NonProfit PRO

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The Greater Chicago Food Depository has implemented StratusLIVE 365 CRM to refine their fundraising operations and deepen donor insights. Learn more about StratusLIVE’s recent success with the Food Depository and how they seek to drive digital maturity.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Afriyie/AP The Food Is Medicine program targets diet-related diseases, such as diabetes. Also, two real-estate development companies donated $20 million worth of land in Utah to the Huntsman Cancer Institute, and the Ballmer Group has given $15 million to reduce greenhouse gas emissions owing to food waste.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MAY 16, 2024

By Scott McFetridge, Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa Heiko Junge/AP Two men who were instrumental in creating the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, above, are set to be honored as 2024 World Food Prize laureates.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JANUARY 20, 2023

Rapid inflation is, naturally, leading to concerns that it’s getting harder for Americans to put food on the table. By Sam Polzin and Jayson Lusk MediaNews Group/Orange County Re/MediaNews Group via Getty Images Grocery prices soared by 11.8 percent in 2022 — the swiftest pace since the early 1980s.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Foundation gave $50 million to the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center to endow a dual-degree program for physician-scientists, and the Rockefeller Foundation has awarded $11 million to promote Indigenous farming practices to safeguard the global food system from the effects of climate change.

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NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Image credit: Steve Dubb Food is the cover story. Malik Kenyatta Yakini, Up & Coming Food Co-op C onference panel September 15, 2023 There is a wave of food co-ops opening in majority-Black communities, as NPQ has covered. But organizing a food co-op is not easy. The first step was starting a monthly food-buying club.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

AUGUST 6, 2024

By Nicole Wallace Karl Schatz for Community Plate The nonprofit Community Plate teams up with local groups to organize story-sharing potluck suppers.

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NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The position of food co-ops in this mix can be ambiguous. On one hand, community-owned food co-ops can be a powerful strategy to assert community control over local food and avoid resident displacement. Yet food co-ops are also sometimes criticized as being potential agents of gentrification.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

OCTOBER 16, 2023

With donations from Bezos Earth Fund and Open Philanthropy, the Good Food Institute has helped shaped the market for alternative meat. Yet the industry doesn’t appear to be taking off.

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NonProfit PRO

MAY 19, 2023

We’re not talking about the food; we’re talking about scale. So, here’s what the fast food of fundraising has to offer other income channels. If major gift fundraising is Morton’s, social fundraising is McDonald’s. The great thing about the scale of social fundraising is that you get a lot of data.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Pedraza Martinez Brittany Murray/MediaNews Group/Long Beach Press-Telegram via Getty Images Food banks can operate on a large scale that requires expensive equipment and skilled management. The findings challenge conventional wisdom that groups should spend mainly on program costs. By Telesilla Kotsi and Alfonso J.

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NonProfit PRO

JUNE 16, 2022

Everything has become more expensive — food, pet food, gas, utilities, etc. If you have a sustainer program that’s been around for a few years, you must consider upgrading them at least once a year. And while you may be hesitant, now is an excellent time to consider asking for an upgrade.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JUNE 25, 2024

Donors were uncertain how much they could give, and the price of food and the number of people served went up. By Rasheeda Childress Courtesy of Feeding San Diego Feeding San Diego felt the crush of inflation in multiple ways last year.

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Ann Green

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

You can say something like this – In the past year, we have seen triple the number of people at the Northside Community Food Bank. Thanks to donors like you, we were able to meet our demands and provide local residents with boxes of healthy food. Leah had never gone to a food bank before and felt ashamed to have to do that.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

By James Pollard, Associated Press NEW YORK Jeenah Moon/AP Students from Food and Finance high school make taco dough during a summer block party outside the Barclays Center in New York. The Food Education Fund provides hands-on experiences and mentoring for low-income students of color at 10 New York high schools.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JUNE 12, 2024

By Drew Lindsay Courtesy of Big Sunday Volunteers fill boxes of food during Big Sunday’s annual 10K in May food collection in Los Angeles, which aims to distribute at least 10,000 cans, boxes, or bags of food.

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NonProfit PRO

JUNE 22, 2023

The foundation also launched the “Food for Climate Solutions” program, which fosters a thriving local and regional food system in Western Washington. The Russell Family Foundation announced it will prioritize addressing the climate crisis throughout its investment strategy, operations, and grantmaking.

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NonProfit PRO

JULY 17, 2023

KLaunch and BlueSky Commerce announce the launch of FoodBridge, an e-commerce and AI-powered engine built to create a new pathway to economic sustainability for food banks. Once deployed, citizens can shop a food bank’s digital storefront via their mobile device.

