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What happened in 2020 disaster philanthropy beyond COVID-19?  

Candid

Wildfires are becoming more intense and more frequent,” according to the UN Environment Programme , exacerbated by climate change and land-use changes. Millions are also internally displaced within Syria. Pledges (announced intentions to award a monetary or in-kind contribution) are also not counted in total funding.

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8 Top Corporate Giving Trends to Watch in 2024 + Examples

Nonprofits Source

8 Corporate Giving Trends to Pay Attention To Companies constantly change and expand their corporate giving initiatives. Charitable Giving Stipends: Companies can award employees with gift cards or add funds designated for donating to their accounts within their employee giving portal.

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15 Powerful Quotes from the Social Good Summit

Connection Cafe

There’s no doubt that technology empowers everyone – are we going to use it for positivity and change, or to close ourselves off?” – Pete Cashmore, Founder & CEO, Mashable. “It’s It won’t be the content creators that change the world in a world where everyone creates content, it will be the content curators.

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Mission Possible: Tell Us Your Symantec Story and Win Prizes!

Tech Soup

What drives you and motivates you to create change in your community? Tell us about the change you're making in your community. This Challenge is void in Cuba, Iran, Myanmar, North Korea, Sudan, Syria, and all countries under sanction by the U.S. Symantec helps nonprofits make their mission possible. Share your story.

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Benetech: the Equilibrium Change Machine

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Even though I’m a Skoll Award winner, it really made me think about my organization, Benetech, and what we are trying to accomplish. I always refer aspiring social entrepreneurs to the article when they ask me how they can win a Skoll Award. The first is their core concept of equilibrium change.

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The Maui wildfires: A record in disaster philanthropy, an opportunity to ‘get it right’ 

Candid

There were many more, including February’s earthquake in Turkey and Syria. million awarded in response to non-epidemic disasters including Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria and the earthquake in Mexico. Or has donor behavior changed as result of the pandemic? And that’s only for one disaster last year. funders contributed $266.2

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Why I’m Scared of the SOPA Bill by Jim Fruchterman

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Because, if we make software that promises to keep your life or death sensitive information secret to the best of our abilities, we won’t build a back door in for Syria, or China, or the U.S. But, when asked if we know whether or not there are “pirated” copyrighted materials, we can’t say. government or even (heavens!)

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