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Alumni giving’s growing relationship with high-profile, big money donors 

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billion in funding. In April of this year, CEO of the hedge fund Citadel, Kenneth C. It was even more remarkable, because it was a lump-sum donation with no limits on how the money could be used. The post Alumni giving’s growing relationship with high-profile, big money donors appeared first on Candid Blog.

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Weekly update from PND

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cities: Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center has announced a $100 million gift from the Fiona and Stanley Druckenmiller Foundation to establish a fund to seed promising projects in translational cancer medicine that might otherwise go unfunded. Read more.

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Concurrent Fundraising Events: 3 Ideas to Boost Revenue

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Available funds are low, and you know it will take more than one fundraiser to get your books where they need to be. To tackle this need for extra funds, many nonprofits launch concurrent fundraising events. Let’s say your nonprofit is based in Atlanta and your supporters are playing baseball.

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Nonprofit Strategic Planning: Ultimate Guide + 7 Examples

Bloomerang

Here is an overview of a few misconceptions about the process: Our nonprofit should be focused on saving/generating money, not spending it. It’s a cliche, but it’s true — you have to spend money to make money. Then, outline the strategies you’ll use to acquire that funding. Seems reasonable, right? Monthly giving.

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The ongoing revolution in philanthropy: An open-ended reading list

Deborah Elizabeth Finn

The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex. The Givers: Money, Power, and Philanthropy in a New Gilded Age. In the March Toward Equity and Justice, Foundations Need to Remember: It’s Not Our Money to Control. What if pizza shops were funded like human service nonprofits?

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The philanthropic response to the rise in Asian hate

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On March 16, 2021, eight people were murdered in Atlanta. Foundation funding trends for AAPI communities. To interpret the current philanthropic response to anti-Asian hate, it is helpful to first understand philanthropic funding for AAPI communities over time. percent of annual funding explicitly focused on AAPI populations.

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Philanthropy and Social Media: New Whitepaper from The Institute for Philanthropy

Amy Sample Ward

A similar example is that of an Atlanta city councilman who chose to post a message to Twitter asking for a medic to respond to an unconscious woman on the street rather than to dial 911 when his mobile phone battery was very low. Maybe it isn’t even money, but feedback or advice, maybe an introduction or volunteer time.