Author: H. Daniel Heist
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Understanding the Donor-Advised Fund Giving Process: Insights From Current DAF Users
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. The growing use of donor-advised funds (DAFs) is changing the way many donors give to charity. Despite the increasing influence and importance of DAFs in the nonprofit sector, very little is known about how people actually use them. We conducted 48 in-depth interviews with DAF users, collecting…
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WHO Foundation launches campaign for global COVID-19 vaccine access
With support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Facebook, Global Citizen, and other partner organizations, the Go Give One campaign calls for donations to the COVID-19 Vaccines Advance Market Commitment (COVAX AMC), a financing mechanism created by GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance, to ensure equitable access to vaccines in low- and middle-income countries…. Philanthropy News…
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The Prevalence of Ethnic, Cultural, and Folk Nonprofit Organizations in Increasingly Diverse Communities: A Case of Demand Heterogeneity
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Building on the nonprofit density literature, we examine county-level factors that are linked to the growth of ethnic, cultural, and folk (ECF) nonprofits, a vital but often overlooked subfield of nonprofits. We draw county-level nonprofit, demographic, socioeconomic, and government data from 1995 to 2015 to examine how…
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Foot Locker, LISC launch $3 million initiative to empower BIPOC youth
To be launched in Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Oakland, Philadelphia, and San Francisco, the Community Empowerment Program will support efforts by nonprofit organizations serving BIPOC youth, as well as those led by people of color, to bridge gaps in health, wealth, and opportunity driven by racial inequity…. Philanthropy…
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Kansas Health Foundation awards $18 million in grants
The awards include $250,000 to address food insecurity exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and $17.8 million in support of digital equity and access initiatives…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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LISC, Lowe's awarded $55 million to small businesses across U.S.
Of awarded grants, 89 percent went to minority-owned business, 67 percent went to woman-owned businesses, and 67 percent were awarded in under-resourced communities…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Casey Foundation, partners expand child welfare initiative
Launched last summer in an effort to reinvent child welfare across the United States, the Thriving Families initiative will expand its efforts to jurisdictions in Arizona, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York City, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and White Earth Nation…. Philanthropy News Digest…
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Miami Dade College, IBM partner to advance diversity in tech
The collaboration includes more than $10 million in assets over the next three years, including guest lectures, curriculum content, digital badges, software, and faculty training…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Charitable Giving in Married Couples: Untangling the Effects of Education and Income on Spouses’ Giving
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. This research note looks beyond the unitary household model and analyzes the influence of household resources by gender on charitable giving. We investigate the intrahousehold variables of income and education and their effects on giving behaviors in married couples. We use data from the longitudinal Philanthropy Panel…
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Hamilton College receives $22 million bequest from alumnus
The bequest from Keith Wellin (’50) — the largest gift in the school’s 209-year history — includes $19 million to create an endowed student scholarship fund, with the remainder comprising gifts of art…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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NGO Roles and Anticipated Outcomes in Environmental Participatory Processes: A Typology
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Despite the plethora of research on environmental participatory processes, the forms of nongovernmental organization (NGO) involvement in these processes, and the influence of their involvement on participation outcomes, are still under-conceptualized. This article aims to develop a conceptual typology for NGO roles in environmental participatory processes and…
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NFWF, food companies launch $5 million sustainable-grazing partnership
As part of the public-private Southern Plains Grassland Program, Sysco, Cargill, and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation will provide a total of $5 million over five years to accelerate the implementation of sustainable-grazing practices across a million acres in the Southern Great Plains, an area responsible for approximately 30 percent of the beef produced…
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Nonprofit sector regained jobs in March but faces long recovery
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Foundation-Wide Strategy Reviews: Lessons from 13 Private Foundations
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Nonprofit Online Responsiveness: An Exploratory Field Experiment in China
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. This article assesses sources of nonprofit responsiveness and identifies potential drivers for responsiveness, using an online field experiment involving philanthropic foundations in China (N = 3,254). Baseline requests were sent out to the foundations through emails and vignettes were applied to treatment groups by inserting different identity…
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XPRIZE announces winners of competition for decarbonizing technology
The two winners of the NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE, a $20 million competition aimed at mitigating carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels, will receive $7.5 million each…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Nathan Cummings report offers insights into mission-aligned investing
The report examines the challenges of mission-aligned investing and outlines the foundation’s own journey and lessons learned since announcing in 2018 that it would shift to a fully mission-aligned investment strategy…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Mary Baldwin University receives $5 million pledge for nursing program
The gift will support start-up costs for a recently announced hybrid Doctor of Nursing Practice program, as well as the launch a program that connects basic research discoveries to clinical practice…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>