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Power of Storytelling | Harmony for Change: The Global Impact of Playing For Change

Pamela Grow

Playing For Change originated from a shared vision between co-founders Mark Johnson and Whitney Kroenke in 2002. The organization’s reach extends far beyond, touching the lives of hundreds of thousands worldwide through the universal language of music.

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Seniors, Technology, and Wealth

Planned Giving

That’s why, in 2002 and again in 2017, we dove into research on the role that technology plays in the lives of senior citizens. Still, there are fundraisers who say things like, “Our donors are all elderly, so they aren’t online.” Both times we surprised the skeptics.

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5 things to know about philanthropy to HBCUs

Candid

Big philanthropy’s support of HBCUs declined from 2002 to 2019 An examination of trends in philanthropic giving to HBCUs underscores a history of underfunding. At Candid, we love digging into social sector data , and we invite you to explore the many insights in this groundbreaking research. In fact, large U.S.

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Join TechSoup's Social Media Channels

Tech Soup

Since 2002, TechSoup has helped over 118,000 nonprofits and libraries save over $1.7 TechSoup has over 400 technology products available for nonprofits and over 40 donor partners. billion in information technology expenses.

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Pop the champagne: This year Candid’s grants data set turns 21!

Candid

2002-2012 – Childhood During the first 10 years, Candid staff primarily focused on collecting grants of $10,000 or more awarded by a sample of the largest U.S. To celebrate 21 years i of grantmaking data, we’re taking a look back at how far we’ve come and how we’ve evolved over the years. private and community foundations.

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This Food Bank's Two Secrets to Partnership Success

Selfish Giving

Way back in 2002, she started as the communications and marketing director for the North Texas Food Bank. If you can inspire the employees to care about your cause, and you do great customer service with them, you’ve got a friend for life." Source: Chronicle of Philanthropy Colleen Brinkmann has been raising money for a long time.

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January Cause Awareness: National Mentoring Month

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MENTOR launched National Mentoring Month in 2002 as a way to unify and expand mentoring efforts, as well as raise awareness about youth mentoring in the United States. In order to build those positive relationships, MENTOR recruits and provides training resources to potential mentors and links the right mentors to mentees across the nation.

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