Candid

JUNE 23, 2022

To understand how the pandemic impacted the philanthropic sector and civil society organizations around the world, we reached out to local experts who shared their observations and experiences over the past two years. Community foundations, family foundations, and other private foundations make up a smaller portion of the sector. .

Civil Society 98

Civil Society Philanthropy Collaborations Public and Nonprofit Management 98

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Yet to address these problems, we need to zoom in, convening experts, civil society and affected communities to explore sustainable solutions that work in the local context. Adaptability is the final pillar of the foundation: the synthesis of collaboration, respect, and a commitment to learning.

Health 238

Health Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Culture 238

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

To date, most funders investing in artificial intelligence—including McGovern, Schmidt Futures, and Open Philanthropy—have focused primarily on understanding AI’s potential risks, or supporting AI’s positive impacts on society, in the longer-term. Building government (and civil society) capacity to use AI. This might include: 1.

Civil Society 104

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance 104

Philanthropy 2173

APRIL 23, 2020

These days I'm not just writing and teaching about digital civil society, I'm watching as people all around me come to realize they're living it everyday. Some foundations are getting into the act. These are (simultaneously) problems of the fortunate, signs of grief, life-altering though not threatening, and opportunities.

Civil Society 52

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Public Policy Governance 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 24, 2023

By Noor Noman The Citizens Foundation is transforming how education is delivered in Pakistan, with remarkable outcomes for the country’s underprivileged children.

Civil Society 52

Civil Society Children Education Education 52

Philanthropy 2173

AUGUST 16, 2021

Civil society suppression.the digital way On August 13, 2021, AlgorithmWatch , a German nonprofit focused on algorithmic accountability, shut down its work on Instagram because Facebook (owner of Instagram) threatened to sue the group for violations of its Terms of Service. All nonprofits and foundations should pay attention to this.

Civil Society 40

Civil Society Advertising Associations Foundations 40

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

We’ve realized that we stand here on behalf of civil society more broadly.” Last week, the Guardian reported that a recent X Corp blog post accused the European Climate Foundation of aiding CCDH in its alleged violations. And that is why such an array of civil society bodies have come out in the last few days to back us.” “If

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Civil Society Advertising Leadership Governance 124

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Imagine a civil society in which communities, individuals, and leaders (nonprofit, social movement, philanthropy, business, education, and more) regularly engage in the process of self-examination for the sake of improving our world. It is crucial to pause and consider the extent of these influences, which often go unnoticed.

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Civil Society Race and Ethnicity Culture Health 115

Philanthropy 2173

OCTOBER 9, 2020

In so doing, we have enclosed civil society within the bounds of the marketplace and public sector, obliterating any meaningful sense of an independent sector. In so doing, we have enclosed civil society within the bounds of the marketplace and public sector, obliterating any meaningful sense of an independent sector.

Civil Society 40

Civil Society Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Universities 40

Candid

APRIL 13, 2021

The latest Charities Aid Foundation COVID-19 report found that at the end of 2020, 93 percent of charitable organizations reported being adversely affected by the pandemic. Nonprofits surveyed by the Toronto Foundation widely believe (65 percent) that the pandemic will significantly threaten their finances for the next five years.

Civil Society 55

Civil Society Philanthropy Nonprofit Administration and Development Foundations 55

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

As the Nicaraguan government tightened its grip on authoritarian rule, it was threatened by civil society organizations who possess the power to hold them accountable, receiving funds they do not control and investing those funds in services that preserve human rights, protect democracy, and empower individuals.

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Civil Society Governance Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development 107

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 16, 2025

Volunteers hold up the foundation of civil society, notes nonprofit watchdog Independent Sector , which maintains an ongoing measure of the average hourly value of volunteer time ($33.49, as of last spring) to nonprofits, many of which depend on volunteers to function.

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Civil Society Volunteerism Volunteerism Recruitment 64

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 11, 2024

It is earned person by person, moving through large segments of society. American civil society institutions have an important role to play. For leaders of civil society organizations, earning, rebuilding, and maintaining trust is a complicated but doable and essential undertaking to achieve their mission.

