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Food Bank For New York City: Working to End Hunger since 1983

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It’s always encouraging to hear how food banks, like Food Bank For New York City , provide support and sustenance for the populations they serve – and in the case of New York City, that population is large indeed, with an estimated 1.6 million New Yorkers currently facing food insecurity.

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Highlights from Candid’s most popular philanthropic resources in 2023?

Candid

This case study illustrates the outcomes they achieved by directly engaging community members in their grant funding decision-making process. It explains why philanthropy plays a vital role in addressing today’s climate crisis. To do so, it explores ways to determine BIPOC-led organizations, as defined by BIPOC communities.

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Alt-labor: What are workers’ rights nonprofits?  

Candid

However, we can revisit the topic of workers’ rights through a new lens by exploring the increasing role that a newer breed of labor organizations plays in the social sector. For example, the National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA) undertook a six-year lobbying campaign in New York to pass better protections for domestic workers.

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Build a Marketing Dream Team—Welcome AI

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For communicators who would rather write sentences than algorithms, finding the phrases that will viralize your posts seems like a New York Times word game gone wrong. AI, your new marketing assistant, is happy to help. There’s a lot of news right now about people using AI to achieve better results.

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Grant writer as chief collaborative officer

ASU Lodestar Center

Andrew Schwartzberg , Director of Grants. Your grant proposal is due in a mere six hours and you are very confident that you have all your ducks in a row. Ultimately, the answer is: you never should have gotten into this predicament in the first place, because preparing a grant application should be an inter-departmental endeavor.

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Is climate change action the new face of natural disaster relief?

Candid

That said, only 29% of funders that explicitly support climate initiatives are allocating at least 20% of their grant dollars to such efforts. Header image: Smoke from wildfires in Quebec, Canada shrouds New York City on Wednesday, Jun 7, 2023. The post Is climate change action the new face of natural disaster relief?

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Thank you for being Vartan Gregorian

Candid

Though I had worked for foundations for decades, when I found myself in the position of negotiating a grant, Vartan took me to the woodshed. At the same time, Vartan used the power of his intellect, personality, networks, and love of the deal to partner with new philanthropists on joint initiatives to promote social justice.