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Weekly update from PND

Candid

A weekly update with the latest social sector news. Released in collaboration with Columbia University’s Center on Poverty and Social Policy and the Leona M. Melinda French Gates won’t give bulk of her wealth to Gates Foundation. Chicago Public Media raises $61 million to acquire Chicago Sun-Times. and Harry B.

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Nonprofits as Battlegrounds for Democracy

NonProfit Quarterly

While the title of the book might belie the scope of inquiry, Dunning makes the case that using nonprofits as a “tool for addressing urban problems” has led to a form of “urban governance” that uses private organizations to fulfill public, democratic rights. And over time, private foundations emerged and issued grants in a similar way.

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Funding Faith: Raising Money For Religion-Based Organizations

Bloomerang

said Cory Howat, Executive Director of the Catholic Community Foundation in New Orleans, Louisiana. “We For example, some foundations or organizations don’t support faith or religion-based organizations, said Gillian Doucet Campbell, Director of Stewardship and Development for the Anglican Diocese of Niagara in Ontario, Canada.

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The Challenge to Power

NonProfit Quarterly

The Black Leader’s Burden In the past three years, many of us who have been advancing justice initiatives have either questioned or outright criticized traditional top-down leadership as one root cause of the perpetuation of structural racism. The Aspen Institute’s definition of the term is instructive here. They seek to unionize.

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Leading Together for Systems Change

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Sida Ly-Xiong After completing a leadership fellowship program for women of color, a program participant accepted a position as director of citizen engagement and education at a state public health agency in the United States.

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Local Collaboration Can Drive Global Progress on the SDGs

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Creating Inclusive Governance to Build Political Momentum In the United Kingdom, Bristol’s city government used a commitment to the SDGs to develop its unique One City Approach in 2016, a new model of governance that offers an active leadership role to outside partners in achieving the city’s priorities.

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Thinking About the Long Term With Philanthropic Power Building

Stanford Social Innovation Review

We recommend that in the coming years foundations put the power of their significant resources behind three themes, each with a different kind of transformative potential. ” To do that, organizers must work with champions within government agencies to align resources, practices, and systems to implement hard-fought policy wins.