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

Candid

As the saying goes, “knowledge is power.” Candid’s Issue Lab is dedicated to collecting, preserving, and sharing social sector knowledge. We invite you to explore our collection policy and sign up for a free account to contribute to the collection—as we all work together to strengthen our sector’s collective knowledge and impact. 

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Empowering Community Voices: The Strategic Advantage of Nonprofit Advisory Committees

Blue Avocado

Alternately, you might be thinking about building an advisory committee around advocacy. 2 Say you’re a nonprofit working in the area of houselessness and want to put together an advisory committee of people with legislative and policy development experience to advance systemic changes in your community.

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Embracing partnership: A promising paradigm for nonprofit governance 

Candid

For instance, when boards overly prioritize routine tasks like policy development and operational management, they risk missing opportunities for innovation and could fail to address emerging challenges with a holistic perspective. This approach can lead to a reactive, rather than proactive, approach to addressing community needs.

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5 Ways For Civil Society To Engage With AI

The NonProfit Times

Similar to visualizations, AI can help uncover key connections in your organizational data and isolate them for further analysis by knowledgeable humans. The Tech Policy Lab at the University of Washington has developed a practice and guidance around writing data statements ( [link] ). Where might they fail in your specific context?

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Report: Insights from the Google AI Impact Challenge

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The report provides detail about the opportunities and challenges and offers some next steps for social good organizations, technology companies, and policy makers. . This information can help set the stage for potential partnerships and field-wide sharing of knowledge. The key findings in the report are listed below.

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Lessons from 2019 to maximize future disaster giving decisions

Candid

Nonprofits need support to engage in activities that influence disaster-related policies. Support local nonprofits and knowledge in the U.S. Local knowledge is crucial, as is trusting the expertise of affected communities. Alternatively, you can prepare your grants information using this template. and internationally.

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How Malala Fund’s Innovative Grantmaking is Revolutionizing Education for Girls

Saleforce Nonprofit

Over the course of a three-year grant , Champions implement ambitious, goal-oriented projects and participate in advocacy campaigns aimed at changing local and national policies that hinder equal access to education. The initiative currently supports 57 Education Champions in eight countries with the greatest need.