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Philanthropy during COVID-19 in BrazilĀ 

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. Innovative technologies helped mobilize fundraising campaigns and increase donations to support these efforts.

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Can Cities Be the Source of Scalable Innovations?

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Companies like Sidewalk Labs, a subsidiary of Alphabet that develops technologies for sustainable urban design, are transforming business as usual to solve complex urban problems. In fact, city leaders often follow the pioneering innovations of civil society organizations.

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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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Impact Without Imposition: What Role for Northern Academics in the Global South?

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Georg von Richthofen & Ali Aslan GĆ¼mĆ¼say This year, our institute published several studies as part of the research project Sustainability, Entrepreneurship, and Global Digital Transformation (SET) based on activities in seven countries in the Global South. A first challenge is to find suitable collaborators.

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The 2019 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

EveryAction

Nonprofit Technology, and more! Our institute will also provide opportunities for attendees to create meaningful connections and potential collaborations. Nonprofit organizations have moved well past the time when technology and data were treated as standalone entities. These conferences range in size, location, and topic.

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The 2018 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

EveryAction

Nonprofit Technology, and more! Our institute will also provide opportunities for attendees to create meaningful connections and potential collaborations. Our institute will also provide opportunities for attendees to create meaningful connections and potential collaborations. We have everything from: Fundraising & Grants.

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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. The collaborative also partnered with Fanamby, a Madagascan NGO, to effectively coordinate producers. A Tyranny of Tradeoffs. Earning $1.30 a day instead of $0.87