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American Red Cross Sued Claiming Haitian Relief Funds Misused

The NonProfit Times

This exploitation mirrors the actions of the defendants in this case, who leveraged the catastrophic 2010 Haiti earthquake, and several subsequent earthquakes, and other natural disasters occurring in 2016, 2018, 2021, and 2023, to raise over five-hundred millions of dollars in donations, purportedly for relief efforts in Haiti.

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Fundraising During COVID: What Nonprofits Should Plan For In 2021

CauseVox

We’re now a few months into 2021 and a full year into the COVID-19 pandemic. Will there be a return to in-person events and normal fundraising for 2021? Here’s what nonprofits should plan for the rest of 2021 to navigate through fundraising during COVID. In 2021 it should be the opposite. Start With Virtual-First.

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The Rise of Community Health Workers: A Best Practice for Modern Community Benefit Initiatives

Blackbaud

CHWs build individual and community capacity by increasing health knowledge and self-sufficiency through a range of activities such as outreach, community education, informal counseling, social support, and advocacy. What does a Community Health Worker Do?

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Nevada Grant Lab

RBW Strategy

The organization does this by increasing the amount of capacity building, grant services, and data/engagement/policy services provided with a curated pool of consultants who support nonprofit organizations throughout Nevada. RBW Strategy has partnered with Nevada GrantLab (NGL) since 2021 on several large-scale federal grant projects.

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Highlights from Candid’s most popular philanthropic resources in 2023?

Candid

HBCUs have been critical in educating Black people, developing Black leaders, and addressing inequality throughout U.S. To build trust and prioritize community voices, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s Community Fund adopted a participatory grantmaking practice in 2021 and 2022. communities face.

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Learning by Doing Together: Improving Education Policy in Puerto Rico through a Research-Practice Partnership

WT Grant Foundation

In September 2017, the devastating force of Hurricane María destabilized the entirety of the island’s service infrastructure, public education included. Equitably addressing students’ educational needs in a surprisingly heterogeneous school district—the fifth largest in the U.S.—is is complex.

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The Nonprofit Sector Strength and Partnership Act – What Matters to Grant Writers?

ProposalPRO

Last week the nonprofit sector achieved a milestone when legislation was introduced in the House of Representatives to elevate sector voices in the development of policy. The Nonprofit Sector Strength and Partnership Act introduces something new: It establishes a formal partnership between federal policy makers and nonprofit organizations.

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