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Is climate change action the new face of natural disaster relief?

Candid

Making the climate connection Even a decade ago, you might have been able to compartmentalize natural disaster relief as separate from the effects of climate change. Advocating that all funding should consider holistic, community-led equitable recovery, CDP makes it clear that “all funders are disaster funders.”

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Community foundations: Donor-advised fund grants outpaced contributions in 2022 

Candid

In my last article , I examined some of the key findings from the latest CF Insights survey , conducted annually by the Council on Foundations to track trends in community foundation activity and growth. Among those with asset sizes over $500 million, DAFs represented, on average, 36% of total assets.

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Newsletter: Should You Ask Partners for a Minimum Revenue Commitment? ; UK Chicken Shops Ask Diners to Go #KnifeFree ; Google’s Unusual Plan for Disaster Relief

Selfish Giving

Corporate & Foundation Grants Writer, Community Rowing (Boston) 3. Google’s unusual plan for disaster relief: just give survivors money. Digital Coordinator, Propper Daley (Hollywood ??) Partnerships Associate, FUSE Corps (Boston) Have your cause-related job featured here for FREE. Brain Food 1.

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Wellcome Pledge $300M to CEPI for COVID-19 Pandemic Response

NonProfit PRO

The foundations call on world leaders to support the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) to help end the COVID-19 crisis, prepare for future pandemics, and address epidemic threats.

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Philanthropy’s response to the Turkey and Syria earthquake 

Candid

Multilateral support for disaster relief and humanitarian aid began soon after the earthquakes with the World Bank releasing $1.78 The IKEA Foundation , a Dutch foundation established by IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad, has committed $21.4 million—representing the largest contribution from any foundation. billion ($1.6

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Philanthropy during COVID-19 in India

Candid

We spoke with Ingrid Srinath, founder and director of the Centre for Social Impact and Philanthropy ( CSIP ) at Ashoka University, to learn more about the impact of COVID-19 on India’s social sector, the role philanthropy and nonprofits played in disaster relief, and her hopes for the future. .

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Undocumented and Unprotected: How Immigration Status Amplifies Climate Vulnerability

NonProfit Quarterly

“The neighborhoods that are hit the hardest are often those that had the least amount of resources to begin with,” says Jacqueline Martinez Garcel, the CEO of the Latino Community Foundation —an organization that works closely with a number of immigrant advocacy groups in California.