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Youth community service: Belonging, reciprocity, and agency 

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How do young people today see their role in making the world a better place, and what are the implications for the social sector? The Allstate Foundation not only provides resources directly to youth-led service initiatives but also involves youth in funding decisions. The imperative to center youth also applies to funders.

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An Evolution of Evaluation in Grantmaking With a Participatory Lens

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Grantmakers want to know if their funding has created the change they have envisioned. As Ceri Hutton wrote for the Baring Foundation, “PGM [participatory grantmaking] funds denote a different paradigm of funding and monitoring and evaluation need to be ‘re-evaluated’ in the light of this.” But is this the right question?

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Gates, Ford, Open Society announce commitments for gender equality

Candid

The Bill & Melinda Gates , Ford , and Open Society foundations have announced commitments of $2.1 The commitment includes $650 million to expand the foundation's support for women's empowerment collectives and efforts to strengthen the care economy, improve women's financial inclusion, and reduce barriers to paid work; and $1.4

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Our EveryAction Hero: United Nations Foundation

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Created in 1998, the United Nations Foundation links the United Nations' work with others around the world, helping the UN address a range of global issues, including climate change, global health, women’s empowerment, peace and security, poverty eradication, and more. What does the United Nations Foundation do?

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Five Lessons for Creating an Effective (and Accountable) Nonprofit Board

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The final third might be the bane of a productive, accountable board: they simply won’t do much at all, except (hopefully) donate funds. Although not bad behavior per se, it’s at least gauche to ask others to financially support a cause that you don’t—and part of being a board member means generating funds through networking.

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How can nonprofits effectively recruit and retain high-performing employees?

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Rusty Morgen Stahl, in an article examining research on nonprofit hiring strategies, wrote for The Foundation Review, “It is reasonable to ask what has been done to tackle the talent challenge. Nonprofit organizations must invest funds into the recruitment of high-level employees, such as CEOs. Illustration by Jocelyn Ruiz.

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The ongoing revolution in philanthropy: An open-ended reading list

Deborah Elizabeth Finn

The origins of some foundations’ wealth, which in some cases includes slavery and other forms of exploitation. Unicorns Unite: How nonprofits and foundations can build EPIC Partnerships. The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex. A Place Where You Can Speak Your Mind to That Foundation.