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Lessons from the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season: What philanthropy can do better

Candid

In Sarasota County, it destroyed million-dollar homes on barrier islands, impacting the donors nonprofits and foundations rely on for disaster relief funding. The losses from Helene went beyond infrastructure and financial losseslives, ecologically rich lands, and irreplaceable cultural sites. A third grant provides $7.5

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Undocumented and Unprotected: How Immigration Status Amplifies Climate Vulnerability

NonProfit Quarterly

“The neighborhoods that are hit the hardest are often those that had the least amount of resources to begin with,” says Jacqueline Martinez Garcel, the CEO of the Latino Community Foundation —an organization that works closely with a number of immigrant advocacy groups in California. In the meantime, climate change rages on.

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The Maui wildfires: A record in disaster philanthropy, an opportunity to ‘get it right’ 

Candid

When we can look at numbers immediately after a disaster, it gives us a unique perspective. And 2023 set records in disaster relief funding. As far as we know, this is the highest amount ever raised by a single community foundation for a non-terrorism-related disaster. And that’s only for one disaster last year.

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Unlocking The Power Of A Donor Thank You: Feeding America’s Approach

Bloomerang

Aaron and his team have designed a donor thank you process that’s an ongoing practice integrated into the fundraising culture at Feeding America. Many of their partnerships respond to food insecurity concerns and disaster relief efforts. They seek “an America where no one is hungry.”

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The Role of Impact Data in Nonprofit Fundraising Appeals

Fundraising Coach

Lets say youre running a text-to-give campaign to fund your disaster relief efforts. You can use impact data about how youve successfully helped natural disaster victims in the past to demonstrate the importance of gathering funds as quickly as possible to support even more people in need. Induce urgency.

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Charitable Giving Recovering Faster Than Anticipated – Giving USA

Fundraising Coach

In the latest edition of npVoices , host Steve MacLaughlin interviews Gregg Carlson of the Giving USA Foundation about the 2013 Giving USA report. And when you factor in bequests (which can only be made by individuals) and family foundations (an increasingly popular way for individuals to give) that number rises to 86%. The good news?