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Advancing Equity in Philanthropy with Resolve and Resilience: A Call to Action

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The very nature of philanthropy is based on empathy, compassion, and a strong conviction to improve overall human welfare and quality of life. The existential need for philanthropy indicates that structures exist that fail to meet basic human needs.

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4 Ways to Help Your Grantmaking Organization Adopt an Emergent Learning Mindset

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If your grantee is focused on incorporating community voice , for example, it’s important for you to know basic best practices so you can support that organization in their goal. Layer Learning into Your Work Looking for, understanding, and applying new ideas takes time—something many in philanthropy don’t have enough of.

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Amplifying Female Voices: Strategies for Equitable and Inclusive Grantmaking

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Like many diversity efforts, including women’s voices in grantmaking decisions—particularly women from historically marginalized groups—doesn’t often happen organically. The first step to creating more inclusive grantmaking is understanding whose voice is being lost. Artwork by Toya Beacham See Women and Girls. Intentionally.

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

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Philanthropy back to the drawing board: Shaping a Future Agenda , by Philanthropy Europe Association (Philea)  In the face of ever evolving and mounting crises, this book by Rien van Gendt urges philanthropy to stop looking to the past for answers. Here we highlight some of the most popular publications from 2023. 

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Beyond the Newest Philanthropy Buzzword: Knowledge Work Is Core to Equitable Change

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Philanthropy loves “new” things. Essence of knowledge After more than two decades in the knowledge field—located at various times in community program evaluation, academia and philanthropy—I have come to the conclusion that our biggest problem in maximizing knowledge work is that we too often conflate knowledge with learning.

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4 Ways to Increase Intra-Organization Equity in Nonprofit Tech

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During their discussion, Jessica and Makeda agreed that putting people first is paramount — especially when making big organizational decisions, like implementing and adopting new technology. Putting people first is paramount — especially when making big organizational decisions, like implementing and adopting new technology.

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We’re 39 percent similar; how can we be exponentially better?

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Self-examination was the zeitgeist of philanthropy in 2021. We listened to the "rising voices of the people we serve" as a foundation staffer framed it recently. At times those voices were passionately personal, at others they were mandates delivered through data. We reflected. We adapted. View the full set of results here.

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