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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. So, we have to honor that, too.”

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U.S. companies support COVID-19 relief in Indonesia, Southeast Asia

Candid

Chamber of Commerce with support from Business Roundtable — has announced commitments in support of COVID-19 pandemic relief and response efforts in Indonesia and Southeast Asia. mobilizes pandemic relief in Indonesia and Southeast Asia, with pledges of aid from U.S. companies organized by the U.S. businesses." U.S.

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

Candid

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. government agencies ii. 2016-2019 – Young adult In 2016, we increased collection of federal grantmaking by U.S. ii Grantmaking by U.S.

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Philanthropy’s response to the Turkey and Syria earthquake 

Candid

Multilateral support for disaster relief and humanitarian aid began soon after the earthquakes with the World Bank releasing $1.78 The United Nations also issued an appeal for an additional $1 billion in aid, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development pledged €1.5 million and an additional 50 pledges worth $51.1

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Strategies to Build Donor Trust and Retention

sgEngage

There are ways to assure donors that you are a fundraiser who can be trusted, and also that your organization is worthy of their support. Such a pledge can be your foundation for trust. What kind of support do donors see being solicited and how do they see that support being valued?

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Cracking into corporate giving

Candid

What types of support do corporations give? . However, there are a number of other ways that corporations provide support to nonprofits: . Workplace giving programs encourage a company’s employees to give their time and/or money to a charity by matching their efforts with dollars and other means of support. . Let’s dive in.

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

Candid

Pledges are excluded. It does not include pledges, government funds, or donations from high-net-worth individuals or public charities (all of which are contained in our broader data set). In comparison, our Foundation 1000 data set is limited to grants of $10,000 or more awarded by a set of 1,000 of the largest U.S.

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