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Mini observations on digital civil society as we're living it right now

Philanthropy 2173

These days I'm not just writing and teaching about digital civil society, I'm watching as people all around me come to realize they're living it everyday. These are (simultaneously) problems of the fortunate, signs of grief, life-altering though not threatening, and opportunities. elsewhere ).

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Philanthropy during COVID-19 in India

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. Optimistically, philanthropy and civil society have responded with creativity and flexibility.

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Media's past, civil society's future?

Philanthropy 2173

In short my hypothesis is this - the changes in the news media landscape in the USA over the last 15 years portends the future of nonprofit organizations in the country. And here I think we have an analogous experience - unfolding as we speak - to learn from. It's not a pretty story.

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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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When to Call It Quits

Stanford Social Innovation Review

In an already unstable economic climate, the ground beneath our organization had crumbled beneath us. Civil society creates a balance between sectors, providing a means for private companies to create social impact, and to improve civilian access to essential needs usually covered by the public sector, like education and health care.

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How Global Talent Enriches a Global Health Organization

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

Yet to address these problems, we need to zoom in, convening experts, civil society and affected communities to explore sustainable solutions that work in the local context. The telephoto perspective allows us to identify problems. And you need a diverse team to focus on that global-to-local perspective.

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ACTION ALERT - TAKE ACTION TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE ACT!

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

BACKGROUND Since 1917, the federal charitable tax deduction has provided a tax deduction for donations made to nonprofit organizations by taxpayers who itemize their tax returns. Tennessee has the second-most signatures behind Maryland! For 2020, more than 25% of all non-itemizers claimed the special $300 deduction or 42.5