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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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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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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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Black leadership and Black experiences in the social sector

Candid

From 2002 to 2019, although foundations increased their total giving by 124%, funding to HBCUs declined by 30%. This was the first comprehensive analysis of private philanthropy to HBCUs. With nearly 20 years of data about U.S. foundation grants, our research documented a pattern of disinvestment in HBCUs.

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Fundraising Software Solution Started with A Long Check Out Line

Greater Giving

So in 2002, Auctionpay was born. Since 2002, Greater Giving has helped over 10,000 nonprofit clients process $7 billion in donations. Since 2002, 30 million users have participated in benefit auctions as bidders through Greater Giving.

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ORG Impact Awards Highlight Worldwide Achievement

The NonProfit Times

PIR was founded by the Internet Society in 2002 and is based in Reston, Virginia. Visit www.pir.org for more information. The post.ORG Impact Awards Highlight Worldwide Achievement appeared first on The NonProfit Times.

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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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