Data collecting during a crisis. TAG’s State of Philanthropy Tech survey. Trending on CONNECT. Weekly reads.

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** Collecting Data During a Humanitarian Crisis
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Real-time data contains valuable early indicators of the philanthropic response to a crisis. Funders can learn how much their colleagues are giving and what they support, find opportunities for collaboration, and identify gaps, explain Candid’s Grace Sato and Laia Griñó.
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** 2022 State of Philanthropy Tech
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Where is philanthropy tech headed? What are your peers doing? How can you leverage peer benchmarking to advocate for change within your organization?

Help uncover the answers by responding to the Technology Association of Grantmakers 2022 survey, which asks about IT budgets and staffing; selecting systems for grants management, customer relationship management, and remote work enablement; cybersecurity breaches, training, and tools; and more.

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** Weekly Reads
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“Communities are the cornerstone of society. But too often, philanthropies view local investment as a nicety that can be overlooked, instead of a necessary first step in solving global problems. Now more than ever, we cannot afford to abandon the power of local community. We need to innovate and invest in it like never before.” [more] ([link removed])
Angela F. Williams, United Way Worldwide, in Philanthropy News Digest

“If we are to meet justice while working in a field filled with wealth gathered from stolen lands and enslaved people, then we need each other to move resources to where they should go. We need to hold ourselves accountable in an environment that asks very little of us, and to support and encourage each other when our surroundings try to pull us back toward a status quo that normalizes oppressive ways of being and doing.” [more] ([link removed])
Albertina Lopez, PhD, Center for Evaluation Innovation, for Grantmakers for Effective Organizations

“Moving toward racial equity requires that we increase the pace of wealth accumulation for Black families while simultaneously disrupting the extraction of wealth from Black communities and institutions.” [more] ([link removed])
Garnesha Ezediaro, Bloomberg Philanthropies, in Candid's Philanthropy News Digest

“Key take-aways from a recent funder discussion hosted by Resilia and PEAK Grantmaking about ways to advance trust-based capacity building:
1. The Biggest Capacity Building Challenge of BIPOC-led Nonprofits continues to be Fundraising
2. Funders Need to continue to Lighten Grantmaking & Reporting Processes
3. Ask. Listen. Act.
4. Reimagine Capacity Building Support by Looking Beyond Western Leadership Styles”

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Todd Pittman, Resilia

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