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How we all benefit from nonprofits every day 

Candid

Senior services: That neighborhood senior center where people go for activities, meals, or just company? Many organizations deliver hot food and provide transportation, classes, and outings for seniors. Its likely run by a nonprofit. Disability services: More than one in four U.S.

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Lessons from the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season: What philanthropy can do better

Candid

In Sarasota County, it destroyed million-dollar homes on barrier islands, impacting the donors nonprofits and foundations rely on for disaster relief funding. On average, over 50% of disaster relief funding goes to immediate response and relief, while just 10% goes to reconstruction and recovery.

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How Smithfield Foods is Doing Well by Doing Good (And What You Can Learn From Them) [SPONSORED]

Selfish Giving

If you’re operating in the cause marketing space and you’ve never heard of Smithfield Foods , you’re missing out. To provide some scale, Smithfield is one of the largest global food and consumer packed meats companies in the world, to the tune of $14 billion. As a professional development investment, attendance at COMMIT!Forum

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How To Help After Hurricane Helene

Bloomerang

The Salvation Army is providing food, drinks, shelter, emotional and spiritual care, and other emergency services to hurricane survivors and rescue workers. Coast Guard Mutual Assistance (CGMA) , the official relief society of the U.S. Funds raised go to Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD) in Virginia.

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Powerful, Not Powerless: Emerging Approaches to Massive Action

Stanford Social Innovation Review

An online game to advance social good like the World Food Programmes Freerice engages nearly 10 million people from 135 countries each year and has purchased over 225 billion grains of rice for food emergencies. The Black Lives Matter protests in 2020 involved over 25 million Americans in over 40 percent of the nations counties.

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Local Militias Step into Government Gaps

NonProfit Quarterly

In recent years, the group, labeled by the Southern Poverty Law Center as right-wing extremists , has been painting a different picture of itself—as a disaster relief organization. Militia Groups’ Recruitment Strategy Militia groups often appear before federal agencies after natural disasters.

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How Texas Businesses are Helping Hurricane Harvey Victims

Selfish Giving

They have provided over $1 million in free meals, food bank donations and financial contributions. They are actively encouraging their social media following and the community to donate to the relief effort and offering $1 donations at many local restaurants for each drink purchased using their vodka.