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Philanthropy during COVID-19 in Brazil 

Candid

To understand how the pandemic impacted the philanthropic sector and civil society organizations around the world, we reached out to local experts who shared their observations and experiences over the past two years. Brazil’s culture of giving and philanthropy has been growing since the 1980s. billion by the summer of 2020. .

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Investing in Systems Change Capacity

Stanford Social Innovation Review

A market innovation like creating a sustainable seafood market is unlikely to create enduring systems change without building strong relationships with civil society. Embedding change into a system means philanthropic staff, trustees, organizational divisions, and funder collaborative members must buy into the process.

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Can Cities Be the Source of Scalable Innovations?

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Municipal ID programs like Chicago’s CityKey learned from early failures of a similar effort in New York City that ran the danger of handing the Federal Government a list of undocumented immigrants, in part thanks to NYC’s active communication of “lessons learned.” Create synapses for within-city learning.

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Using ‘Purple Glasses’ to Achieve Gender Equity in Mexico

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Some years ago, we participated in an activity aimed at raising awareness of gender bias among hiring managers. This involves collaborating with women leaders in business and academia around the world, which extends the impact of our work locally and creates valuable professional relationships and partnerships.

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Small Organizations: The Change That Systems Change Needs

Stanford Social Innovation Review

As a collaborative effort with multiple funding partners , we have regular conversations with foundations from across the globe. Together, they address barriers to safe and healthy diets through capacity building, strategic collaborations, and advocacy for increased resources, improved policies, and better government accountability.

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Food Is Her Fight and Her Freedom: Regaining Ground in Rural India

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Once the cooperative was set up with support from civil society 10 years ago, the collective progress has become visceral. Today, Amul has more than 16 million milk producers and 185,903 dairy cooperative societies making India the world’s largest milk producer.

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Get Inspired: 40 Quotes About Nonprofit Leadership and Fundraising

Nonprofit Fixer

You’ll both get dirty, and your staff will never let you choose another teambuilding activity again.” - Vu Le, Nonprofit AF, channeling Cale Yarborough ( source ) Insightful Quotes for Fundraisers and Philanthropists Fundraising is critical for nonprofit success, yet it is also incredibly tough for many of us.