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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 largest in-kind donor for Helene, Direct Relief, pledged $74 million in medication and medical supplies, as well as $250,000 in cash assistance.

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The Appalachian Nonprofits Helping in Helene

NonProfit Quarterly

Appalachian State University in Boone, NC, has launched the Appalachian State Disaster Relief Fund to aid students, faculty, and staff in need. The University of Tennessee Extension is offering needed information on livestock care and repairing property, as well as mental health resources.

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Undocumented and Unprotected: How Immigration Status Amplifies Climate Vulnerability

NonProfit Quarterly

Because of their immigration status, they rarely have access to jobs that pay a living wage or provide benefits like health insurance, leaving them without the resources, financial or otherwise, required to prepare for and recover from disaster. Disaster planning, response, and recovery is not part of their core mission.

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Philanthropy during COVID-19 in India

Candid

We spoke with Ingrid Srinath, founder and director of the Centre for Social Impact and Philanthropy ( CSIP ) at Ashoka University, to learn more about the impact of COVID-19 on India’s social sector, the role philanthropy and nonprofits played in disaster relief, and her hopes for the future. .

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Trends in education funding’s share of philanthropic giving 

Candid

Between 2015 and 2022, education nonprofits consistently received the largest percentage of total grant dollars from institutional grantmakersan average of 27%followed by health (21%) and public benefit organizations (19%). By contrast, institutional grantmakers of all sizes focused more heavily on education and health.

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How nonprofits can deepen corporate partnerships

Candid

For nonprofits focused on causes like disaster relief, embedding critical needs into early-stage conversations with corporate partners ensures that your organization can focus on response efforts. By proactively identifying hard costs, you can tailor in-kind requests to the specific strengths of the company.

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Online Is 8% of Charitable Giving

The Agitator

The International Affairs and Health Care sectors now receive more than 10% of their total fundraising from online giving. Actually, that percentage is suppressed a bit by the fact that January accounted for a hefty 18% of the year's online giving, due to Haiti earthquake relief giving.