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How to Become a Founding Member of the Libra Association
To be a validator node and founding member, organizations will need to meet technical requirements and specific evaluation criteria. If the conditions are met, upon approval, the Enterprise will have to make an initial minimum investment of $10 million worth of Libra Investment Tokens issued by the Association. Nonprofits will not be required to make the initial investment.
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The Trouble With ‘Women’s Empowerment’ Programs: Perceptions vs. Reality in India
India's government, funders and development initiatives have an increasing focus on including women in different programs. But according to Sudarshan Thakur at PRADAN, these efforts often seem more concerned about what women can do for development than what development can do for women. He argues that social change cannot come only from outside interventions or credit. Instead, global development agencies need to engage with women across different communities and contexts, as women themselves are the best judges of the types of services and programs they need.
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Questioning Big Philanthropy At The Skoll World Forum: Is It Too Powerful And Out Of Touch?
At a conference about nonprofit endeavors and the people who run them, big philanthropy came under the microscope.
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Press release: Acumen Announces Nearly $70 Million Close of For-Profit Off-Grid Energy Fund through its subsidiary Acumen Capital Partners
KawiSafi aims to deliver clean, affordable energy to 10 million people, at least half of whom live in poverty, and displace more than one million tons of carbon dioxide in the next 10 years, to address energy poverty and help avert the current climate crisis. To date, KawiSafi has invested $21 million to impact 4.3 million people and avert 360 thousand tons of carbon dioxide emissions.
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The MacArthur Foundation is giving away another $100 million gift–and helping others make big bets
After the success of the original 100&Change contest, the foundation is repeating the experiment, and spinning off a competition nonprofit to help other foundations give game-changing sums to promising solutions.
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Nonprofits are carving their own impact investing niche
The nonprofit sector can call on unique expertise to contribute to the impact investing space, including local relationships that enable strong risk assessments and the ability to provide technical assistance, said Tom Dente, president and CEO at Humentum and one of the report’s editors.
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The Age of Crypto-Giving: Why Cryptocurrency Will Become an Important Driver of Nonprofit Donations
In the U.S. alone, total charitable donations rose to a new high of $410 billion in 2017. Meanwhile, there are now more than 1,600 unique cryptocurrency tokens or coins spread across the world, with an aggregate value of over $100 billion dollars. According to Engiven CEO James Lawrence, the alignment of charitable giving with emerging cryptocurrency technologies represents "one of the most important fundraising opportunities for nonprofit growth since the adoption of electronic giving." He explains why in this thought-provoking post.
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Think Small: The Giving Tuesday Strategy With Unexpected Impact
A well-timed donation to a smaller organization is likely to have a greater influence on the nonprofit’s trajectory.
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