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Higher Education Funding & Grant Resources

Bloomerang

Costco Wholesale’s “primary charitable efforts specifically focus on programs supporting children, education, and health and human services in the communities where we do business.”. The Emeril Lagasse Foundation provides grants related to nutrition and culinary education, life skills development, childhood hunger, and arts education.

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GivingTuesday 2018 Scales Generosity and Kindness to New Highs

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

According to MarketWatch , the grassroots web-based global movement past $1 billion in total online donations since it was launched seven years ago by the 92nd Street Y in New York City. . People contributed more than $125 million on Facebook , up from $45 million in 2017, using the network’s new fundraising tools. .

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COVID Had Devastating Consequences for Food Security. Here’s How the Media Covered It in 2020.

M+R

By July, the pandemic’s impact on food insecurity and the potential long-term effects on hunger were more well known. Coverage from NPR on a UN report that found the pandemic could potentially push 132 million people into hunger received almost 2 million shares on Facebook—the most of any story about food insecurity from this past year. .

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