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** Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy 2023
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The Center for Disaster Philanthropy’s Tanya Gulliver-Garcia dives into key findings from their tenth annual report that examines the types of disasters that receive funding, funder strategies, and the types of activities that get funded.
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** Interested in Exploring AI in Grants Management?
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** Weekly Reads
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“[A]cross society, the voices for inclusion and belonging are having a hard time breaking through. Even in philanthropy, we are seeing a retrenchment as funders’ support for racial justice and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has experienced a drop-off from the period following the murder of George Floyd. For the Haas, Jr. Fund and many of the foundation partners we work with, this is no time to step back. If anything, we believe the current moment calls on us to take a harder look at what we do and how we do it, and to explore new ways to find—and advance—our common humanity.” [more] ([link removed])
Cathy Cha, Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund

“For GEO, the impact [of Mackenzie Scott] has been equally immediate and enduring, qualitative and quantitative. ... During the first year, the good will demonstrated through the minimal administrative burden of this gift generated a sense of freedom and momentum. ... During the second year, the influx of resources provided a shared sense of spaciousness for reflection and deliberation, ‘breathing room’ for board and staff to regroup psychologically, which helped us shift our collective mindsets toward rebuilding, overcoming a variety of structural hurdles, and addressing organizational priorities more efficiently.” [more] ([link removed])
Marcus Walton, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, for The Center for Effective Philanthropy

“This year’s trends share a familiar wealth of examples, data, quotes, and research publications that can help us all anticipate the vectors of change. But at the core of 11 Trends in Philanthropy for 2024, readers will find a set of questions rather than answers. Each trend poses a number of moral, economic, equity-related, tactical, and other questions that the sector will have to answer.” [more] ([link removed])
Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy

“[In a new limited series, Break Fake Rules, hear Stupski Foundation CEO Glen Galaich] in conversation with leaders in philanthropy, nonprofits, government, media, and more to learn which challenges they’ve overcome by breaking fake rules and which rules we should commit to breaking together. Watch a preview of the series [as well as the first two episodes], now available on YouTube ([link removed]) and wherever you get your podcasts ([link removed]) .” [more] ([link removed])
Stupski Foundation

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