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Funders: Considering Collaboration? Start With a Light Touch and See Where It Leads

sgEngage

When smaller, place-based foundations collaborate and align their work, they provide unique value to local communities and nonprofits. Exponent Philanthropy members are demonstrating ways to partner light to amplify their impact. . Oftentimes, local government agencies and other funding organizations like United Way participate.

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United Nations Sets a New Agenda for Global Philanthropy

Tech Soup

These new UN Sustainable Development Goals are the de facto agenda for global philanthropy, and they have a new dimension: technology targets to enable implementation. Understanding local context is the first step. Governments, foundations, and charities learned a good deal from working to implement the previous UN goals. In 1990, 1.9

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Announcing Our First Impact Labs Cohort on Zero Hunger: Addressing Food Insecurity in the U.S.

Saleforce Nonprofit

Our first cohort of Community Fellows came together last week to dig into the topic, specifically investigating: How might we support food banks and food suppliers in anticipating people’s needs locally to provide nutritious meals with dignity? “ Jennifer Thall. Emilio Tavarez.

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How Hospital Foundations are Building a New Case for Support

sgEngage

Healthcare philanthropy traditionally has been mostly capital. Our focus areas are: early childhood learning, behavioral health, obesity, and transportation. Transportation: MHP has a long-standing partnership with a local transport system, ShelbyGo. Motivating Donors to Support Social Determinants of Health.

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AFP ICON 2023 Recap

Qgiv

” Data-driven philanthropy is based on fact and not on a gut feeling. For more information on their study, visit the Institute for Sustainable Philanthropy. Through the support of her local Boys and Girls Club, she found a safe haven and a dance class which ignited the start of her career.

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Nonprofits: Have we had enough of "vote for me" fundraising yet?

Judi Sohn

Businesses can do what they want, and while I applaud the move towards philanthropy, it's my opinion (disclaimer: and not necessarily the opinion of the nonprofit that employs me) that this is not the way to do it. That a local organization is more deserving than a national one?

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: How my mother and AmeriCorps made me a.

ASU Lodestar Center

ASU Home ASU A-Z Index My ASU Colleges & Schools Directory Map About Blog Academics Organizational Assistance Emerging Leaders Professional Development Philanthropy Research News & Events You are here: Home → Blog Pages Blog Home Write for us! The Future is You: Philanthropy in the 21st Centur.