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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. This musical masterpiece, created in partnership with COP28, the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai, serves as a powerful call to action on the urgent issue of climate change.

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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. The 2024 Edition Viken Mikaelian with Patrick O'Donnell As long as technology has existed, there’s been a perception that seniors are not just slow to adopt it, but resistant to use it. 40% of all U.S.

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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. Much like a developing human, our data collections have gotten bigger over time (see chart below), undergone developmental changes, and experienced the associated growing pains.

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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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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. Source: Chronicle of Philanthropy Colleen Brinkmann has been raising money for a long time. It wasn't easy back then. "We We said yes to everything," Colleen told the Chronicle of Philanthropy. Colleen Brinkmann, North Texas Food Bank.

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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. Look for us and let us know what you think; you can find us at any one of the following: TechSoup Blog. SlideShare.

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Generosity Commission: Giving, Volunteering And Civil Society Complexities

The NonProfit Times

According to data from AmeriCorps, the federal agency for national service and volunteerism, the formal volunteering rate dropped seven percentage points – from 30% in 2019 to 23% in 2021, the steepest drop since the agency began collecting such data in 2002. The report is targeted at a wide swath of America. “ Five years ago, we had 5.8

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