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The Chronicle of Philanthropy, April 2022

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An Aid Group Mends the Heartbreak of Ukraine With Sutures and Medicine

An Aid Group Mends the Heartbreak of Ukraine With Sutures and Medicine

Project Hope, which has worked in Central and Eastern Europe since 1974, is providing medical supplies to Ukrainian hospitals and helping refugees who are fleeing the war-torn country.

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Big Gifts Only, Please: Social-Service Group Runs Capital Campaign Targeted Solely at Major Donors

At the campaign’s close, the organization will invite longtime annual supporters to join campaign donors at a celebration and ask them to consider making a planned gift.

A New World: Fundraisers Navigate Changed Interactions With Donors

Fundraisers say the way they communicate with donors has changed. Conversations have gotten deeper and more meaningful — and donors know what they want to support.

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Inside 2 Capital Campaigns Upending Big-Donation Traditions

Some nonprofits are attracting big gifts while rethinking relationships with big donors. Plus, read about a <a href="https://sandbox.philanthropy.com/article/big-gifts-only-please-tenn-group-runs-capital-campaign-targeted-solely-at-major-donors">capital campaign targeted solely at major donors</a> and see our special report on <a href="https://sandbox.philanthropy.com/package/a-new-day-in-fundraising-how-donor-relationships-campaigns-and-staffs-are-changing">how donor relationships, campaigns, and staffs are changing</a>.

MacKenzie Scott’s Gifts Are Game Changers for Racial-Justice Groups. But Now We Need to Do More.

MacKenzie Scott’s Gifts Are Game Changers for Racial-Justice Groups. But Now We Need to Do More.

Grassroots groups continue to be left out of the largess, so that’s why our organization is sending $2 million of our Scott gift to them.

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Why Philanthropy’s ‘Free College’ Programs Don’t Always Live Up to Their Promise

New college scholarship programs aim to do what’s proved elusive so far: generate benefits for communities as well as students.

Foundations Should Unleash Their Biggest Asset to Solve the Homelessness Crisis: Endowment Investments

Foundations Should Unleash Their Biggest Asset to Solve the Homelessness Crisis: Endowment Investments

Philanthropy has poured millions of grant dollars into addressing homelessness, with minimal impact.

Philanthropy Transcended Political Polarization to Help Pass an Expanded Child Tax Credit. It Can Do It Again.

Philanthropy Transcended Political Polarization to Help Pass an Expanded Child Tax Credit. It Can Do It Again.

The success of the Child Tax Credit, despite current setbacks, shows why grant makers need to break out of their ideological bubbles and help the left and right find common ground on social-policy issues.

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Once a Cryptocurrency Novice, Tree-Planting Group Lands Big Digital-Cash Gifts

How the cryptocommunity became a critical part of fundraising at Trees for the Future.

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Long Before the World Knew George Floyd, the East Bay Community Foundation Made Racial Justice Its Mission

The organization has long been pushing donors to direct money toward nonprofits they may have never heard of before — small charities working to rebuild communities. Its peers around the country have taken notice.

Why We Should Rethink Credit Checks for Job Candidates

Why We Should Rethink Credit Checks for Job Candidates

The unfair practice hampers efforts to attract top talent and build diverse staffs, say two foundation leaders.