The Chronicle of Philanthropy

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Reed Hastings and Michael Bloomberg made the largest contributions in 2024. By Maria Di Mento Chronicle illustration; Getty Images Reed Hastings and his wife, Patty Quillin, gave stock valued at $1.1 billion to their Hastings Fund at the Silicon Valley Community Foundation. Michael Bloomberg gave $1 billion through his Bloomberg Philanthropies to Johns Hopkins University to make medical school free for most students.

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NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The end of the year is often a time for reflection. As we consider 2024, and look toward the year ahead, the NPQ team presents a collection of articles that impacted us this year. These articles further the conversations that offer positive solutions for the global climate crisis and center voices on the ground: from the young leaders bringing energy and momentum to the climate movement to new environmental policies, from community resilience to the changing climates influence on insurance, educ

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NonProfit PRO

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Heres a statistical summary of our 2024 coverage to help you and your nonprofit grow your impact and revenue in 2025.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 17, 2024

By Sylvia K. Ilahuka One of the latest trends in the development world is leadership localization, a term that describes a usually Western funders effort to shift power to usually non-Western local communities, and thus create a more meaningful presence in the countries where their grantees implement programs. Done well, the benefits of localization are many.

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NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Image credit: RossHelen on iStock In the weeks following the 2024 US presidential election, the company and social media platform Bluesky has seen its numbers rocket, thanks largely to users of X (formerly Twitter) fleeing the site owned by mogul-turned-presidential-advisor Elon Musk. Meanwhile, within that shift lies a story, still very much unfolding, of a new attempt to build a Black community online: It goes by Blacksky.

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Blue Avocado

DECEMBER 17, 2024

State of the Avocado Esteemed community: The state of our Avocado is firm ripe ! Why not ripe? There’s always room for improvement, and the scale is not perfect. Blue Avocado exists to help nonprofits succeed , and our community of nonprofit experts, leaders, and trailblazers continues to share their wisdom, strengthening us all. Under the Skin 2024 was a year of growth and evolution for Blue Avocado.

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NonProfit PRO

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Charity Navigator launched the Beneficiary Voices Fund, a curated list of nonprofits that prioritize beneficiaries' feedback and input.

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Jeff Brooks

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Is your fundraising starting to look a little dated? Ready for a refresh to pump life back into it? You need to read this LinkedIn post from Mark Phillips. In short: A charity with a long-running and highly effective Christmas appeal programme decided to give its design a makeover… Still Christmassy, but brighter, bolder, and more contemporary.

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

DECEMBER 17, 2024

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Non Profit AF

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Hi everyone, this will be the last blog post before the holiday break. Ill be back on January 7th. I.

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Speaker: Jennifer Hill

Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. Mistakes can lead to costly penalties and operational disruptions, making it essential to adopt advanced solutions that ensure accuracy and efficiency.

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NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The NPQ team brings you some of our favorite Health Justice articles from 2024. In these articles, we offer powerful practices to restore health and wellbeing within organizations, weigh in on civil societys role in the struggle over reproductive rights, and tease out critical nuances in the relationship between technology and health. By spotlighting solutions, exposing systemic inequities, and equipping leaders in the sector with the tools needed to foster equity and resilience, we aim to bolst

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Candid

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Principles of resiliency and adaptation are just as important for the infrastructure of our democracy as they are for our built world. Democratic systems, processes, and institutions must be able to respond to shifting demands to address challenges created by durable changes to geography, population distribution, and economic centers caused by extreme weather events.

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Civil Society Governance Philanthropy Energy 98

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 17, 2024

As the NPQ team reflects on 2024, we offer some articles that made a lasting impressionarticles that we hope offer insights to navigate the uncertainty ahead. These articles aim to uplift conversations and voices addressing urgent racial justice and leadership trends, including the alarming exodus of women of color from nonprofit leadership; the othering of immigrant communities; anti-DEI rhetoric; the financial instability facing racial justice nonprofits; and potential legal threats of policy

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

DECEMBER 17, 2024

States are the best hope for clean-energy action during the Trump administration. But steps must be taken to prevent new legislation from falling into regulatory black holes. By Ted Ko dane_mark, Getty Images States are the best hope for clean-energy action during the Trump administration. But steps must be taken to prevent new legislation from falling into regulatory black holes.

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