trust in institutions. Around 2,200 local newspapers have closed since 2005, resulting in 20 percent of Americans living in “news deserts” with little to no reliable coverage of important local events.

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Become the trusted information source for your industry

Nimble AMS

Who can you trust for information these days? Research sources (if you trust them) show that the American public distrusts common information sources: According to Pew Research Center, Americans’ trust in the federal government is at near historic lows. Three effective ways to become the trusted source of information in your industry.

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Statistics Canada released information on rural and small town nonprofits in Canada

Charity Village

Nonprofits in rural and small towns […] The post Statistics Canada released information on rural and small town nonprofits in Canada appeared first on CharityVillage. Nonprofits operating in rural and small town areas employed over 444,000 people, which was up by 3.8%

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Big News at Benetech (and for me!)

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Data for Inclusion: Enabling people with disabilities to provide firsthand reports on the issues they face to inform policy at the local, national, and global level. Connected Civil Society: Applying machine learning and computer vision to document human rights violations and promote accountability in Syria in collaboration with the UN.

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