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Democracy in Peril: In South Africa, Will Philanthropy Back Economic Justice?

NonProfit Quarterly

To support South African democracy, philanthropy faces two challenges. The other is that global philanthropy itself is under threat as South African “populist” opposition advocates for so-called “ foreign agent laws.” percent of the country’s 63 million people living in poverty, gross domestic product growth that slowed to 0.6

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One in Five Nonprofit Workers Can’t Afford Basic Expenses

NonProfit Quarterly

We do think that anybody that dedicates their life in civil society should be able to take care of their monthly financial needs… Twenty-two percent of 13.9 If we were only using the federal poverty level…we would only see 5 percent of [nonprofit] workers struggling,” Hoopes tells NPQ.

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Muslim Giving 101: An Introduction for Fundraisers & Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

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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Gates, Ford, Open Society announce commitments for gender equality

Candid

million unintended pregnancies, while according to the Eurasia Group , providing women with child care could add $3 trillion a year to the global economy and cash transfer programs could help lift a hundred million women out of extreme poverty.

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Funding & Grant Resources For Women’s Empowerment Organizations

Bloomerang

The mission of this foundation is to encourage women’s involvement in philanthropy and make a significant difference in the Southern San Francisco community. Texas Women’s Foundation promotes women’s philanthropy and raises money to support community programs that help women and girls realize their full potential.

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How to Build a Culture of Organizing: A Conversation with Marshall Ganz

NonProfit Quarterly

From the roots of racial capitalism to the psychic toll of poverty, from resource wars to popular uprisings, the interviews in this column focus on how to write about the myriad causes of oppression and the organized desire for a better world. MG: There is an interdependence between our political structures and our civil society structures.

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Strategic Philanthropy Is Alive and Well

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Jodi Nelson & Fay Twersky The cover story in SSIR ’s most recent issue, “ Where Strategic Philanthropy Went Wrong ,” reminded us of Mark Twain’s response to a rumor about his death published in the New York Journal in 1897. This is not our experience with strategic philanthropy. million deaths in lower-income countries.