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    Funding the Frontlines: Showing Up for Grassroots Nonprofits [We Give Summit]

    Philanthropy Together May 24, 2021

    This weekend I’m about to clean my backyard. And what comes … back — it doesn’t matter what I do — is the grass. The roots are really strong and…

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    The Transformative Potential of Trust-based Philanthropy

    PhilanTopic May 24, 2021

    Winston Churchill is credited with being the first to say, “Never let a good crisis go to waste.” While the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in immeasurable pain and suffering, it…

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    Understanding the Intensification of Hurricanes Over Time

    The Conversation

    Hurricane Laura blew up quickly as it headed for the Louisiana coast, intensifying from a tropical storm to a major hurricane in less than 24 hours. By the time it…

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    Applying What We’ve Learned in Farm Animal Welfare

    Effective Altruism

    As advocates, we try to answer the question of how we can do the most good for farm animals. I think one of the most powerful forms of evidence we…

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    We Need to Change Our Systems in the Wake of COVID-19

    Worth

    By almost any measure, American life is increasingly divided. Wealth inequality has skyrocketed over the last few decades, leading to stark differences in access to health care, quality education and…

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    Connecting Homeless Shelters to Early Care and Education

    United States Interagency Council on Homelessness

    Emergency and transitional housing programs for families serve more young children than any other age group. In 2017, across the U.S., about half of all children and adolescents staying in…

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    Health Centers Are Integral to Rural Communities Yet They Face a Nearly $4.9 Billion Funding Gap

    Capital Link May 24, 2021

    Over the past decade or more, demographic and economic pressures have drastically changed the healthcare landscape in rural communities across the United States. Long-term out-migration toward more urban areas has…

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    #SpicersRideToWellness Supports COVID-19 Vaccine Equity

    Global Citizen May 24, 2021

    When Angelina Spicer showed up to Kedren Community Health Center in South Los Angeles to get her COVID-19 vaccine in March, she was shocked to see hundreds of people waiting…

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    Centering Those Closest to Issues of Inequity in Funding

    Stanford Social Innovation Review May 24, 2021

    This is a story about a relationship between a legal advocacy organization (ArchCity Defenders) and a philanthropic funder (the Amplify Fund) that is grounded in mutual trust. We came together…

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    The Calculus Project: Promoting Math Achievement for Black and Latinx Students

    Giving Compass May 24, 2021

    This Q&A is part of a series highlighting the work of Black education leaders in partnership with the 1954 Project. Adrian Mims didn’t set out to be a nonprofit leader.…

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    Why Our Education System Must Change After COVID-19

    The 74 May 24, 2021

    School superintendents are hearing two urgent and contradictory messages as the nation works to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic. They’re being told to help their students and systems “recover” quickly.…

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    Developing Programs that Center Youth of Color

    Stanford Social Innovation Review May 24, 2021

    When the Children and Youth Cabinet (CYC) of Rhode Island was founded in 2011, its mission was to gather, analyze, and disseminate data and best practices to support Providence’s children…

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