Candid

JULY 20, 2022

Candid and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) released a new report, Philanthropy and COVID-19: Examining giving in 2021 , in May 2022 that details COVID-19-related philanthropic funding in 2021. During the pandemic, family philanthropy grew significantly , tripling in FY2020 compared to FY2019.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JULY 24, 2023

Others are backing nonprofits alarmed by A.I.’s s possible threats to civil society and world stability. This story is free for the nonprofit community.)

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Candid

JUNE 23, 2022

Candid and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) released a new report, Philanthropy and COVID-19: Examining giving in 2021 , in May 2022 that details COVID-19-related philanthropic funding in 2021. Brazil’s culture of giving and philanthropy has been growing since the 1980s.

Civil Society 98

Civil Society Philanthropy Collaborations Public and Nonprofit Management 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 14, 2025

In the nonprofit sector, co-leadership practices are emerging with feminist identifying and small development organizations leading the charge out of a desire to shift power and create more diverse and inclusive spaces for leadership.

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Philanthropy 2173

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Photo by Kier in Sight on Unsplash Proud to say this article, " Digital Public Policy: New Priorities for Nonprofits " has just been published. It is derived from lessons learned preparing the Integrated Advocacy report and this article on media coverage of civil society and covid. They are entwined with each other.

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Philanthropy 2173

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

I've noticed an uptick in my email of research reports from nonprofits and advocacy groups. Here's my question for nonprofits and foundations and activists and associations - to civil society, basically - how do we trust you and your research? How should we know to trust these reports? This is a sector-wide issue.

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Candid

APRIL 13, 2021

Conducted between March and July, these surveys revealed that during the early months of the crisis, nonprofits were concerned about financial stability and challenges related to new working conditions. Many nonprofits have adjusted and kept operations going, even if at a limited level.

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Civil Society Philanthropy Nonprofit Administration and Development Foundations 75

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 23, 2023

Through its iconic mobile showers, the San Francisco nonprofit LavaMae has found new ways to serve the homeless in the absence of more radical reforms of affordable housing. In fact, city leaders often follow the pioneering innovations of civil society organizations. Create synapses for within-city learning.

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Philanthropy 2173

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Escher, Relativity Stairs Imagine a large - no, bigger, much bigger - nonprofit hospital, university, housing developer, or after school program. Though its size is not based on endowed assets but rather speculative stock value, the organization, which is still as of this writing a nonprofit , is valued at $86 Billion. There is one.

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Philanthropy 2173

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

We founded the Digital Civil Society Lab at Stanford in 2014 to examine and act on the ways digital dependencies effect civil society. What skills, expertise, and practices do nonprofits, foundations and other associations need access to in order to collect, use, store, and destroy data safely and effectively?

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Philanthropy 2173

MARCH 17, 2020

We all live in digital civil society now. In January, the Digital Civil Society Lab released a report about how this is true, why it matters and what to do about it. In January, the Digital Civil Society Lab released a report about how this is true, why it matters and what to do about it.

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NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 14, 2025

Credit: Photo by CJ Dayrit on Unsplash Nonprofits are used to thinking of themselves as providersof services, of advocacy, of societal change. Yet, nonprofits are creators of media, reports, research, and so on. Nonprofits are creators. Embracing the public domain offers various benefits to the nonprofit sector.

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Momentum Nonprofit Partners

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Written by Kevin Dean, President & CEO, Tennessee Nonprofit Network The lifeblood of many nonprofits is the generosity of individual donors. Legislation requiring nonprofits to disclose donor lists to legislators, for any reason, poses a significant threat to this trust and, consequently, the health of the entire nonprofit sector.

Civil Society 89

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Philanthropy Nonprofits 89

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Nonprofit and foundation leaders explore the movement working toward reparations. 8 Steps Nonprofits Can Take to Adopt AI Responsibly by Beth Kanter, Allison Fine & Philip Deng This is a must-read for anyone in the social sector grappling with how, when, or if to use AI in their organization. Honorable Mentions: 11.

Civil Society 136

Civil Society Philanthropy Foundations Nonprofit Capacity 136

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. I'm sure nonprofits are doing the same. These are (simultaneously) problems of the fortunate, signs of grief, life-altering though not threatening, and opportunities.

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Civil Society Public and Social Policy Public Policy Universities 52

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Image credit:Rayson Tan on Unsplash Below is a transcript, edited for length and clarity, of “Escaping Corporate Capture: Nonprofit Survival in a For-Profit World,” hosted by Opus 40 in Saugerties, NY, on July 26, 2024. Moderating the conversation are Caroline Crumpacker of Ultra Advising and Steve Dubb of Nonprofit Quarterly.

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NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Image credit: “Neurons of the Mind’s Eye” by Martine Mooijenkind Editors’ note: This article is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine ’s winter 2023 issue, “Love as Social Order: How Do We Build a World Based in Love?” Racial literacy empowers civil society leaders to be more empathetic, responsive, and effective in their roles.

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Civil Society Race and Ethnicity Culture Health 119

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.

