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A $500 Million Pledge to Support Local News

Non Profit Quarterly

In an effort to turn this trend around, the MacArthur Foundation unveiled in September 2023 the Press Forward initiative, a coalition of 22 founding donors set on “strengthening communities and democracy by supporting local news.” The MacArthur Foundation itself pledged $150 million to the new fund.

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Finding Donors: Where Donor Research Can Make a Huge Difference

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He has worked in capital campaigns, major and planned giving (including charitable gift annuities) grant writing and donor research. According to 1 Pew Research, Generation X donors have the following characteristics: 79% are religiously affiliated, 64% are patriotic. Strawhecker, Inc. In 2016, he received the CFRE designation.

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Pop the champagne: This year Candid’s grants data set turns 21!

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Candid’s grants data set currently includes comprehensive information about over 30 million grants and other philanthropic transactions, such as pledges, in-kind gifts, program-related investments, etc. private and community foundations. And we would narrow the focus to 1,000 of the largest private and community foundations.

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The philanthropic response to the rise in Asian hate

Candid

In the wake of their deaths, individuals, communities, and organizations have shown solidarity with words, actions, and millions of dollars pledged to end anti-Asian discrimination, violence, and hate. Foundation funding trends for AAPI communities. Earlier AAPIP reports demonstrate that AAPI communities have received around 0.2

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A crash course on trends analysis using Candid’s Foundation 1000 data set 

Candid

private and community foundations. private and community foundations. private and community foundations. Pledges are excluded. This means that if researchers simply look at all of Candid’s data on foundation giving, they risk inadvertently conflating an increase in data collection with an increase in giving.

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How Nonprofits Can Use Behavioral Science to Engage Supporters on Social Media

Nonprofit Tech for Good

As more organizations are relying on social media for their communication, it is becoming increasingly harder for nonprofits to attract and hold a prospective donor or volunteer’s attention. This means that nonprofits need to be efficient with their strategies, and an effective way to do so is to rely on behavioral science research.

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100+ Fundraising Tasks for Your Nonprofit’s Board

Nonprofit Tech for Good

A CTA is an invitation to take action, such as donating, volunteering, signing up for something, signing a petition, pledging to do something, etc. Join online fundraising communities and ask lots of questions and monitor for great ideas. Research the steps needed to create a direct mail fundraising program (e.g. your neighbors.