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** A Candid Conversation About How to Drive Innovation and Impact
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For the just-released edition of the Journal ([link removed]) , PEAK’s Satonya Fair and Candid’s Ann Mei Chang discuss the connection between emergent learning and rebalancing power dynamics between funders and grantees—and how putting adaptive learning practices in place can revolutionize philanthropy.
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“What Flint’s Water Crisis Taught Grant Makers About Dealing With Failing Government Services: Coordinate grant making. Listen closely to what residents need. Support well-being, not just health. Post capacity. Expand access to trustworthy information.” [more] ([link removed])
The Chronicle of Philanthropy

“[M]ost international disaster and humanitarian aid from foundations in the United States continues to bypass the local groups that can use it most effectively. Anew report ([link removed]) by Candid and the Council on Foundations found only 13 percent of U.S. philanthropy humanitarian funding ‘went directly to organizations based in the country where programs were implemented.’” [more] ([link removed])
Ben Smilowitz, Disaster Accountability Project and SmartResponse.org, for The Chronicle of Philanthropy

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Greg DiDomenico, Community Memorial Foundation, for Fund the People

“[W]e frequently hear hesitation because the kind of work needed to achieve racial equity can, for funders, feel slow, amorphous, hard to measure, even risky. ... Our recent research, ‘Unlocking Social Progress by Addressing Structural Racism ([link removed]) ,’ offers examples of how that happens.” [more] ([link removed])
Britt Savage, Cora Daniels, and Peter Kim, Bridgespan, for the Center for Effective Philanthropy

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