When it comes to making grants aimed at promoting the long-term success and growth of key nonprofits, EMCF is a trailblazer. But don’t go looking for a grant tomorrow, because it won’t be there.
Transparency
Another Attempt to Shine a Light on Hidden Money
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There is concern being raised in Missouri about the use of hidden money in the gubernatorial campaign and how closely the candidate worked with the organization supplying the funds for campaign ads.
workplace giving
SPECIAL REPORT: The Ailing CFC: One More Canary in the Workplace Giving Coal Mine?
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The rapid plummeting of the Combined Federal Campaign’s workplace fundraising has continued unabated despite many attempts at reform, but is that because it is irrevocably fated by the times or because the program has failed to listen even in reform mode?
San Francisco
Two Nonprofits Reopen Heritage Center in San Francisco’s Iconic Fillmore District
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With the city’s housing costs spiraling out of control and many nonprofits being squeezed out of rental spaces, the reopening of the Fillmore Heritage Center as a mixed-use space offers a glimmer of hope.
why donors give
Republicans Give More to Charity Than Democrats, but There’s a Bigger Story Here
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One could conclude that Republican party is, despite the conventional wisdom, the party that cares about those in need and puts its money where its mouth is. But the true picture is more complex, reflecting at best a real difference between the parties in the best way to approach the challenge of human need.
Nonprofit News
The Cruel Irony of Micromanaged Microgrants
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Microgrants are used to meet many nonprofit needs. Sometimes it works well; other times, not so much.
Nonprofit News
One More Reason Billionaires Might Want to Exit Education Philanthropy
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Education philanthropy has been fraught with challenges, much of it a result of the way philanthropists give.
Philanthropy
“Rage” or Resolve? Women Are Giving More In 2018
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This year is being dubbed the new “Year of the Woman.” More than 500 women are running for major office in the US, and more are signing petitions, protesting in the streets, or giving to human and civil rights organizations. Surveys show that women are more politically active than their male peers. NPQ’s Amy Costello talks to activists and academics about this surge in political activity and what it might mean.
billionaire philanthropy
High Net Worth Donors in 2018—There are More of Them and…?
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The latest US Trust report on high-net-worth donors reveals that little has changed, save for an increase in the number of billionaires and the wealth gap.
Nonprofit News
Should Philanthropy Dive into The Loneliness Problem?
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Is loneliness really increasing?
contest philanthropy
More than Me and its Roots in Contest Philanthropy
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And the winner of the 2012 JPMorgan Chase American Giving Awards? The now-disgraced More than Me, which operated the school in Liberia where girls were raped even as they tried to get their educations.