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Advancing Equity in Philanthropy with Resolve and Resilience: A Call to Action

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This includes considering factors such as race, gender, socioeconomic status, and other intersecting identities that can influence access to resources and opportunities. Grantmaking equity lies at the heart of philanthropy’s mission to create positive social change and address systemic injustices.

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How Funders are Driving Systems Change in Response to the Climate Crisis

Saleforce Nonprofit

And this year the theme is “Only One Earth,” highlighting the need for us all to live sustainably and in harmony with nature by making transformative changes in our policies and our choices. As funders increase their focus on driving systems change, a key question emerges: What does this mean for grantees? The Impact for Grantees.

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Who, Where, What, and Why? Data Management in K–12 Schools

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Data is everywhere—in every filing cabinet and software system—making it more critical than ever for schools and nonprofits to manage it properly and use that data to make more informed decisions. The Student Information System, accounting system, and fundraising CRM all contain critical data points.

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Why Nonprofits Need a Values-Based Social Media Strategy

Non Profit Quarterly

Meta—the parent company of Facebook and Instagram—has been under fire in the past few years over its lax policies on news content, data privacy, and misinformation. This has led to situations where BIPOC and/or LGBTQ+ users are disproportionately affected by policies meant to address “bad” behaviors.

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Empowering Community Voices: The Strategic Advantage of Nonprofit Advisory Committees

Blue Avocado

2 Say you’re a nonprofit working in the area of houselessness and want to put together an advisory committee of people with legislative and policy development experience to advance systemic changes in your community. At every stage, an advisory committee should be actively influencing your programs and policies.

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What Nonprofits and Libraries Can Learn from Zappos Culture

Tech Soup

The CEO, Tony Hsieh, believes that happy employees influence the quality of service the company provides. Zappos has a “come as you are” dress code policy so employees can feel 100% comfortable while working. Culture is highly valued at Zappos -- so much so that the company publishes a yearly Culture Book.

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Board diversity strategies to help nonprofits achieve success

ASU Lodestar Center

Inclusive organizations create systems that encourage ongoing intellectual and stylistic disruptions of the status quo in service of an underlying organizational mission. Diversity and inclusion training will help board members recognize cultural language, understand the diversity of the communities served, and strengthen cultural competency.

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