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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. COVID-19 placed unparalleled pressure on the country’s health systems, economy, and the well-being of Brazilians.

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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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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. Women are seeing an increase in income and are able to send their children to school, access health care, acquire more land, and diversify their earnings through other small businesses.

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Small Organizations: The Change That Systems Change Needs

Stanford Social Innovation Review

The organizations are improving water and sanitation access, education quality, food security, and health equity, and a large majority take systems change approaches to their work. As a collaborative effort with multiple funding partners , we have regular conversations with foundations from across the globe.

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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.

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Equity in Employment: A Vital Step Toward Dismantling Structural Racism in Brazil

Stanford Social Innovation Review

The IEER is a mathematical inequity measurement model based on data already collected by businesses to meet government requirements – such as reports on how many people were hired and dismissed, the number of economically active people, and the kind of occupations in a determined region.

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Building Supply Chains Where Smallholder Farmers Thrive

Stanford Social Innovation Review

To achieve this, more businesses need to join with the government and civil society to actively confront inequality, poverty, and climate change together. Besides perpetual food insecurity, many are unable to access or cover basic health services, housing, transportation, water and sanitation, or education.