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Lessons from 2019 to maximize future disaster giving decisions

Candid

Putting this best practice into action, in 2019—two years after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico—the Amgen Foundation awarded $257,500 to the University of Puerto Rico for rebuilding efforts. . The Disability Rights Advocacy Fund did just that when it awarded $20,000 to Palau-based Omekesang.

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Tips for monetizing your nonprofit work

ASU Lodestar Center

Sustainability advocates are now starting to have success showing corporate leaders just how costly it is to run a business without green, environmentally friendly practices in place. For example, Palau, a small island nation in the Pacific, depends on tourism for most of its economy.

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Guam and the Consortium

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The Consortium is made up of six island nations, commonwealths or territories: American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, Federated States of Micronesia (including Chuuk and Pohnpei), Guam, Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Republic of Palau. We met with the special education directors and curriculum chiefs of each state.

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