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Mega Gifts Are Funding University Tuitions. Which Students Do They Help?

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

In 2018, Michael Bloomberg gave $1.8 In 2018, Michael Bloomberg gave $1.8 billion to Johns Hopkins to enable academically qualified low- and middle-income students to attend his alma mater. The impact of this and other tuition-related gifts is becoming clear. The impact of this and other tuition-related gifts is becoming clear.

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37 Free Nonprofit Webinars for January 2018

Wild Apricot

Do you want to raise more funds, engage more volunteers, and stay on top of the latest online tools in 2018? If so, there's a free nonprofit webinar in January on each of these topics and more.

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The power of mystery for raising funds online and off

Future Fundraising Now

Get those two things right — which most of the time means creating a tantalizing mystery — and you will raise more funds. This post first appeared on December 12, 2018.) Email subject lines are a real laboratory for ways to grab attention. So are direct mail outer envelopes. Not true for most of them and in most cases!

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38 Free Nonprofit Webinars for January 2018

Wild Apricot

Do you want to raise more funds, engage more volunteers, and stay on top of the latest online tools in 2018? If so, there's a free nonprofit webinar in January on each of these topics and more.

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What counts as racial equity funding?  

Candid

Why and how Candid updated our racial equity funding site . The nationwide racial reckoning triggered by the 2020 murder of George Floyd has resulted in a dramatic increase in funding for racial equity. The result is a refreshed site that gives a more complete picture of past funding and allows for stronger comparisons over time.

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A trajectory of trends in Advancing Human Rights  

Candid

Our respective organizations join in collaboration each year with Ariadne—European Funders for Social Change and Human Rights, and Prospera—International Network of Women’s Funds, to conduct this research and provide the single most comprehensive analysis of where philanthropic money goes for human rights around the world. Key Findings .

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Fidelity Charitable Says New Grants to Surpass Deposits in 2022

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

AP Jacob Pruitt, Fidelity Charitable's president, says it has removed the $10,000 minimum requirement to open a donor-advised fund, making it available to everyone. It would be the first year since 2018 that the value of grants from its donor-advised funds exceeded the value of investments going into the funds.

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