Category: Feeds
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A major update in our assessment of water quality interventions
As we continue to grow, GiveWell seeks to maximize both the cost-effectiveness of the funding we direct and the likely room for more funding of the programs we support. We think we’ve identified a category of interventions that rates really well on both: water treatment, such as chlorination. This is a major update for us.…
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Two Years Later, Part One: Nonprofit Heroism Up, Trust Down
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Governing for Whom? The Link Between Representative Governance and Segregation in North Carolina’s Charter Schools
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Market-based reforms have become pervasive in the public sector, generating a vigorous debate about whether they promote public goals like effectiveness, efficiency, and equity. Nonprofit organizations are not only instrumental in the market for public services but also play important representative roles in democratic society. This article…
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The Miracle is You: An Argument for Continuing to Reimagine the Reporting Process
The post The Miracle is You: An Argument for Continuing to Reimagine the Reporting Process appeared first on The Center for Effective Philanthropy. Goto full post >>
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FREE NOW supports Ukraine: passengers can round up the value of the ride to donate the change to Red Cross, and the company donates free rides to the NGOs involved in helping refugees in Romania
23rd March 2022: FREE NOW, Europe’s leading multi-mobility platform, takes measures to support refugees from Ukraine. FREE NOW passengers across Europe now have the option to round up the payment for rides directly from the app, and FREE NOW will double the donation amount, up to €100,000 per month, for three consecutive months. Funds raised…
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LUMAS and artist Paolo Pettigiani launch photo artwork for fundraising campaign globally #standwithukraine
The business and art worlds are working hand in hand to support Ukraine. The international art leader LUMAS and renowned artist Paolo Pettigiani have joined forces to release a print run of a new photographic artwork on March 22, 2022 with all proceeds going towards providing medical care for the Ukrainian people. The work is…
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Nonprofit Segregation: The Exclusion and Impact of White Nonprofit Networks
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Nonprofits in cities often exist in segregated contexts in which leadership in high-capacity nonprofits reflects the whiteness of surrounding suburbs while leadership in grassroots nonprofits reflects the makeup of residency (low-income people of color). We build upon a small but burgeoning literature that uses critical race theory…
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March 2022 open thread
Our goal with hosting quarterly open threads is to give blog readers an opportunity to publicly raise comments or questions about GiveWell or related topics (in the comments section below). As always, you’re also welcome to email us at info@givewell.org or to request a call with GiveWell staff if you have feedback or questions you’d…
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Engagement in Civil Society and Different Forms of Social Trust in the Aftermath of the European Refugee Crisis
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. This study examines the extent to which engagement within civil society relates to various forms of social trust among residents in local communities that received varying shares of asylum seekers during the European refugee crisis of 2015 to 2017. The study is based on a representative survey…