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Lessons from IGS16: The How-To’s for Applying the SDGs to Grantmaking

Connection Cafe

CAF America launched the IGS last year around the shared belief that international philanthropy can, and should be, a powerful force in our effort to address the world’s most pressing issues. This was a very timely panel as we have all felt the momentum build behind philanthropy for the SDGs. The Key to Cross-Sector Partnerships.

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The Internet Gets Charitable

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Invisible Children’s film tapped into a network of celebrities, whose tweets and status updates helped to amplify a simple story and call to action. In many ways, however, the KONY2012 episode is an old story about the power of social capital and strong narratives.

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Report Back from the Do Good Data Conference 2015

NTEN

The 20-person department pulls the information from scanned PDFs of the filings, enter the information into their database, and classify the information in the Foundation Center taxonomy. Ah, well, that didn’t come to pass, and my finance knowledge sits largely, sadly, unused. I would have saved the world!

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