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Nonprofit Health Grants Crucial to Underserved Communities

GrantNews

Nonprofit Health Grants are crucial for underserved communities. Nonprofit health grants help bridge the gap, providing essential funding to improve access and outcomes. billion in public funds were paid to providers to help defray providers uncompensated care costs associated with caring for the uninsured in 2017.

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FreeWill Acquires AI-Driven GrantAssistant

The NonProfit Times

FreeWill has acquired GrantAssistant, an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven platform designed to provide nonprofits and international development organizations with a proposal workflow toolkit that streamlines the grant application process. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. GrantAssistant’s full team, located in Washington, D.C.

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Lessons from the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season: What philanthropy can do better

Candid

As of December 12, 2024, Candids tracking of press releases and other funding announcements have found 227 grants and pledges worth nearly $278 million for Hurricanes Helene and Milton. CDP encourages giving grants locally as much as possible. However, some funders, like the Lilly Endowment, have provided both kinds of grants.

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$100 Million for Equity: MacArthur’s New Big Bet and Mandate

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

For the first time in its 100&Change competition, grant applicants are required to address diversity, equity, and inclusion issues. In the third installment of the MacArthur Foundation's 100&Change competition, grant applicants are required to address diversity, equity, and inclusion issues.

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Do Reviewers’ High Scores Predict the Best Grant Projects?

ProposalPRO

If you’re won a federal grant, you know you owe your good fortune to the independent grant reviewers who highly rated your proposal. Studies on the topic indicate that expert peer reviewers can select strongly written grant applications but cannot necessarily predict which projects will successfully achieve stated objectives.

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Where are the 2019 (and 2020) 990s? On filling the gaps in Candid’s grants data

Candid

At Candid, grants data from 990s flows into tools such as Foundation Directory , public dashboards that provide insights into philanthropy in different regions across the U.S., Sourcing grants data from 990s isn’t ideal to begin with—grant descriptions from filings are often sparse, and sometimes grants lists are missing entirely.

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The data/crisis catch-22: How the pandemic created a social sector data gap  

Candid

For example, about 75% of Candid’s grants data is sourced from Forms 990). The chart above shows the number of 990 filings ii that Candid has for years 2017–2022. Currently, we have a critical mass of filings for 2017–2018. For 2017 and 2018 fiscals, we’d received most filings after 24 months. IRS Form 990s, which U.S.