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Giving Trends in Brazil: How Crowdfunding & Social Entrepreneurs Are Transforming the Nonprofit Sector

Nonprofit Tech for Good

According to the Institute of Applied Economic Research , there are 820,000 existing NGOs, also know as ONGs (organizaciónes no gubernamentales), in Brazil. What would you like the world to know about NGOs and fundraising in Brazil? But small causes here in Brazil make a very big difference in social impact.

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Remembering Franklin Thomas

Candid

Many will remember Franklin Thomas as the president of Ford Foundation, fewer will realize that he was the first Black foundation president in America, but I knew him as my boss and mentor. I was hired to work for Ford Foundation in 1991 as a program officer in Brazil, when Frank was still President. Negotiate, I did not.

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Bringing Women a Global Voice: Jensine Larsen, World Pulse

Have Fun - Do Good

They came from the favelas of Brazil, from Alaska, from the Bronx, immigrant women from the Bronx. We brought professional empowerment mentors and coaches, and also professional editors. They came from Sudan, from Saudi Arabia, from all over, some of the most unheard places of the world. We think it's because of the mentorship.

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