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The power of small grants and deep listening to fund the ‘unfundable’ 

Candid

A group of visionary women came together in 1984 to award Boston Women’s Fund’s (BWF) first five grants totaling $20,000. We’ve awarded more than 385 small grants totaling over $7.6 Most traditional, larger foundations offer grants only after applicants have successfully secured funding from another source.

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A Nonprofit Partnership: How One Board Member Connected Two Organizations and Boosted Both

Blue Avocado

She then received her graduate degree in higher education, student affairs, and international education policy. The first program is Mary’s Pence Grants , which funds women-led grassroots organizations in the U.S. In 2022, Natasha became a Mary’s Pence board member. Mary’s Pence accomplishes their work through two programs.

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How nonprofits can engage in policy advocacy now 

Candid

Discussing budgets and policy was uncomfortable for the partner—and not something her nonprofit typically does. Despite working in diverse geographies and issue areas—from environmental justice to workforce development, arts education to grief support—these nonprofits share similar concerns about the risk of engaging in policy advocacy.

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Foundation funding by state: Where do grant dollars come from and where do they go? 

Candid

Foundations award billions of dollars in grants across the United States each year. Now, with Candid’s two new dashboards— Grant recipients by state and Foundations by state —on Tableau Public , you can explore both questions for yourself. One question we often hear is: Where does all that funding come from, and where does it go?

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Foundation giving and payout in 2022: What changed and what’s next?

Candid

Charitable giving is typically linked to economic conditions, and 2022 was a tumultuous year. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and China’s COVID-19 lockdown policies impacted economies around the globe. i (See previous blogs from the 2022 and 2021 surveys.) i (See previous blogs from the 2022 and 2021 surveys.) philanthropy?

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RBW Strategy

Challenge In 2022, the company had contacted RBW Strategy as they received several federal awards and would benefit from institutional background in managing and maintaining compliance. Outcome RBW Strategy worked with the company to navigate the administrative challenges and maintain grant compliance after the company’s IPO.

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Top 10 Donations of 2022 Totaled $9.3 Billion

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Bill Gates topped the list after giving $5 billion to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for the grant maker’s work on global health, development, policy and advocacy, and U.S. By Maria Di Mento.

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