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Civil Society Public and Social Policy Health Governance 130

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Lior Ipp of the Roddenberry Foundation examines the bias of scale and makes the case for funding more small, locally led organizations working on systemic issues. Nonprofit and foundation leaders explore the movement working toward reparations. So what should philanthropic leaders do differently to confront these problems?

Civil Society 135

Civil Society Philanthropy Foundations Nonprofit Capacity 135

The NonProfit Times

APRIL 23, 2024

When you volunteer, you help hold up the foundation of civil society. The estimates may still understate the full value of volunteer service because they do not consider the many intangible benefits provided by volunteers that cannot be easily quantified.

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Civil Society Charitable Organizations Values Energy 110

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 11, 2023

Yet, despite this consensus, the Rainforest Foundation Norway showed, in 2021 , that efforts to recognize Indigenous land rights and support their forest conservation were getting less than 1 percent of all climate financing, with the vast majority of funding going to international organizations or development contractors.

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Civil Society Environmental Public and Social Policy Governance 114

The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 6, 2024

And, how do these non-traditional digital makers get access to the resources to gather core needs, structure data in ways that serve civil society, and describe and measure impact? Together, these comprise a comprehensive foundation from which a framework for building public good technology can be built.

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Candid

MARCH 13, 2023

Building a “unified platform” is a goal Candid has been working towards since Foundation Center and GuideStar joined forces in February 2019. We also committed to developing a new generation of tools designed to champion the causes, organizations, and knowledge that power civil society worldwide. What is a unified platform?

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Civil Society Production Foundations Universities 96

Candid

MARCH 16, 2022

It was original published on the Council on Foundations' website. . Over the last two weeks, the Council on Foundations has received scores of questions from the field about how to help the Ukrainian people during the ongoing Russian invasion, including during our recent webinar with the State Department.

Non-Profits 104

Non-Profits Civil Society Foundations Law 104

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 14, 2025

Together, we can explore countless new ways to support child-centred and youth-led civil society across the region. The AJH Foundation and ActionAid UK have adopted this model and speak highly of its effect on organizational culture and productivity.

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Leadership Civil Society Culture Children 87

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 12, 2023

” As a frequent participant in funder calls and donor working groups, our team at the Roddenberry Foundation has seen this “systems change fatigue” up close and personal. As a collaborative effort with multiple funding partners , we have regular conversations with foundations from across the globe.

Civil Society 96

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Philanthropy Food 96

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Making more robust use of open 990 data requires that nonprofits, foundations, researchers, and the IRS and federal government alike commit to sustained action. This makes it difficult for foundations and nonprofits seeking to respond to changing needs in the field to get the information they need. A Key to New Insights and Practices.

Public and Social Policy 117

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Governance 117

The NonProfit Times

JULY 17, 2024

In 2023, 149 foundation models were released, more than double the amount released in 2022. Ultimately, partnerships between government, academia, industry, and civil society are critical to leveraging the potential of AI to address the most pressing societal challenges and collectively benefit society, according to the authors.

Civil Society 64

Civil Society Ethics Healthcare Governance 64

Candid

JULY 2, 2021

The Bill & Melinda Gates , Ford , and Open Society foundations have announced commitments of $2.1 The commitment includes $650 million to expand the foundation's support for women's empowerment collectives and efforts to strengthen the care economy, improve women's financial inclusion, and reduce barriers to paid work; and $1.4

Civil Society 67

Civil Society Governance Health Leadership 67

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 18, 2024

In trying to ensure that the rapid growth of technology is something that will benefit workers and societies as much as entrepreneurs and executives, there’s a role for all of us: employers and workers, academics and governments, as well as investors committed to seeing the technology they fund be used to increase the common good.

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Curriculum and Teaching Healthcare Civil Society Technology 108

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2023

Independent Sector is a broad cross-sectoral national membership organization that includes nonprofits, private foundations, and corporate giving programs with a mission to strengthen civil society. AW: Independent Sector is deeply committed to a civil society that promotes equity and justice.

