The NonProfit Times
DECEMBER 6, 2024
(Photo By Deposit Photos) By Marnie Webb From the frontlines of disaster relief to the forefront of technological innovation, civil society organizations are navigating a rapidly changing landscape. What does this mean for civil society in the coming year? GenAI allowed me to parse their input.
Candid
APRIL 1, 2025
The field of disaster philanthropy is facing a perfect storm of global crisesconflicts, climate disasters, economic instability, and growing humanitarian needsas disaster relief and humanitarian aid organizations face a changing funding landscape.
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Candid
MAY 27, 2025
We keep hearing from scholars, community organizers, neighborhood leaders, and families that civil society as we know it is at stake. From food banks to disaster relief providers, nonprofits are often the first to respond in times of crisis.
Stanford Social Innovation Review
MAY 6, 2025
Emergency Crowdfunding: Here individuals combine funds (and sometimes in-kind services) to provide relief to communities in crisis as happened when donors on GoFundMe raised more than $250 million for victims of the January wildfires in Los Angeles. Such deep collaboration during adversity can yield effectiveness, solace, and even joy.
NonProfit Quarterly
AUGUST 12, 2025
Workers Compensation Ensure people volunteering for government agencies (disaster relief, hospitals, and so on) are covered by workers’ compensation policies—and allow nonprofits in all states to obtain workers’ compensation coverage for their volunteers. Over time, phase in requirements for nonprofits.
NonProfit Quarterly
APRIL 17, 2025
Diane Yentel, CEO of the National Council of Nonprofits (NCN) calls these efforts a coordinated assault on civil society and democracy. When people think about nonprofits, they tend to think of food banks, homeless shelters, and disaster relief. If you dont have this, the economy collapses.[]
Candid
JULY 20, 2022
Candid and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) released a new report, Philanthropy and COVID-19: Examining giving in 2021 , in May 2022 that details COVID-19-related philanthropic funding in 2021. Many nonprofits also engaged in disaster relief efforts out of necessity, despite having no previous experience in relief work. .
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