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    More Research on COVID-19’s Silent Hypoxia Sheds Light on Causes

    Futurity Oct 15, 2020

    Those low oxygen levels can irreparably damage vital organs if gone undetected for too long. More than six months since COVID-19 began spreading in the US, scientists are still solving…

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    How Funder Listening Can Lead to Empowerment

    Feedback Labs Oct 15, 2020

    As COVID-19 spread worldwide in early 2020, almost 800 leading philanthropists signed a pledge to act with ‘fierce urgency’ to support the people, communities and nonprofits hit hardest by COVID-19. Listening to…

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    Child Care Centers Are Providing More Services Than Ever

    The Hechinger Report Oct 15, 2020

    When the coronavirus pandemic shuttered the Pathways Early Education Center of Immokalee in the spring, staff members knew they would need to do more than simply move their classes online.…

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    The Next Chapter of the #MeToo Movement

    Mashable Oct 15, 2020

    On Thursday, the third anniversary of the now famous spread of #MeToo posts, and 14 years after the Me Too movement truly began, the advocacy group behind the rallying cry is launching a…

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    Education Can Help Young People Become Voters

    EdSurge Oct 15, 2020

    It’s election season in the U.S., and get-out-the-vote efforts are in full swing. And one question being asked by pundits and politicos is, how can we motivate young voters to…

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    Distance Learning Makes it Harder for Kids to Exercise, Especially in Low-income Communities

    The Conversation Oct 15, 2020

    This fall hasn’t felt much like “back to school” for many children. Instead, many are staying at home and attending virtual classes indefinitely. According to the Center on Reinventing Public…

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    The Need For More Philanthropic Funding for Women’s Programs

    Nonprofit Quarterly

    There was great excitement this month when Melinda Gates announced she would spend $1 billion over the next ten years to help close the gender gap. The announcement refocused attention…

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    How Women’s Fund Donors Have Built a New Philanthropy

    Nonprofit Quarterly

    The Women’s Philanthropy Institute, which is housed within Indiana University’s Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, released a report in July titled All In for Women and Girls: How women’s fund and foundation donors are leading through…

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    New Philanthropic Approaches to Policy Advocacy [Video]

    Urban Institute

    In search of greater impact, innovative philanthropists and foundation leaders are embracing new approaches to policy advocacy, including alternative legal structures (especially LLCs), more ambitious collaborative giving vehicles, new ways…

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    This is How the U.S. Gets to Zero Carbon Emissions by 2050

    Fast Company

    To tackle climate change, scientists say that we need to hit net zero emissions by 2050. To make those policies more clear, Energy Innovation has debuted a new analysis that calculates exactly which…

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    Climate Change Concern On the Rise

    Grist Oct 15, 2020

    Americans are now nearly four times more likely to say they’re alarmed about the climate crisis than to be dismissive of it. That’s the highest ratio ever since the Yale…

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    What Will It Take for Philanthropy to Trust?

    The Center for Effective Philanthropy Oct 15, 2020

    Right now — in a moment that none of us could have predicted, yet should not be surprised by — a lot is being asked of philanthropy. The world needs…

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