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Empowering Young Children through Philanthropy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

One of them was Vincent Law who is doing interesting work with teaching young children about giving and philanthropy. Throughout history, philanthropy plays a very important role because it directly impacts our wellbeing. I then said to her ‘Don’t you know that Egyptian has a longer history of philanthropy than the Americans?’

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13 of the Best Nonprofit Videos from the Last 13 Years

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The videos below are a snapshot of the history of nonprofits using video. You can also explore the winners of the DoGooder Video Awards back to 2010. Save the Children. Invisible Children. Today, approximately 72% of internet traffic is video and one billion hours of that video is watched daily on YouTube. You can too.

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Introducing the 2021 Classy Awards Leadership Council

Classy

The collective knowledge of our Leadership Council makes the Classy Awards a distinction unlike any other. Author of Measuring Social Change: Performance and Accountability in a Complex World , which received The Alliance for Nonprofit Management’s Best Book Award for 2020. Shriners Hospital for Children. Kimberly Mitchell.

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Philanthropy must prioritize elevating and including Black voices

Candid

According to the 2020 Smithsonian Magazine article, The Storied History of Giving in America , the practice of philanthropy can reflect and reinforce inequity. A trust-based funding model should be the standard for grant awards to Black-led and Black-benefiting nonprofit organizations.

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Mary Robinson

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Thanks to being a Skoll Award winner, I am frequently blessed with the opportunity to hear from the world’s most inspiring leaders. She saw this incredible combination as a watershed moment in global history. Children being born today should have every expectation of living on average at least 84 years!

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Carrie Karnos, recipient of the 2006 James H. Veale Humanitarian Award.

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Veale Humanitarian Award for service to the blind community. Here's the letter from the editor of Matilda Ziegler Magazine, which explains why Carrie was deserving of this award: A Letter from the Editor New York City Dec. Veale Humanitarian Award. She wrote, "Please consider Carrie Karnos for this award.

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Let’s All Pull Together: Reflections from Harambee 2023

Candid

During the session, Dawn Frisby Byers (PA Humanities) stated that Black women’s stories are often pushed aside, downplayed, or just flat out ignored; and yet, she said, “we are the keepers of history, traditions, and hope.” She and my great-grandfather worked as sharecroppers while raising eight children.