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How Funder Collaboratives Are Supporting Proximate Organizations in Africa
An interview with two collaborative fund leaders about what differentiates Africa’s collaborative funding movement from other regions, and what other funders can learn from their focus on funding organizations close to the communities they are trying to help.
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Charitable Giving, Advocacy, and Public Policy
What do nonprofit advocacy efforts look like, and how can donors support advocacy work on social issues they care about? Kenneth G. Hodder, former national commander of the Salvation Army, and Debby Bielak, a partner at the Bridgespan Group, join DAFgiving360’s Fred Kaynor and SSIR editor Barbara Wheeler-Bride to discuss how elections impact charitable giving and how nonprofits can tap into the energy of the political environment to fund their mission. A sponsored podcast developed with the support of DAFgiving360
An Opportunity to Build, In the Crisis
As philanthropy rallies to the defense of the nonprofit sector, how money is spent is as important as how much.
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The Challenges Facing Humanitarian Aid Groups Right Now
What’s the impact of recent funding cuts to humanitarian aid? How are organizations reorganizing their critical work with vulnerable communities? Bob Kitchen of the International Rescue Committee and Harriet Carvalho of DAFGiving360 join SSIR editor Barbara Wheeler-Bride to discuss the Trump administration’s unprecedented cuts to foreign aid and how donors can respond. A sponsored podcast developed with the support of DAFgiving360
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Ten Nonprofit Funding Models
With an understanding of these 10 funding models, nonprofit leaders can use the for-profit world's valuable practice of engaging in succinct and clear conversations about long-term financial strategy.
Centering Equity in Collective Impact
A decade of applying the collective impact approach to address social problems has taught us that equity is central to the work.
Measuring Social Value
Too many people believe social value is objective, fixed, and stable, when in fact it is subjective, malleable, and variable.
Protest Movements Could Be More Effective Than the Best Charities
To do as much good as possible with limited resources, funders should look to woefully underfunded protest movements.
Overcoming the Racial Bias in Philanthropic Funding
Racial bias creeps into all parts of the philanthropic and grantmaking process. The result is that nonprofits led by people of color receive less money than those led by whites, and philanthropy ends up reinforcing the very social ills it says it is trying to overcome.