NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 15, 2024

Image credit: Isabella Angélica on unsplash.com The dismal statistics on maternal health outcomes in the United States are well-known in health justice, health equity, and health philanthropy circles. Though poor maternal mental health can affect all women, the rates are higher for Black and Indigenous women.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The Problem With Problem-Solving Solving problems to improve people’s lives has been philanthropy’s raison d’être. However, some criticisms have arisen regarding the approach philanthropies take in problem-solving. is a break from the past when trillions were spent on developing treatments for numerous health issues. Medicine 2.0

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Now a foundation bearing his name — and based on an Air Force program — is working to improve mental health in hundreds of colleges. His parents, Donna and Phil Satow (far left and far right) created the Jed Foundation to support the mental health of college students. Twenty-five years ago, a college student took his own life.

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NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Initiatives such as these have emerged largely in recent years and beg the questions: What is the role of philanthropy in the reparations space? Amara Enyia: Your work in the space of reparative philanthropy is groundbreaking. At if , A Foundation for Radical Possibility, reparative philanthropy means reparations to Black people.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

By Maria Di Mento Christopher Capozziello, The New York Times, Redux Yale University will use a $40 million gift to expand a life-sciences center that focuses on early-stage research and the development of new biomedical products and health technologies through the support of start-up businesses and industry partnerships.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JANUARY 18, 2023

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Part of the Global Education Program at the Gates Foundation, students participate in a language activity in a middle school in India.

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NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 18, 2024

With so much fuel for change and so much money to spend, what’s coming up short in philanthropy, and what needs to be done? Can’t Buy Your Way to Liberation Of course, leaders in social justice philanthropy would be ill-advised to act as if writing checks is enough. Where does social justice philanthropy fit in?

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

APRIL 24, 2024

Prest Monterey Bay Aquarium A leopard shark swims in the Kelp Forest exhibit at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, a recipient of grant funding from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Unfortunately, there are not many health clinics nearby where Elisa can get easy access to primary care with her Medicaid insurance. Life expectancy can differ up to 30 years in the US between different zip codes in the same state, indicating the significance of socioeconomic, environmental, and social factors in driving health outcomes.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Evan Vucci/AP Bill Gates's new pledge will be spent over the next four years and is in addition to existing Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation funding to strengthen health systems across the continent. The new funding comes as countries in East Africa and the Horn of Africa face the worst drought in decades.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JUNE 27, 2023

By Kay Dervishi Getty Images The grants come amid a reckoning about the use of race in clinical algorithms and a broader push in philanthropy to promote equity in medical research.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MARCH 27, 2024

Prest Also, Price Philanthropies gave $10 million to accelerate training for mental-health professionals in California, and Girls Who Invest received $2 million to recruit more women and nonbinary people for careers in the investment-management industry.

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The NonProfit Times

APRIL 17, 2024

Medical debt relief has become a growing public policy priority for philanthropists and lawmakers worried about the toll on Americans’ financial, mental, and physical health. The post Jury Is Out On Philanthropy And Medical Debt appeared first on The NonProfit Times. Yet, there are also reasons for caution.”

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, which will, among other things, help ensure that new parents have access to quality health care, social services, and the tools to keep their babies safe at home, in cars, and while they are sleeping. Plus, a former vice chairman of the Federal Reserve supports a D.C. neighborhood museum.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MAY 8, 2024

Prest Courtesy of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation A food-chemistry scientist extracts Vitamin C from an orange-fleshed sweet potato at the International Potato Center in Nairobi, Kenya. A major new partnership is supporting research into nutrition. Also, the Otto Bremer Trust gave $12.5

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NonProfit PRO

APRIL 30, 2021

As Pinterest continues to focus on inspiration and building a positive corner of the internet, this May, it is supporting emotional well-being with a continued and deepened focus on mental health for Pinners and Pinployees.

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NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Reparative work…has been largely ignored by philanthropy. It’s just one example, among a multitude, of the racist roots of philanthropy, laid out in a new report , Cracks In the Foundation: Philanthropy’s Role in Reparations for Black People in the DMV , by the DC-based National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

In vibrant and thriving communities, people have the power and resources to realize their vision of health and well-being. The importance of housing as a social determinant of health has been well-documented by researchers and philanthropies alike. By Stacey Barbas , Kate McLaughlin , Jessica Mulcahy & Vedette R.

