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Strengthening communities by supporting the nonprofit workforce 

Candid

Many nonprofit organizations devote their time, talent, funding, and mission to helping people who live in financial hardship. We nonprofit workers focus our attention on families who have trouble affording safe housing, enough food, quality child care and health care, reliable transportation, and technology.

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Generosity Commission: Giving, Volunteering And Civil Society Complexities

The NonProfit Times

According to The Generosity Commission, they instead are complex actions that go straight to the core of civil society and democracy, which includes declining trust of institutions and neighbors and social isolation. Hodder told The NonProfit Times. “At An example of that is the Salvation Army. Five years ago, we had 5.8

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Trump Moves Cause Widespread Fear Among Nonprofits, Survey Finds

NonProfit Quarterly

Credit: Photo by Jay Soundo on Unsplash Nonprofits are reeling, with many reporting fear of government reprisal and/or public or private backlash for addressing politically sensitive issues. Theres been what I call this chilling effect. Theres fear of retribution.

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How Global Talent Enriches a Global Health Organization

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

Vital Strategies, the New York-based public health nonprofit I’ve led for the past two decades, employs nearly 400 people in 16 countries. At Vital Strategies, we consider our global diversity to be our strength, and a powerful asset in our mission to reimagine public health for everyone. Did you enjoy this story?

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Honest Brokers, Technology, and Health Justice: What Are We Learning?

NonProfit Quarterly

For the nonprofit sector in particular, this can be key to resolving issues and creating more inclusive, fair, and effective systems through transparent decision-making. In other situations, the honest brokerage approach relates more to managing social relationships and divergent interests in evolving discussions.

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Philanthropy during COVID-19 in Brazil 

Candid

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. Brazil’s culture of giving and philanthropy has been growing since the 1980s. billion by the summer of 2020. .

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Day in the Life of a Nonprofit Communicator – José Rodríguez

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Welcome to our latest installment in our series on the “Day in the Life” of nonprofit communicators! Don’t be shy – tell us what you do in a typical day as a nonprofit communications pro. José is a professional with 12 years of combined experience in project management, marketing and communications, and innovation.