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  • Funders back $80 million global school meal program accelerator

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    With funds from the Rockefeller and Novo Nordisk foundations, the World Food Programme, and the German government, the initiative will help expand food programs to an additional 100 million children by 2030 and bolster long-term, sustainable financing for efforts to expand in-school food programs worldwide…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

  • Wallace Foundation awards nearly $2 million in arts and culture grants

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    The Research-Practice Partnership grants support researchers investigating issues ranging from the impact of community-based youth arts programs on individual and community well-being to the creation of tools that uplift cultural practices and histories….  Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

  • Community Foundation Update (01/24/2026)

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    News and staff announcements from community foundations in Arizona, Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Texas, and West Virginia…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

  • Bentonville’s Amazeum receives $3 million to complete new addition

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    The gift from the foundation of Willard and Pat Walker—early investors in Walmart—will support the Hangout, the interactive children’s museum’s new early-childhood education space, expected to open later this year…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

  • The Shield of Purpose: Legitimizing Marketization in Nonprofit Welfare Organizations

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    Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Once being independent pioneers, nonprofit welfare organizations now face marketization as they compete with commercial actors in delivering services within the welfare state. This development has been described as “becoming business-like,” which implies …    Goto full post >>

  • Podcast Episode 22: Evolving Our Research Approach for Greater Impact

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    GiveWell is often thought of for its Top Charities, but over the last several years, we’ve been substantially broadening our work. We’ve developed new ways to identify potential grantees, funded research to fill gaps in our understanding, and explored new program areas where we believe cost-effective opportunities exist but other funders aren’t investing. This increased…

  • Navigating conflict in movement spaces

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    A lot of groups and projects break apart because of internal conflict. Here are some pointers on how to engage in productive conversations to keep movements together. This article is adapted from a Mutual Aid 101 session Shareable hosted on November 20, 2025, titled “Navigating conflict when building power with Dean Spade.” Access to the…

  • NC Children’s hospital receives $25 million for youth mental health

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    The award from Charlotte-based Coca-Cola Consolidated will back the development of facilities that will provide comprehensive care to address the medical, emotional, and psychological needs and social well-being of children and their families across North Carolina…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

  • Drafting a Blueprint for African PhilanthropyMarième Daff Executive Director, Firelight Foundation

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    Last year, global platforms were buzzing with a real sense of optimism for the future funding of the African continent’s development programs in the wake of global funding cuts. People […] The post Drafting a Blueprint for African PhilanthropyMarième Daff Executive Director, Firelight Foundation appeared first on The Center for Effective Philanthropy. Goto full post…

  • Corporate Governance in Nonprofit Organizations: A Systematic Review of Theories, Practices, and Emerging Trends

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    Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. This systematic review examines corporate governance in nonprofit organizations by synthesizing 55 peer-reviewed studies published between 2015 and 2025. The review explores key theoretical frameworks, governance dimensions, and empirical findings, while …    Goto full post >>

  • Hackensack medical school receives $10 million for scholarships

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    The gift from Helena Theurer will fund four annual $100,000 scholarships for medical students at the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine in New Jersey to help address the ongoing national physician shortage…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

  • Gates Foundation announces $9 billion budget, plans to cut staff

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    The Seattle-based foundation plans to spend $9 billion in 2026, allocating 70 percent of its budget to advance efforts focused on global health, and plans to cut as many as 500 staff positions over the next five years…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

  • Mott Foundation pledges to disburse $2 billion in next decade

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    In the coming decade, the foundation plans to award up to $370 million to boost education in its hometown of Flint, Michigan—including $100 million for school facilities—and $200 million in support of national youth engagement…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

  • Rotary International receives $50 million from Ravishankar Dakoju

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    The commitment from the Indian real estate developer and his wife, Paola—both longtime Rotarians—follows a $14.7 million gift in 2018 to the global humanitarian and philanthropic network…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

  • People’s Budgets Insist on Care First—for and by Everyone

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    This story was originally published in Nonprofit Quarterly on November 4, 2025: https://nonprofitquarterly.org/peoples-budgets-insist-on-care-first-for-and-by-everyone/ State of the Movements is a recurring NPQ column dedicated to tracking the pulse of social movements and the solidarity economy in 2025. In the shadow of federal layoffs, President Donald Trump’s administration has inadvertently revealed that budgets are not neutral. Rather, public budgets are moral documents that expose…

  • Funders back program for school principal training in Permian Basin

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    Awards to the Holdsworth Center include $2.1 million from the Scharbauer Foundation, $100,000 from the Still Water Foundation, and $2.7 million from the Permian Strategic Partnership to help train 100 principals in 42 school districts across Texas and southeast New Mexico…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

  • A Time for Solutions

    A Time for Solutions

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    Resources that Make Climate Justice Work   We have heard it all before: “well, if we had more funding, we would do x” or “we had a lot of momentum going on this project, but it was only funded for a year, so we have to focus on other priorities.” In the eleven years I’ve spent in the…

  • FHLB Atlanta awards $11.7 million for affordable housing projects

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    The 32 grants of up to $500,000 from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta will help wrap up projects to create or preserve more than 1,900 affordable housing units across the American southeast…. Philanthropy News Digest | https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/rss/feed/pndnewsGoto full post >>

  • A Time for Solutions: Part Two

    A Time for Solutions: Part Two

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    Creative and Intentional Resourcing   In 2021, Walton, along with key frontline Climate Justice leaders, played a key role in helping to reallocate $141 million from the Bezos Earth Fund to frontline accountable intermediaries, with The Solutions Project (TSP) receiving $43 million themselves. Additionally, TSP co-developed three movement support funds with frontline organizations, The Justice 40 Accelerator, Communicating Our Power Fund and The Fund for Frontline Power (A note that…

  • Using Staff Feedback to Guide Your 2026 AgendaJoseph Lee Senior Manager, Assessment and Advisory Services

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    At least according to some sources, the statue of limitations has ended on wishing each other a Happy New Year. But, if you’re anything like me, the entire month of […] The post Using Staff Feedback to Guide Your 2026 AgendaJoseph Lee Senior Manager, Assessment and Advisory Services appeared first on The Center for Effective…