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NonProfit PRO

MARCH 31, 2022

Just like you and I are experiencing with food prices, gas prices and other prices going up, we’re not alone in that trend. And, as fundraisers, we should be concerned about the impact on giving.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MAY 8, 2024

Prest Courtesy of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation A food-chemistry scientist extracts Vitamin C from an orange-fleshed sweet potato at the International Potato Center in Nairobi, Kenya. A major new partnership is supporting research into nutrition. Also, the Otto Bremer Trust gave $12.5

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NonProfit PRO

DECEMBER 4, 2023

This year’s winners have addressed food insecurity, pushed for better healthcare for children, expanded civic participation and so much more. Each year, we ask you to nominate your top picks for our NonProfit Professionals of the Year Awards — and you never disappoint. Here are the winners.

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Ann Green

APRIL 1, 2021

Do you think your donors would rather read an article about your CEO receiving an award or one about Alicia, a single mother who is having trouble making ends meet, but is grateful she can get food for her family at the Riverside Community food bank? The answer should be obvious. Be personal and conversational.

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NonProfit PRO

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Erin McAleer wants to ensure everyone in her state has access to food. Her dedication to the organization’s mission and efforts to eliminate hunger one Massachusetts resident at a time has earned McAleer NonProfit PRO’s 2023 NonProfit Professional of the Year Award.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Illustration by The Chronicle; photos from World Food Program USA, Elton John AIDS Foundation Barron Segar, CEO of the World Food Program USA and Anne Aslett, CEO of the Elton John AIDS Foundation. By Sara Herschander.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Prest Gabriela Vivacqua, WFP Alex Korayi travels by boat to reach a World Food Program distribution site on Amech Island, South Sudan. Also, Cincinnati Children's received $15 million from a local family foundation; and Google gave $2 million to two historically Black institutions.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MARCH 30, 2023

By Ariel Zwang Nonprofit aid organizations need to consider more creative approaches to addressing the growing humanitarian toll of the war in Ukraine, including how to get food, medicine, and other critical goods to those who are struggling to survive.

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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 13, 2022

Prices have gone up, everywhere, especially caused by the general inflation, higher energy and gas bills and higher cost of food. Donors are starting to find it harder to donate because of their financial situations.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MAY 31, 2023

Prest Plus, the University of Kentucky has received $100 million for its College of Agriculture, Food, and Environment, and Yosemite National Park will use a $17 million grant to restore its most popular trails and make other improvements.

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Ann Green

MARCH 21, 2024

They don’t use terms like food insecurity, at-risk populations, and underserved communities – and neither should you. Instead of writing about food insecurity, give an example of a single mother choosing between buying groceries and paying the heating bill. Most of your donors don’t have a medical or social services background.

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Amy Eisenstein

AUGUST 7, 2024

A food service company that supplies local colleges? Please give examples of women-owned business that “serve” the nonprofit sector? This is not a definition that I am familiar with. A publisher of books for hospital personnel? A clothing manufacturing company that makes uniforms for high school athletic teams?

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

DECEMBER 12, 2023

By Thalia Beaty, Associated Press Kamran Jebreili/AP Activists demonstrate for rural people, food, land, and climate justice at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit. With the United Nations climate talks wrapping up in Dubai, foundations and other funders pledged at least $2.1

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NonProfit PRO

APRIL 27, 2022

The blockchain-based nonprofit Endaoment recently announced the launch of the Basic Needs Fund, a collaborative effort that aims to bring housing, water, and food to critically underserved and marginalized communities around the world.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MARCH 18, 2024

Plus, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association received $21 million from a longtime donor, and a food bank in Washington, D.C., By Maria Di Mento Yosef Kalinko/Seattle University Richard Hedreen has given $25 million and an extensive art collection to Seattle University. landed $10 million.

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NonProfit PRO

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

With the price of food, gas, and goods breaking records, Venmo has made improvements to the Venmo app to help customers spend smarter this holiday season. This holiday season, Americans are experiencing the highest inflation in four decades.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MARCH 1, 2023

Also, the Citi Foundation has committed $25 million to improve food security worldwide, and Salesforce gave $1 million in unrestricted grants to 10 nonprofit groups with Black leaders.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JULY 16, 2024

By James Pollard, Associated Press HOUSTON Annie Mulligan, AP photo Meals on Wheels employees prepare bags of food for clients on July 12 in Houston. While nonprofit and mutual aid organizations have honed their disaster services in a city frequently battered by severe weather, some now find themselves drained by repeat deadly events.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MARCH 29, 2023

million to four nonprofit groups to improve greenhouse-gas accounting and develop sustainable food systems, and the Helmsley Charitable Trust granted $26.4 Prest Plus, the Bezos Earth Fund gave $34.5 million to expand access to ultrasound imaging services throughout Minnesota.

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