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A $500 Million Pledge to Support Local News

Non Profit Quarterly

The MacArthur Foundation itself pledged $150 million to the new fund. Im offers these as examples of the kinds of questions MacArthur hopes to be asking of the grantmaking program. “I think that’s going to be tricky for us to figure that out,” Im acknowledges. Since 2005, some 2,200 local newspapers have closed.

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Is Your Nonprofit Half Way to Your 2020 Fundraising Goal$?

Nonprofit Tech for Good

These types of changes can help you nail down an excellent fundraising strategy moving forward. 1) Pledges. First, take a look at the money that has already been promised to your organization through pledges. It can be helpful to identify any pledges that may be delinquent and have past due payments.

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Pop the champagne: This year Candid’s grants data set turns 21!

Candid

Candid’s grants data set currently includes comprehensive information about over 30 million grants and other philanthropic transactions, such as pledges, in-kind gifts, program-related investments, etc. 2015 – Teens As Candid’s grants data approached its teenage years, many changes began to take place.

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Climate Justice in the field: An interview with the Donors of Color Network

Candid

Recently we interviewed Abdul Dosunmu, campaign manager for the Donors of Color Network’s (DOCN) Climate Funders Justice Pledge , one of the intermediaries featured in the guide. Hear Dosunmu discuss key elements of the Pledge and why DOCN chose climate philanthropy as the place to begin building a movement for racial equity. “We

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Executive Support in Driving and Maintaining CSR Programs

Connection Cafe

The management of these programs is typically in the hands of the CSR team, but to fully leverage an organization’s resources to do good, the discussions and execution need to extend to the leadership team. Once the strategy and vision for the organization’s CSR program are in place, executives should be fully involved in the execution.

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What counts as racial equity funding?  

Candid

We began tracking grants and pledges based on press releases and public announcements to tell a real-time story. . contacted us with two primary concerns about the way the data was presented: the distinction between racial equity and racial justice funding, and the mixing of grants and pledges. underlying systems and structures that?generate

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How to Adapt to the Changing Landscape of Workplace Giving

Saleforce Nonprofit

The events of 2020 changed how we view and do a lot of things — including workplace giving. While there were several catalysts for change throughout 2020, from wildfires to the U.S. Below, we explain how Philanthropy Cloud customers changed their approach to address the increasing need following these two crises.

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