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Civil Society Advertising Associations Foundations 40

Philanthropy 2173

OCTOBER 9, 2020

I am delighted to be speaking in a master class for Columbia University's Nonprofit Management Masters Program. 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. You can sign up directly here -

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

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Image credit: Damir Khabirov on iStock More than one out of five nonprofit workers cannot afford basic living expenses where they live—and the statistics are even worse for nonprofit workers of color, women, and people with disabilities. More than one out of five nonprofit workers cannot afford basic living expenses. “We

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Poverty Public and Social Policy Civil Society Healthcare 119

Nonprofit Fixer

APRIL 22, 2024

As a nonprofit leader, the day-to-day can start to feel like a slog. So, I invite you to take a step back and reconnect with your purpose with 40 inspiring quotes for nonprofit leaders. Motivational Quotes for Nonprofit Leaders These quotes are especially good if you’re having one of those tough days.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Where Strategic Philanthropy Went Wrong by Mark Kramer & Steve Phillips When it comes to solving our societys most urgent challenges, strategic philanthropy has been astonishingly ineffective. By bolstering communities agency to decide when and how to use it, the transformation can happen with them, not to them.

Civil Society 92

Civil Society Philanthropy Universities Values 92

Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 13, 2019

By Rafia Khader , Program Manager at the Lake Institute on Faith & Giving and Managing Editor of the Journal of Muslim Philanthropy & Civil Society. It is this idea that propels the work of Lake Institute on Faith & Giving at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy.

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Philanthropy 2173

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

For the last decade(s) or so, there has been much attention to the blurring of lines between nonprofits and social businesses. Much of the pressure is self-inflicted by funders and nonprofits looking for sustainable revenue models. It's on the other boundaries - between charitable (nonprofit) and political.

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Civil Society Ethics Values Nonprofit Organizations 40

Candid

MARCH 13, 2023

We also committed to developing a new generation of tools designed to champion the causes, organizations, and knowledge that power civil society worldwide. nonprofits in our Candid nonprofit profiles, starting 2023 through 2024, giving our users a fuller view of the social sector. What is a unified platform?

Civil Society 98

Civil Society Production Foundations Universities 98

Philanthropy 2173

DECEMBER 13, 2022

It's beginning to look like SBF (Sam Bankman-Fried) and FTX (crypto currency exchange) are going to go down in history as the biggest case of "philanthropy-washing" in history. Here are the implications for civil society and philanthropy. How do civil society organizations justify being part of any it?

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Civil Society Philanthropy Nonprofits 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

This aligns with other research showing that nonprofits further their missions more effectively and efficiently by investing in external networks and tapping into resources outside their direct control. Philanthropy must facilitate the rapid spread of solutions by investing in networks. Knowledge exchange must be reciprocal.

Public and Social Policy 132

Public and Social Policy Energy Nonprofit Administration and Development Collaborations 132

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. SD: What does the Nonprofit Stakeholders Engaging and Advancing Together (Nonprofit SEAT) Act do?

Civil Society 98

Civil Society Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Social Policy Leadership 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The social sector is using big data to enhance nonprofit transparency and knowledge more than ever before, and the opening of the Form 990 has made an essential contribution. Johnson Center for Philanthropy, which points to dozens of breakthroughs where open Form 990 data enabled new insights and practices.

Public and Social Policy 126

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Governance 126

The Agitator

MARCH 13, 2018

We’ve had a few reader requests to talk about the nonprofit implications of the new tax bill. All without editorializing on the non-nonprofit aspects of this as much as possible. That sounds bad, especially for one who works in the nonprofit sector. Wish me luck). First, an explanation. The exemption has been moved from $5.5

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NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Image credit: Allef Vinicius on Unsplash Nonprofits remain a robust part of the US economy and a major source of employment. Donor contributions to nonprofits fell by 10 percent. Twenty percent of nonprofit employees “struggle paycheck-to-paycheck.” The report does not indicate what those funding sources might have been.)

Health 82

Health Civil Society Governance Public Policy 82

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 13, 2023

With a growing realization of philanthropy’s power to shape social change agendas—and an aim to make better use of philanthropic funds and better address structural causes of inequity—these practices rebalance power and place decision-making authority closer to the nexus of change.

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Collaborations Organizational Development Civil Society Nonprofit governance and management 115

Philanthropy 2173

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

At a time when hands wring over closing civic space and the many ways technologies are being turned against us, this is the most concrete, least metaphorical example of how to shut down nonprofits I can imagine. Simply raise the rent on all nonprofits by raising the price they pay for their.org listing 2x, 3x,10x.

Civil Society 40

Civil Society Foundations Nonprofits Technology 40

NonProfit Hub

JULY 25, 2019

This research is a goldmine for fundraisers and other nonprofit leaders seeking to hone their craft and improve their ability to bring together good people and good causes. . How can nonprofit leaders harness this tendency for good? The post Using Social Science to Strengthen Your Fundraising appeared first on Nonprofit Hub.

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Civil Society Fundraising Fundraising Psychology 68

Philanthropy 2173

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Alt Headline: Thoughts on Non-public digital infrastructure for civil society. A lot of giving happens on software from Facebook or GoFundMe, nonprofits use a variety of corporate systems for managing their donations, and people use Venmo/Paypal etc. Got a Nonprofit Status Revocation Notice?

Civil Society 40

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

The NonProfit Times

JUNE 3, 2024

That was the topline conclusion of The Council for a Fair Data Future, a consortium of academics, civil society stakeholders, policymakers and technologists brought together under the umbrella of the Aspen Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based based organization thinktank. What is your plan for public disclosure of data collected?

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Public and Social Policy Civil Society Medical Ethics 52

iMarketSmart

JUNE 19, 2023

6] See previous article: The Power of Heroic Philanthropy: Understanding Donor Motivations [7] Tooby, J., & Cosmides, L. Civil Society. Nonprofit Quarterly. Friendship and the banker’s paradox: Other pathways to the evolution of adaptations for altruism. Proceedings of the British Academy, 88 , 119-144. [5]

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