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How we all benefit from nonprofits every day 

Candid

In addition, the government contracts with nonprofits to provide health and medical services to the public via Medicaid and Medicare, so what looks like a government benefit is actually being provided through nonprofit services. Many organizations deliver hot food and provide transportation, classes, and outings for seniors.

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4 Ways Agentic AI Can Help Nonprofits Focus on Their Mission

NonProfit PRO

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Who do Americans believe should help people in need? 

Candid

At the top of the list were nonprofits helping people in the United States who need food, shelter, or other basic necessities (40%) and religious institutions (churches, mosques, or synagogues, (37%), followed by disaster relief (29%), animal welfare (24%), educational (21%), and health care or medical research (19%) organizations.

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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. Hardest hit by flooding was the Central Appalachia region, where years of disinvestment by government and philanthropy left the region ill prepared.

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Communicating the value and impact of nonprofits

Candid

At a time when nonprofits across the United States are facing the loss of government grants and increased scrutiny, it’s become ever more important to ensure the value and impact of nonprofits is recognized. For example, for just one dollar, Feeding America provides 10 meals—roughly 12 pounds of food.

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Great Nonprofits Are In The Forever Business

Bloomerang

In 1881, Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross, pioneering large-scale disaster relief efforts. This includes all 501(c) designations such as churches, cultural centers, food banks, disaster relief organizations and many others. Today, there are more than 1.5 million tax-exempt organizations in the nation.

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Powerful, Not Powerless: Emerging Approaches to Massive Action

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Autocratic governments, nihilistic oligarchs, escalating climate impacts, dynamic pandemics, menacing technologies, rampant misinformationall of these forces and more conspire to leave Americans and people around the world feeling less safe, more uncertain, and more frightened about the future.