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Trust in Science Has Eroded Since the Pandemic Began. How Should Philanthropy Respond?

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Sam Gill and Elizabeth Christopherson Both historical mistreatment of people of color and widespread misinformation have diminished confidence in medical science. Grant makers can foster a culture that acknowledges and addresses science’s imperfections.

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

Candid

The losses from Helene went beyond infrastructure and financial losseslives, ecologically rich lands, and irreplaceable cultural sites. The largest in-kind donor for Helene, Direct Relief, pledged $74 million in medication and medical supplies, as well as $250,000 in cash assistance. Its a deep wound to the fabric of our region.

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When the Mouth Speaks, the Whole Person Heals: Bringing Integrative Community Therapy and Solidarity Care from Brazil’s Favelas to the United States

NonProfit Quarterly

Informal networks of social supports do existas they have for millenniaand help people manage the challenges they face; however, under the atomizing pressure of our economy and culture, these supports are often too underresourced to fill in the gaps. The United States is in a societal mental health crisis.

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Key Challenges Facing Arts And Culture Nonprofits, And How A Texas Ballet Overcomes Them

Bloomerang

When most of us think of arts and culture nonprofits, the biggest names come easily to mind. A rts and culture nonprofits face distinctive challenges in the nonprofit sector. Despite their challenges, Ballet Lubbock has become an integral part of Lubbock’s cultural landscape. The Smithsonian.

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Ohio Couple Gives $25 Million for University Arts Programs

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Plus, billionaire philanthropists Roy and Diana Vagelos gave Columbia University’s medical school $400 million, a women’s college in Milwaukee landed $10 million, and the arts and culture focused Chautauqua Institution received $8 million from its longtime donors Cathrine and Craig Greene.

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Minding the Gaps: Neuroethics, AI, and Depression

NonProfit Quarterly

2 In this way and many others, AI could facilitate exponentially faster, and more significant, medical advances. 14 A dearth of mental health providers with the cultural understanding needed to work with NHPI youth can also lead to their misdiagnosis and underdiagnosis. 3 By law, these must remain anonymous when used. 10 Only 35.1

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A Call to Coalition: On Whiteness in Healing and Movement Spaces

NonProfit Quarterly

This work demands that Black, Brown, and Indigenous people, historically stripped of their power, cultural practices, and land, reconnect with these essential elements to build new systems and ways of being where all people can thrive and live with dignity. This is not an exclusive call to certain races.