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Recent Releases

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Momentum Builds to Fund Indian Nonprofits’ ‘True Costs’

To build a more resilient and equitable social sector, a sustained effort will be needed to scale the current momentum and close the gaps.

Critical Ways Philanthropy Can Help Every Young Child and Family Thrive

By investing in young children and their families, funders can help lay the foundation for those children to thrive for the rest of their lives.

How Small and Midsize Nonprofits Create Resilient Funding Strategies

Seven key assets small and midsize organizations can employ to sustain and grow their funding in both good times and bad. 

Nonprofit Strategy and Management Resources

Nonprofit Strategy and Management Resources

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What Is Impact Measurement and How Can Organizations Use It?

Impact measurement is the process of collecting and using data and information to understand how much progress your organization has made toward its intended outcomes.

Designing a Constructive Nonprofit Performance Review Process

Practical steps for building a formal performance review process that centers learning and growth.

Finding Your Nonprofit's Funding Strategy

This guide helps organizations identify and develop a funding strategy that can put them in the best position to achieve their goals.

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Philanthropy and Funding

Philanthropy and Funding

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Philanthropic Sourcing, Diligence, and Decision-Making: An Equity-Oriented Approach

Funders can accelerate social impact with more equitable approaches to sourcing nonprofits and conducting due diligence.

Winning on Climate Change: How Philanthropy Can Spur Major Progress

Three climate philanthropy practices that will be especially important in the decade ahead.

Philanthropy for a Multiracial Democracy

There may not be a simple recipe for a truly multiracial, pluralist democracy, but there are bright spots where it is already happening.

Asia

Asia

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How to Assess Community-Driven Change

These four best practices can simplify measurement, evaluation, and learning.

Bold Bets to Reduce Climate Vulnerability in Urban India

Five ambitious funding opportunities for philanthropy and impact investors to help urban informal communities adapt more effectively to climate change.

High-Impact Approaches to Corporate Giving

Our list of the largest corporate givers globally and in Asia with descriptions of model approaches to corporate giving. 

Africa

Africa

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How African NGOs Grow

African NGOs are deeply rooted in their communities and deliver important impact. Here's how they've found the funding to grow and sustain their organizations despite historical barriers.

At Common Cause: How Development Funders and Philanthropy Collaborate in Africa

Philanthropists, development aid agencies, multilateral banks, and development finance institutions are taking a fresh look at how they can achieve more together.

Dreaming in Color: Africa

Conversations highlighting Africa as a key driver of global innovation and leadership, where bold, values-driven leadership is shaping a more equitable future.

Special Collections

Special Collections

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Managing Through Tough Times

Resources for nonprofits and funders to help deal with, learn from, and grow beyond tough times.

Racial Equity in Philanthropy: Closing the Funding Gap

Racial bias—both personal and institutional—causes nonprofits led by people of color to receive less money than those led by whites. Here's what funders should know.

Effective Nonprofit Executive Teams

Practical advice, tools, and more for getting the most from the work of your nonprofit executive team.

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