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How Much Is Philanthropy Spending Toward a More Perfect Union? 

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Takiyah McCathern, an assistant principal at a high-poverty middle school in Wilkes County, N.C., raises money to pay for medical physicals required for students to play sports. By Drew Lindsay Logan Cyrus for The Chronicle Several new efforts aim to catalog grassroots efforts to strengthen democracy and close divides.

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Ending Persistent Poverty in Rural America: The Role of CDFIs

NonProfit Quarterly

This article introduces a new series, titled Eradicating Rural Poverty: The Power of Cooperation. In 2014, six CDFIs located in regions of rural America beset by persistent poverty formed a coalition to remedy longstanding underinvestment. This article introduces our series Eradicating Rural Poverty: The Power of Cooperation.

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ORG Impact Awards Highlight Worldwide Achievement

The NonProfit Times

Philippines-based nonprofit Yellow Boat of Hope Foundation was selected winner of the.ORG of the Year award, recognizing the organization’s work to provide access to education for children in remote and poverty-stricken areas by providing boats to reach their schools. Elizabeth Turner Campbell and opened in 2008.

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

Candid

This disparity is all the more striking considering the magnitude of challenges here, even before the stormbroadband, health care, and food deserts; intergenerational poverty born from extraction; and the ongoing opioid crisis. million was disbursed, despite much more being pledged. And thats just two of 2024s storms.

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Is Climate Change Making Loneliness Worse?

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Miriam Alonso on pexels.com Loneliness is “the most human of feelings,” Jeremy Nobel, faculty at the Harvard Chan School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School, said on the podcast Harvard Thinking. Climate Feelings and Severe Weather Events High temperatures make loneliness worse—and loneliness makes heat worse.

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Shifting the Harmful Narratives and Practices of Work Requirements

NonProfit Quarterly

A job that pays less than childcare costs, imposes schedules on short notice, and doesn’t offer benefits cannot help people escape poverty. But because of narratives about what poor people and people of color deserve, they are relegated to jobs that perpetuate cycles of poverty and disenfranchisement. They’re effective.

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A Fair Shot for Every Child: The Nuts and Bolts of Baby Bonds

NonProfit Quarterly

The First Baby Bond Baby Addressing immediate needs alone will never break the cycle of intergenerational poverty. Its hard to ignore the prevalence of poverty and near poverty in the United States, with many living paycheck to paycheck , forced to make choices like paying rent or buying foodor covering medical expenses and childcare.