Measuring one year of giving. Board election results. PEAK2021 Online starts Tuesday. Trending on CONNECT. Weekly Reads.

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** INSIGHT
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** Philanthropy and COVID-19 in 2020: Measuring one year of giving
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A joint report from Candid and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy documents philanthropy's response to the COVID-19 and racial injustice pandemics and makes five recommendations to funders.
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** Congratulations to New and Returning Board Members!
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Thank you to the more than 600 members who participated in this election. Welcome to our new board members Joshua Abel, Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust; Janet Disla, The Nathan Cummings Foundation; and Teresita Maz, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation. Welcome back to returning board members Steven Casey, MacArthur Foundation; Tiauna George, Energy Foundation; Allison Gister, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation; Gary Romero, Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust; and Jane Ward, Meyer Foundation.


** LAST CALL
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** An Amazing Conference Experience Begins on Tuesday
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** Upcoming
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** Weekly Reads
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“Why is it that nonprofits are still over 80 percent white-led? Why does that number increase to 90 percent when it comes to the 315 largest nonprofits in the country? White supremacy.” [more] ([link removed])
Anastasia Reesa Tomkin, Common Justice, in Nonprofit Quarterly

“In this moment of crisis, giving circles offer a way forward toward more inclusionary and democratic philanthropic practice." [more] ([link removed])
Michael D. Layton, Ph.D., Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy

“[A] true embodiment of trust-based philanthropy requires intentional alignment of an organization’s culture, values, and leadership. Simply put, if the people in charge are not actually willing to give up power in service of the collective whole, then it makes it very difficult for an organization to be fully trust-based.” [more] ([link removed])
Trust-Based Philanthropy Project

"Foundations can create safe spaces to bring reform advocates, government officials, police organizations, and other stakeholders to the table. This kind of convening power is an underutilized asset in philanthropy. Combined with the right grants at the right time, it has the potential to catalyze lasting change." [more] ([link removed])
Bradford K. Smith, Candid

"The problems philanthropy seeks to remedy are big, messy, and complicated. Yet far too often, we try to combat them with simple responses. ... [The Eisner Foundation] decided to work in a simultaneously more expansive and interconnected way, and we feel our efforts have dramatically increased our impact." [more] ([link removed])
Trent Stamp and Cathy Choi, Eisner Foundation

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