Author: Charlotte Brugman
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Building Trust Through Grantee Feedback
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Book Review: Civil society by Edwards, M.
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T. Denny Sanford commits $300 million for rural healthcare access
The gift will support efforts to improve access to affordable, high-quality health care in the rural Midwest, including a significant expansion of graduate medical education, an investment in community health and wellness, and a planned virtual hospital…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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GAVI, Global Fund, USAID partner to improve supply chain efficiency
With the goal of improving health outcomes and the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in lower- and middle-income countries, GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance; the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; and USAID will jointly offer a training program designed to increase supply chain efficiency for medicines and healthcare supplies…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full…
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People in the News (03/21/2021): appointments, promotions, obituaries
The latest staff and board announcements from the philanthropic sector…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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University of Hawai'i receives $2.3 million for college prep program
The grant from the Harold K.L. Castle Foundation will enable the Soar Higher program to provide low-income and first-generation middle and high school students from the Windward O’ahu community with developmentally appropriate support to aid them in graduating from high school and enrolling in and completing college…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Tiffany's star jewelry designer and philanthropist Elsa Peretti dies in Spain
Zurich, March 19, 2021 … It is with great sadness that Elsa Peretti’s death yesterday from natural causes was announced by her family office in Zurich and by the Nando and Elsa Peretti Foundation. The designer, who was famous for her creations for high-end US jewelers Tiffany, passed away in a village close to Barcelona,…
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The Effect of Bundling Trade Association Monitoring and Female Board Representation on Loan Losses in Community Credit Unions
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Loan book management is important to community credit union survival, particularly in deprived localities. Consistent with agency theory, prior studies of credit unions report an association among individual monitoring mechanisms, trade association monitoring, and female board representation, respectively, and reduced loan losses. This study provides a more…
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Alex's Lemonade Stand awards $18.5 million for cancer research
Awarded through the foundation’s Crazy 8 Initiative, the grants will support four projects involving fifteen different research institutions…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Jesuits pledge to raise $100 million to atone for slave labor, sales
The Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States has pledged to raise $100 million to benefit the descendants of enslaved people it once owned and to promote racial reconciliation initiatives across the United States…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Charitable giving increased 10.6 percent in 2020, report finds
The Effective Fundraising Project’s 2020 Fourth Quarter Report found that year-over-year growth in giving was driven by a 7.3 percent increase in the number of those making a gift, with an 18.5 percent jump in new donors and a 13.7 percent increase in recaptured donors…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Nonprofit Entrepreneurship: Gender Differences in Strategy and Practice
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. There is evidence of meaningful gender differences in behaviors, resources, and outcomes for traditional and social entrepreneurs. We examine if these differences exist among nonprofit entrepreneurs—those who found organizations in a sector where women outnumber men and the activities of many nonprofits are perceived as feminine. Using…
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Dorsey awards $3.5 million to NYU to study universal basic income
The grant from Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey will support New York University’s Cash Transfer Lab, which will use the funds to study the impact of cash-transfer policies such as a universal basic income on American families, communities, and the economy…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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Re-Purposing Foundation Boards
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FXhome – the tech company fuelling good causes with creativity
In the last year, the FXhome community has raised over $250K for good causes including Make a Wish and WaterAid. London, UK (March 15th, 2021) – FXhome has always been about making creative tools accessible to everyone, regardless of budget or skillset. By democratizing filmmaking and video creation, FXhome has become more like a community…
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Perceptions and Conceptions of “Place” in Australian Public Foundations
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. This study examines place-based philanthropy in public ancillary funds (PubAFs) in Australia. While PubAFs vary greatly in their purposes, stakeholders, and operating models, place emerges as a strong element of foundations’ perceived identity, strategic focus, and grantmaking. This article advances the understanding of philanthropic giving by investigating…
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USC School of Pharmacy receives $5 million bequest from alumna
The USC Titus Center for Medication Safety and Population Health will work to reduce hospitalizations and emergency room visits resulting from dangerous drug interactions or wrong dosages…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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New York Public Library receives $15 million for adult learning center
The gift from Richard and Lynne Pasculano will support a new adult learning center focused on technology training, career counseling, and ESOL classes that will be located in NYPL’s Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library, the newly renovated central circulating branch on Fifth Avenue and Fortieth Street…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>
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University of Missouri veterinary school receives $11 million gift
The estate gift in support of the College of Veterinary Medicine will establish the Dr. Glenn R. and Nancy A. Linnerson Imaging Center, which will advance comparative and translational medicine research…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>