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  • 'Our moment to evolve': A nonprofit that launched after George Floyd is now navigating a DEI backlash

    June 05, 2025 |

    The Boston Globe |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    The New Commonwealth Fund provides grants to Boston-area organizations that are making an impact in communities of color, with more than $16.3 million awarded to more than 250 organizations so far. However, national backlash against diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives has prompted the fund to shift some of its fundraising strategies and even remove a reference to racial equity from its name.

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  • Cash assistance may curb recidivism among people leaving prison, study says

    May 14, 2025 |

    Stateline |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    The Returning Citizens Stimulus provides cash payments to people leaving incarceration for 60 days after their release, with the goal of helping them get back on their feet. One study found that participants were much less likely to violate their parole than those who did not receive payments.

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  • Can giving cash, no strings attached, help end poverty? In Malawi, they're finding out.

    April 08, 2025 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Malawi, Chigowo

    GiveDirectly is a nonprofit that works to improve conditions in impoverished areas by distributing direct cash transfers to residents. In one of the organization’s projects in Malawi, participants received a lump sum of $550 to be used however they saw fit, and many chose to start businesses or make investments for the future.

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  • Early results suggest communities stop logging during basic income pilot project

    January 27, 2025 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Amazon, Peru

    After two seasons, an unconditional cash-transfer pilot project for Indigenous peoples in Peru’s Amazon has resulted in a positive impact on families who, in the past, would turn to unsustainable or illegal forest activities as a response to economic stress and food insecurity. According to the pilot's latest internal assessment, three communities are no longer engaging in illegal forest activities to make ends meet.

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  • Sani Isla: A Kichwa community that found alternatives to oil in conservation and tourism

    December 24, 2024 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Sani Isla, Ecuador

    The indigenous community of Sani Isla in Ecuador receives financial incentives for conserving thousands of hectares through the state-run Socio Bosque program. This economic support helps them sustain their ways of life, safeguard more of the environment, and showcase the area’s biodiversity to tourists.

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  • A building wave: The corporate-Indigenous partnerships doing things differently

    December 03, 2024 |

    Pioneers Post |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    New philanthropic funding models are distributing to Indigenous peoples and local communities in climate and biodiversity hotspots, enabling them to continue traditional practices that greatly benefit the environment. One core principle is the building of strong on-the-ground relationships, then providing “no-strings” grants with little follow-up reporting required.

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  • A new program helps formerly haredi Orthodox New Yorkers find stable housing

    November 29, 2024 |

    Jewish Telegraphic Agency |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Footsteps, a NY-based housing-focused nonprofit helping formerly ultra-Orthodox Jews succeed in secular society, has distributed $80,000 to 51 members, providing one-time stipends of $1,500 to $2,000 per individual for temporary needs such as a broker’s fee, moving costs or a security deposit.

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  • An organisation deploys strategic storytelling to transform lives in rural Nigeria

    November 05, 2024 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Calabar, Cross River

    The Bonnicare Foundation garners support and funding for people in need of education, healthcare and economic empowerment through visual storytelling on social media. This approach helps humanize the challenges people are facing, encouraging those with the means to donate. With the funding they’ve received through social media donations, the Bonnicare Foundation has helped pay the school fees for more than 1,000 primary and secondary school students in rural areas.

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  • AI is being used to send some households impacted by Helene and Milton $1,000 cash relief payments

    October 25, 2024 |

    Associated Press |

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    Response Location: United States, North Carolina

    The nonprofit GiveDirectly is providing no-strings-attached, direct cash payments to households that receive SNAP benefits and were impacted by Hurricanes Helene and Milton. The payments are sent directly to the debit cards already use for SNAP, and households were chosen based on poverty data and data about the worst-hit areas.

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  • Report finds guaranteed income helped Louisvillians save money and avoid evictions

    October 23, 2024 |

    Louisville Public Media |

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    Response Location: United States, Louisville, Kentucky

    The city of Louisville, Kentucky, offered some residents of low-income neighborhoods $500 a month for a year with no strings attached as a part of its first ever guaranteed income program. The funds allowed people to start building savings and prevented evictions.

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