Civil Society 80

Civil Society Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Social Policy Leadership 80

Philanthropy 2173

MAY 11, 2023

Where are the experiments, innovations, regulatory reconsiderations, imaginaries, and alternatives in philanthropy and civil society that make use of (but don't venerate) our current capacities (for almost instant global communication, for example) and that pursue a vision of human thriving on a climate-damaged planet?

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Philanthropy Civil Society Agriculture Energy 59

Candid

JANUARY 21, 2022

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and London-based Wellcome have pledged an additional $150 million each to the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) to help end the COVID-19 pandemic and prevent future pandemics. January 20, 2022. Lilly Endowment commits $20 million to preserve Black churches. January 20, 2022.

Civil Society 52

Civil Society Manufacturing Community Development Governance 52

Philanthropy 2173

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Does your nonprofit or foundation wants to lose it? At the Digital Civil Society Lab , we often suggest to foundations and nonprofits that they think of their digital vendors (software, hardware, cloud, apps, mobile phones, email, etc) like landlords. Can you pay two, three, ten times more for it?

Civil Society 40

Civil Society Foundations Nonprofits Technology 40

Candid

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Gates Foundation awards $35 million PRI for anti-viral therapeutics. September 16, 2021 UK-based Exscientia , an AI-driven pharmatech company, has announced a $35 million program-related investment from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop anti-viral therapeutics against coronavirus and other viruses with pandemic potential.

Civil Society 52

Civil Society Foundations Governance Nonprofits 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 1, 2024

To responsibly capitalize on AI, we should drive toward international cooperation that truly enables us to govern both the development of safe and reliable foundational models; provide access to industry, academia, and civil society to build off of the best possible data; and invest in mitigating ethical, legal, and social concerns.

Collaborations 97

Collaborations Public and Social Policy Ethics Public Policy 97

Philanthropy 2173

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Alt Headline: Thoughts on Non-public digital infrastructure for civil society. For decades the sector has relied on analysis of of tax forms, survey data, and foundation reporting to see big trends in giving - these trends and data are useful to practitioners in the sector, researchers, and policy makers.

Civil Society 40

Civil Society Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Governance 40

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

According to the data, individual donors and foundations—historically among the most reliable sources of support—are increasingly distancing themselves from groups deemed “too controversial.” The sources of such losses vary, the report notes, including state-level legislation, judicial rulings, and shifts in donor behavior.

Nonprofits 104

Nonprofits Civil Society Foundations Activism 104

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 13, 2023

For foundations and individuals who are reluctant to develop a national presence in the places where they are funding activities, creating an effective constellation of local organizations is especially difficult. Although this is one way to measure results, it failed to meaningfully build new capabilities in locally led actors.

Collaborations 97

Collaborations Organizational Development Civil Society Nonprofit governance and management 97

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

I just think that we have to be ready not to say something is negative or positive, but definitely evaluate: Why is this unique in American society at this time? AS: One other point I want to raise with that, Steve, I think you said earlier that nonprofit is too limited a term to encompass, in your words, civil society and social justice.

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Public and Social Policy Law Governance Nonprofits 96

NonProfit Hub

AUGUST 9, 2016

What is it about the prospect of funding from the largest foundations that lights up the eyes of the most hardened nonprofit staffer? My sister-in-law’s brother’s cousin knows someone at the Gates Foundation. A mega-grant from a mega-foundation always seems like the answer to your prayers, right? the program staffer asks.

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Foundations Civil Society Leadership Technology 34

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Mapping the Landscape of AI-Powered Nonprofits by Kevin Barenblat & Brigitte Hoyer Gosselink This kick-off article to an in-depth series Introducing AI-Powered Nonprofits shares a taxonomy of how nonprofits are leveraging AI for social good: Nonprofits and civil society belong at the forefront of AI.

Civil Society 63

Civil Society Philanthropy Universities Values 63