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

Candid

And as a result of repeated storms, insurance companies have been leaving Florida or increasing insurance rates, creating a crisis of underinsurance that Milton will exacerbate. Insurance companies also treat flooding differently, so philanthropic funding is needed even more. What can philanthropy do? In the U.S.,

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The Best of Climate Justice 2024

NonProfit Quarterly

In Ukraine: Eco-Crimes and Anxiety as the War Drags On What the Youth Climate Justice Movement Needs from Philanthropy 3. What the Youth Climate Justice Movement Needs from Philanthropy Funding Climate Mitigation: A Conversation with Michael Thatcher and Daniel Stein 4. Insurance in a Climate-Changed World 6.

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Can Big Donors Ever Move the Needle on Controversial Causes? Lessons From the Long Marijuana Campaign

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Lewis, former chairman of the Progressive Insurance Company; and Sean Parker, co-founder of Napster and the first president of Facebook. The 50-year movement to legalize cannabis was funded by a handful of very rich and ideologically diverse philanthropists, including Hugh Hefner, George Soros, and Sean Parker.

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The Case for Reparations in Philanthropy

NonProfit Quarterly

Initiatives such as these have emerged largely in recent years and beg the questions: What is the role of philanthropy in the reparations space? Amara Enyia: Your work in the space of reparative philanthropy is groundbreaking. At if , A Foundation for Radical Possibility, reparative philanthropy means reparations to Black people.

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From Unpaid to Unstoppable: The Rise of the Professional Community Health Worker Movement

Stanford Social Innovation Review

It worked: In 2023, Kenya announced it would provide monthly stipends, essential equipment, digital monitoring tools, and health insurance to me and 100,000 of my peersa huge win for Kenya, one of the most populated and influential African countries, as well as for the global effort to formally recognize CHWs.

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Is There An Inequality Tipping Point for Nonprofits?

Blue Avocado

Trends in philanthropy make this a question worth asking. The same point may be made about philanthropy: A warmer climate, harsher weather and unrelenting news coverage will have a psychological impact on us all. At the same time, philanthropy can pursue the same end. Justice and human rights fare best in a temperate climate.

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Weathering the Storm: Disaster Philanthropy that Builds Stronger, More Equitable Communities

NonProfit Quarterly

Philanthropy can play a crucial role in supporting underserved and marginalized communities in their rebuilding process. Alongside that, successful philanthropy also requires a long-term commitment—continuing the work for months and often years to make a real and lasting difference. Be there for the long hall.