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A $500 Million Pledge to Support Local News

Non Profit Quarterly

The MacArthur Foundation itself pledged $150 million to the new fund. A perhaps more ambitious metric, and certainly one more difficult to measure, will be the impact of local journalism grants on democracy and civic life itself in the United States. Since 2005, some 2,200 local newspapers have closed.

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Global philanthropy responds to the Ukraine crisis

Candid

We have identified 208 pledges and grants for Ukraine relief. This includes 34 pledges worth $241,773,200 and 174 grants worth $343,561,933 as of March 8. The United States, United Kingdom, Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany, and Japan account for 91% of total grant funding for Ukraine to date. Overview of findings.

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6 Online Fundraising Tools to Watch in 2020

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Built for publishers that produce a lot of content, Action Button is a widget that features “Donate” buttons (as well as Tweet, Call, Pledge buttons) directly inside trending articles published by their partners. Currently, GiveTrack is only available to 501c3 nonprofit organizations in the United States.

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Philanthropy’s response to the Turkey and Syria earthquake 

Candid

The United Nations also issued an appeal for an additional $1 billion in aid, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development pledged €1.5 The United States has provided $185 million in assistance through USAID. million and an additional 50 pledges worth $51.1 billion ($1.6 billion) to Turkey.

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Update: Philanthropy’s response to Ukraine crisis

Candid

We have identified 540 grants worth $667,728,963 and 122 pledges worth $653,512,350 as of April 1. United States. United Kingdom. Among known recipient countries, the United States accounts for 45% of recipients and 32% of grant dollar value. United States. United States.

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The philanthropic response to the rise in Asian hate

Candid

In the wake of their deaths, individuals, communities, and organizations have shown solidarity with words, actions, and millions of dollars pledged to end anti-Asian discrimination, violence, and hate. In other words, “For every $100 awarded by foundations for work in the United States, only 20 cents explicitly supports AAPI communities.”

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Breaking Silos: Standardizing Accounting Methodologies in a Catholic Diocese

sgEngage

The Catholic Church runs the largest network of private schools in the United States, with thousands of primary and secondary schools across hundreds of Catholic dioceses and archdioceses. Each diocese may be divided into multiple parishes which operate the schools. Private schools rely on tuition and donations to pay for expenses.