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What happened in 2020 disaster philanthropy beyond COVID-19?  

Candid

billion from private and community foundations and public charities, 96% of dollars addressed disease outbreaks (mainly COVID-19). Philanthropy responded to one of the biggest non-nuclear explosions in history with $1.4 Puerto Rico “ earthquake swarm.” We identified $791,176 to date in earthquake funding for Puerto Rico.

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The Surprising Truth About Donor Fatigue And What Nonprofits Can Do To Avoid It

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: With the hurricanes, gun violence, and fires, I gave generously, including donations to Global Giving funds. But that doesn’t mean the important, ongoing charitable work in communities suddenly becomes less urgent. Donors have given about equal amounts to Hurricane Harvey ($4.0M since Aug.) since Sept.).

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[Opinion] Millennials and the Fight Against Hate

Achieve

Restricted rights of women and the LGBTQ community. Delayed help to Puerto Rico after devastating hurricanes. 2017 is a year that has witnessed some of the darkest moments and events in our country in decades: Immigration and travel bans. The horror of Charlottesville. Tensions with North Korea. They will not be silenced.