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Coronavirus Resources for Donors

Giving Compass May 20, 2020
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Though we all are experiencing a great deal of uncertainty as coronavirus spreads, we’re focused on the impact this will have on the most vulnerable among us. Significant numbers of people in our communities are facing extraordinary challenges beyond the immediate health threats, ranging from lost wages to racism. And nonprofits are experiencing economic challenges due to lost service revenue and cancelled fundraising events at the same time as they experience increased demands to serve vulnerable populations.

We’ve compiled a roundup of resources sharing guidance on how donors can be most effective during this time.

General Guidance:

  • The Center for High-Impact Philanthropy provides a toolkit and guidance for donors to address COVID-19.
  • VolunteerMatch shares opportunities for volunteering during COVID-19.
  • Fidelity Charitable offers key guidance to address short- and long-term impacts of COVID-19.
  • The Milken Institute’s COVID-19 Philanthropy Hub curates the ways social investors can respond to the short-term health, economic, and social support needs in their own communities and well beyond.
  • The Milken Institute for Strategic Philanthropy lays out a number of ways to put philanthropic capital to work immediately, and tackle the impact of coronavirus from a multitude of angles.
  • National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy highlights exemplary funding responses to COVID-19.
  • Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors provides suggestions and recommendations for donors who want to make an impact.
  • National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy highlights the importance of Grassroots Mutual Aid Networks and explains how donors can support them.

Giving Vehicles:

  • David and Jennifer Risher created the #HalfMyDAF movement to quickly deploy the funds currently sitting in Donor-Advised Funds.
  • Coastal Enterprises, Inc highlights the potential of rural philanthropy during COVID-19.
  • Philanthropy Together suggests resources for giving circles.
  • The Milken Institute Center for Strategic Philanthropy urges donor-advised fund holders to deploy capital quickly.
  • National Center for Family Philanthropy offers insights for family funders and guidance for donors.

Systems Change:

  • Giving Compass urges donors to engage in reimagining and restructuring amid COVID-19.
  • Social Venture Partners International provides five ways donors can act now for a more just post-pandemic world.
  • Tricia Raikes calls for systems change in the wake of COVID-19.

Inequality and Marginalized Communities:

  • Giving Compass encourages donors to keep up pressure for gender equality amid COVID-19.
  • Phīla Engaged Giving encourages equity and abundance in emergency response.
  • FSG shares seven recommendations to help address inequities during public health crises.
  • Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees supplies ways to supporting immigrant communities.

Supporting Nonprofits:

  • Antony Bugg-Levine shares six steps donors can take to support nonprofits.
  • Vu Le addresses past and current challenges faced by nonprofits.
  • Giving Compass explains the individual donor’s edge in addressing COVID-19.

Issue Areas:

  • The Milken Institute shares how philanthropy can address the mental health fallout of COVID-19.
  • Global Washington gives advice for implementing and monitoring sustainable WASH solutions.
  • The Milken Insitute highlights philanthropy’s role in supporting higher education during COVID-19.
  • American Journalism Project explains the needs of nonprofit news organizations during this pandemic.
  • The Milken Institute offers insights for addressing top biomed challenges during COVID-19.
Ready to take action?

Search our dedicated Coronavirus and COVID-19 issue funds page to find vetted organizations to support.

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    America finds itself in a moment of political polarization. At times, nonprofits can reflect or even magnify that polarization. This is a recurring theme even within the non-profit sector and expressing disagreements on challenging topics. Read more about non-profit organizations on Giving Compass Some people do abuse nonprofit status to spread hateful rhetoric. There have been witnessed overwhelming evidence that hateful agendas have been pushed by individuals within nonprofit organizations. That hostility can yield tragic consequences: The FBI documents thousands of hate crimes each year, with most directed against vulnerable people in marginalized communities. But there are rare cases where the nonprofit form is abused by those with hateful agendas. At GuideStar, we have heard a rising demand from our users for information on hate groups — which I’ll (imperfectly) define as those organizations that denigrate a group of people based on their identity. Given that concern, in February we began to flag the profiles of 46 organizations that had been designated as hate groups by the Southern Poverty Law Center. In the weeks and months since, we have heard from both supporters and critics of the center’s approach. We acknowledge that there is a deep and difficult conversation to be had with Americans of all political, cultural, and religious backgrounds about how to most appropriately identify hate groups. That is a line not easily drawn. Over the last couple of weeks there is interest on if there is an option for mediation and what that role would look like. We don’t know if there is, or if GuideStar would even be the right organization to play that role. But we all must seek to climb out of our echo chambers and engage with those who have different views.We need a new kind of conversation about hate in the nonprofit sphere. One thing is very clear, the conversation about hate in the nonprofit sphere needs improvement. Read the source article at The Chronicle of Philanthropy Visit GivingCompass.org for more information on crime prevention  


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