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    Resource List on Philanthropic Sourcing and Diligence

    The Bridgespan Group Dec 10, 2022

    This resource list compiles articles and reports on nonprofit sourcing and diligence for philanthropy audiences published over the past 20 years. Published research and advice on these topics has evolved…

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  • How to Communicate With Kids About School Violence

    Save the Children Dec 10, 2022

    There have been more than 600 mass shootings in the United States so far this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive. Mass shootings and school shootings may spark feelings of…

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  • How to Invest In and Sustain Community Power

    LISC Dec 10, 2022

    We’ve all seen the statistical maps revealing deep inequities across the geographies of most American cities and towns. There are oases of privilege and opportunity. And there are neighborhoods that…

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  • Community Foundations: Finding Integrated Solutions to Our Biggest Challenges

    Medium Dec 10, 2022

    We are living immersed in interconnected challenges of planetary scale, with climate change most deeply and devastatingly interlinked. We see complexity play out live, cascading into society and onto our…

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  • The Impact of Firearm Injuries on Mental Health

    Futurity Dec 9, 2022

    Children and teens who survive a firearm injury have a high rate of developing new mental health diagnoses in the year afterward, even compared with kids who suffered injuries in…

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    Philanthropic Sourcing, Diligence, and Decision Making: An Equity-Oriented Approach

    The Bridgespan Group Dec 9, 2022

    Sourcing and diligence processes are at the heart of funders’ ability to meet the moment. By “sourcing,” we mean finding and elevating nonprofits and initiatives to fund, while “diligence” refers…

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    How Housing Insecurity Impacts the U.S. Economy

    Ending Homelessness Dec 9, 2022

    Homelessness in the United States is the most visible and jarring expression of housing insecurity, yet millions of people across the nation live in unstable housing conditions. These financially insecure…

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    What Can Funders Learn from MacKenzie Scott’s Giving?

    The Center for Effective Philanthropy Dec 9, 2022

    The Center for Effective Philanthropy’s (CEP) new report, Giving Big: The Impact of Large, Unrestricted Gifts on Nonprofits, offers a range of insights regarding the short-term impacts on organizations benefitting from…

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  • The Impact of Childcare Centers on Behavior

    The Hechinger Report Dec 9, 2022

    Parents have a lot on their minds when they send their children to child care. Will the child cry during drop-off, eat or skip a nap? But a new study…

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  • Research Shows Achievement and Learning Gaps for Early Learners After COVID

    The 74 Dec 8, 2022

    Researchers saw promising signs of a slow-moving rebound in student achievement this fall, more than a year after a dire spring where performance “bottomed out.” As U.S. students in August…

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  • How Funding School Libraries Can Combat Misinformation

    EdSource Dec 8, 2022

    As society works to curb the spread of misinformation, we need to be clear that this is an information literacy crisis. While holding social media companies accountable for disseminating misinformation…

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  • Pharma’s Expensive Gaming of the Drug Patent System is Successfully Countered by the Medicines Patent Pool

    The Conversation Dec 8, 2022

    Biomedical innovation reached a new era during the COVID-19 pandemic as drug development went into overdrive. But the ways that brand companies license their patented drugs grant them market monopoly,…

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