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Youth community service: Belonging, reciprocity, and agency 

Candid

How do young people today see their role in making the world a better place, and what are the implications for the social sector? Dugan and Cilente Skendall noted that, while community impact is difficult to measure, the sector needs to follow these young people’s lead in valuing reciprocity as it works to center communities.

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4 Ways Pro Bono Service Impacts Volunteers, Companies, Nonprofits & Schools

Saleforce Nonprofit

Empowerment is the greatest form of impact. It’s one of the most effective ways for companies to achieve social impact goals. Here are some highlights from the past year that show the impact of pro bono volunteering on its many stakeholders. Whatever happens in our communities — locally and globally — affects us all.

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Gates, Ford, Open Society announce commitments for gender equality

Candid

billion, $420 million, and $100 million, respectively, over five years in support of efforts to advance gender equality globally. The Bill & Melinda Gates , Ford , and Open Society foundations have announced commitments of $2.1

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An Evolution of Evaluation in Grantmaking With a Participatory Lens

sgEngage

Among grantmakers, there tends to be a lot of focus on impact and outcomes, as well as metrics to measure impact. Our intention is to understand whether grants have had the impact we envisioned. A way that can be more fair, improve the institution of philanthropy, and deliver a shared and flexible understanding of impact.

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Celebrate International Women’s Day 2021

Forum One

As we highlight our staff who are raising their hands high to reinforce and show solidarity on social media today, we also wanted to highlight our clients doing important work moving the needle forward for women’s equality and empowerment. Telling stories through images of empowerment. Amplifying the voices of female peacemakers.

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Spotlighting the Benefits of the Stakeholder Economy at Davos 2022

Saleforce Nonprofit

An important part of what we do at Salesforce.org is to convene those who can push the needle on improving the state of the world, and Davos was an ideal opportunity for us to engage inspiring speakers on pressing issues such as mental health, climate change, inequality, and global health. Jack Harries understands the power of storytelling.

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What A Pandemic Teaches Us About Innovation and Corporate Giving

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We’ve all faced the impact of COVID-19 – from job loss to home-schooling our children to mental health concerns, or much worse – but in keeping with the resiliency of the human spirit, the scale and scope of the pandemic has driven innovation. The impact of immediate relief.

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