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Undocumented and Unprotected: How Immigration Status Amplifies Climate Vulnerability

NonProfit Quarterly

TIRRC is in the midst of launching a climate justice campaign on the heels of several climate disasters, including a flood that impacted South Nashville, a neighborhood with a large population of immigrants. “We Disaster planning, response, and recovery is not part of their core mission. In the meantime, climate change rages on.

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Commitment to funding Native self-determination 

Candid

Trust was built through efforts to understand the history of those we serve, respecting cultures and norms, supporting unique needs in each community, and aligning our grants to their values and priorities. PWNA provided $8,000 in disaster relief funding to heat the center so that Crow Creek tribal schoolteachers could tutor students.

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How Does Climate Fatigue Hurt Our Efforts?

NonProfit Quarterly

Practitioners are starting to listen to the “historically ignored knowledge of survivors, youth, frontline defenders, and those with lived climate-related experiences to understand better how to provide a fully encompassing environmental and mental health—or environ(mental)—approach that includes climate, social, and cultural justice.”

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What Happens When We Don’t Understand the Why of Giving

iMarketSmart

Langley Innovations provides a range of services to its clients to help them understand the cultural underpinnings of philanthropy and the psychology of donors and, with that knowledge, to develop the most effective strategies and tactics to build broader and more lasting communities of support.

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Unlocking The Power Of A Donor Thank You: Feeding America’s Approach

Bloomerang

Aaron and his team have designed a donor thank you process that’s an ongoing practice integrated into the fundraising culture at Feeding America. Many of their partnerships respond to food insecurity concerns and disaster relief efforts. They seek “an America where no one is hungry.”

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Microphilanthropy Explained

NonProfit Hub

Donors in these demographics care about social, environmental and cultural causes but are often cash poor and burdened with student loans. . This engenders a greater sense of control and the feeling that even small-dollar gifts will have an outsized impact on areas like disaster relief, food pantries, education programs and others.

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Charitable Giving Recovering Faster Than Anticipated – Giving USA

Fundraising Coach

Another interesting trend in the Giving USA report is that giving to arts and culture is increasing. Disaster relief isn’t as much a factor as anticipated. A final note, as a fundraising coach, I’m often asked by clients how to navigate fundraising around disasters like Hurricane Sandy.