Independent Sector (IS) has announced that the estimated value of a volunteer hour in the United States reached $29.95 in 2021, up 4.9 percent from $28.54 in 2020. According to the Value…
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Click here for more.Leading with Intent: 2017 National Index of Nonprofit Board Practices compiled perspectives on board leadership from board chairs and chief executives representing more than 1,300 nonprofit organizations located throughout the country.…
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Between 30 and 40 percent of the US food supply goes to waste each year. The US Environmental Protection Agency estimates that nearly 80 billion pounds of food end up in landfills annually. This figure takes…
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On the afternoon of December 29, 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Department of Health and Human Services quietly released the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGAs). Makes sense…
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Click here for more.How can donors best help after a disaster? Using data to build information and knowledge about disaster needs can help answer this question. The Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) recently…
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The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea When children get health insurance through Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program, known as CHIP,…
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Click here for more.Organizational budget size is a favorite proxy indicator in philanthropy. Donors use rules of thumb to streamline grantmaking due diligence, but generalizations are imperfect. Using organizational budget size as a…
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Click here for more.When my career propelled me to leap from the world of dance to The Public Theater, the powerful impact and influence of reviews by critics became even more clear to me. Not only…
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Click here for more.As co-chair of the World Health Organization’s Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response, you’ve been working to identify the best practices that helped your native New Zealand and other…
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Distant from the conflict in Ukraine, many Americans might welcome a means of supporting the eastern European nation as it defends itself against Russian invaders. One answer could be city…
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While Brittani Williams was busy working toward her bachelor’s degree, the student loan debt she was quickly accruing rarely crossed her mind. Her focus was on her coursework. A first-generation…
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At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, animal disease labs across the country stepped up to expand testing capacity, and they could play a role in preventing the next pandemic.…