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Philanthropy during COVID-19 in Brazil 

Candid

To understand how the pandemic impacted the philanthropic sector and civil society organizations around the world, we reached out to local experts who shared their observations and experiences over the past two years. Brazil’s culture of giving and philanthropy has been growing since the 1980s.

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Lessons from 2019 to maximize future disaster giving decisions

Candid

Putting this best practice into action, in 2019—two years after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico—the Amgen Foundation awarded $257,500 to the University of Puerto Rico for rebuilding efforts. . Cargill Foundation awarded several multi-year disaster grants in 2019. Candid makes it easy to share your data.

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Let’s All Pull Together: Reflections from Harambee 2023

Candid

I shared about my great-grandmother, “Lil Mama,” who was born in Louisiana 30 years after the end of slavery and lived until 108. Joseph Awards After-Party and meetups in between, there was plenty of Black joy and celebration. We each had the opportunity to elevate a woman from the past who is a part of our journey.

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Spotlighting the Benefits of the Stakeholder Economy at Davos 2022

Saleforce Nonprofit

These engaged activists shared great ideas for how we can help young people learn to tackle climate change — for themselves and for the world. For more on this topic, listen to our climate action episode from season two of the award-winning Force Multiplier podcast Opens new window. Driving A Culture of Intrapreneurship SDG Panel.

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Member Round Up: Brain science in fundraising, website tips, and Do Good Data 2013!

NTEN

Flickr: chotda This week''s Member Round Up draws from all corners of the sector in both region and topic, from the energy in the streets of Brazil to Facebook contests and assistive technology used by the Bridge School--see what the nptech community''s been up to! Read the original blog post here.

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10X: CEO’s Update: Spring 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

As always, I’m delighted to share the latest Benetech highlights as we work on these ambitious 10X dreams! The Oak Foundation just awarded us a grant to provide accessible content to people with qualifying learning differences (like dyslexia) in Brazil, India, and the United Kingdom.

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Upcoming Nonprofits Live: Storytelling and Collaborative Video

Tech Soup

employers in Brazil and the US. In Brazil, David wrote and directed. was awarded a Knight 2010 News Challenge grant for Stroome , a collaborative video editing and publishing platform designed to. He learns, he teaches, he shares and he. His forthcoming. newscasts for CurrentTV. vision and working to see it through.