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Candid

JULY 20, 2022

Candid and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) released a new report, Philanthropy and COVID-19: Examining giving in 2021 , in May 2022 that details COVID-19-related philanthropic funding in 2021. During the pandemic, family philanthropy grew significantly , tripling in FY2020 compared to FY2019.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

National Philanthropy Day, Wednesday Nov. 15 th , 2023, is a day set aside to recognize and celebrate the contributions of philanthropy to individuals, communities, and the world. Freeman was inspired to create a day that would celebrate philanthropy and encourage charitable giving. What is philanthropy? In the U.S.,

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Candid

JUNE 23, 2022

Candid and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) released a new report, Philanthropy and COVID-19: Examining giving in 2021 , in May 2022 that details COVID-19-related philanthropic funding in 2021. Brazil’s culture of giving and philanthropy has been growing since the 1980s.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 12, 2023

I was a senior program officer with the trust at that point, and was new to philanthropy and fairly new to housing. Although new to both housing and philanthropy, I knew that where and how we live is integral to our health, education, and economic mobility. The problem is bigger than any one issue.

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Candid

MAY 26, 2022

Writer’s Note: The following recommendations were originally shared in Philanthropy and COVID-19: Examining two years of giving , a report published on May 25, 2022 by the Center for Disaster Philanthropy and Candid. and countries around the world do not have equitable access to health care, including vaccines. Give trust.

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NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Such weather events impact the health of individuals living in affected communities. When disaster strikes, many are left displaced or homeless, without transportation and access to necessary physical and mental health services, exacerbating existing health problems. Be there for the long hall.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Sixty-two percent of education grant makers said they were shifting the way they spend money as they help parents and their families cope with stress and other challenges.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JUNE 14, 2023

Mental health and democracy are also getting attention while grants in arts and early-childhood education will be discontinued. By Alex Daniels Billionaire Arthur Blank got his family involved in setting priorities.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

APRIL 17, 2024

Prest Courtesy of Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc. Chavez Camacho, executive director of La Unión del Pueblo Entero, a recipient of grants from the Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc., speaks about hardships in communities the group serves. Also, PNC Foundation gave $20.2

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MARCH 7, 2024

The pilot project represents a hope many have for A.I. delivering accurate medical information. By Thalia Beaty, Associated Press Rafiq Maqbool/Associated Press Women learn to use a chatbot powered by artificial intelligence developed by Myna Mahila Foundation at the local women’s organization’s office in Mumbai, India.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The 20 fellows will each receive a grant of $800,000 over five years to spend as they see fit. By Thalia Beaty, Associated Press John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Patrick Makuakāne’s choreography and dance have blended hula with contemporary influences while uplifting Hawaiian languages and histories.

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NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 15, 2022

NPQ health justice editors, Nineequa Blanding and Sonia Sarkar, share some of their favorite articles published in 2022. Control in Healthcare: History and Reclamation of Bodily Autonomy from the Reclaiming Control: The History and Future of Choice in Our Health series.  . How Can We Support Youth Mental Health? .

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MARCH 21, 2023

By Judy Wright and Charlene Bencomo A new collaborative effort in New Mexico among nonprofits, philanthropy, and government is showing what effective responses to the reproductive health care crisis can look like.

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NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 4, 2023

This is an experience that a lot of people who have been participating in philanthropy for decades are unaware of— the lived experiences of people of color with wealth and the type of philanthropy that they have contributed over decades. It looks different. It’s not institutional. And a lot of it is just not visible. CS: Really?

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NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Those are among the findings of the latest Health of the US Nonprofit Sector Annual Review by Independent Sector , a nonprofit membership organization that advocates for and tracks the health of the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors. But the sector has shown signs of weakening in some areas, notably in fundraising.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 14, 2024

How Has Education Philanthropy Responded? For the past four years, the Schott Foundation for Public Education has worked with Candid to measure the grantmaking priorities of those in K-12 education philanthropy. If there was a racial justice reckoning in 2020, K-12 education philanthropy as a sector was slow to act upon it.

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NonProfit Leadership Center

JANUARY 26, 2024

Meet Julie Perrelli, CFRE Julie Perrelli is the philanthropy officer at the Suncoast Hospice Foundation, a member of Empath Health, and leads the Foundation’s individual giving team, which includes major and planned giving. Lisa is a graduate of Leadership Tampa Bay, a Life Member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.,

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Candid

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The year 2020 was an astounding year for disaster philanthropy, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Here’s a reminder of what else happened in 2020, how institutional philanthropy responded, how COVID-19 affected other disaster response efforts, and what this means for the future of disaster philanthropy. . million in aid.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MAY 9, 2024

Grant makers at the National Council on Foundations annual meeting consider how to find the common ground to build broader coalitions for efforts in education, the environment, health, and more. By Drew Lindsay Chicago Council on Foundations Wendy Feliz, left, with the Arthur M.

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