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A New Era for Foundation Collaboration

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In the past, many foundations viewed collaboration as a speed bump. Collaborations, after all, take time. But at a time when many foundations are looking for creative ways to address the overlapping crises of COVID-19, racial injustice, and climate change, they are viewing collaboration much differently. Why Collaborate?

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How an Effective Partner Ecosystem Strives for Collaboration Over Competition

Saleforce Nonprofit

Salesforce.org Partners and Staff collaborating at our last in-person Partner Summit in 2019. OFM: A Model for Partner Participation in Open Source Community Projects. Are we doing enough on the front end to prevent personal and professional disasters from happening? There is something for everyone!

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Announcing the Third Impact Lab on Climate Justice

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Today, people of color and low-income communities are more likely to be impacted by natural disasters, live close to hazardous waste, and die of environmental causes. My participation in this Lab may shape the summit’s agenda and lead to potential new collaborations.”. Learn more about the fellows and why they are joining Impact Labs.

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How Cross-Sector Collaboration is Helping Fight Youth Unemployment in Boston

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Have you interacted with your local government, or spoken to your peers about their programs? Do you have a pulse on what the most pressing local needs are at this moment? What about local nonprofits or community foundations; do you know who to reach out to if needed?

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5 Ways Nonprofits Can Help Solve the Climate Crisis

Saleforce Nonprofit

For example, humanitarian organisations like Oxfam are delivering disaster relief to people whose homes have been destroyed by severe weather, innovating drought-resistant agricultural crops, and training farmers in new techniques to improve the resilience of local and global supply chains. Protect the Worst-Affected Communities.

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Candid and COVID-19: Getting information to a world in crisis

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In this article from our 2020 annual report , Laia Griñó shares how people across Candid collaborated to create the website in record time. The team that maintains our Disaster Funding Map was adding COVID-19 funding to it. Our communications lead was developing messaging. We created a special COVID-19 funding map.

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4 bbcon Takeaways for Philanthropic Organizations to Power 2019 Planning

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If you’re just starting this process, consider the creation of a logic model. Once set, all future actions can be compared back to the model. Takeaway #4: Collaboration is necessary to solve the big issues today. . If it doesn’t align with those goals or power the outcomes you want to see, don’t put resources behind it.