Emerging Funding Strategies

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Emerging Funding Strategies

Publication Year:  2026  

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This brief explains emerging funding strategies (nontax funding sources) and shares a map of how advocates across the country are accessing these funding mechanisms to support children and youth.

By Children’s Funding Project

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    State of Nonprofits 2026: What Funders Need to Know

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    State of Nonprofits 2026: What Funders Need to Know

    Publication Year:  2026  

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    Provides vital insight into how nonprofits are faring amidst unprecedented challenges since early 2025.

    By Center for Effective Philanthropy

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      From Insights to Impact: Embedding Adolescent Development into Philanthropy

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      From Insights to Impact: Embedding Adolescent Development into Philanthropy

      Publication Year:  2026  

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      A Guide for Philanthropy provides practical entry points and real-world examples to help grantmakers translate developmental science into action. Funders may use this resource as a reflection tool, a planning guide, a conversation starter, or as a way to surface new approaches.

      By Search Institute in collaboration with the UCLA Center for the Developing Adolescent, Grantmakers for Thriving Youth and the Youth Transition Funders Group.

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        Giving Done Right | Building Better Schools: David McKinney on Why Student Voice Matters

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        Giving Done Right | Building Better Schools: David McKinney on Why Student Voice Matters

        Publication Year:  2025  

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        Phil Buchanan and Grace Nicolette talk with their Center for Effective Philanthropy colleague David McKinney, vice president of YouthTruth — a CEP initiative — to discuss how systematically listening to young people at scale can transform education, both at the school and system level. ..

        By Giving Done Right podcast from the Center for Effective Philanthropy.

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          The Work Within Us: Dr. Shawn Ginwright & Gabriela López

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          The Work Within Us: Dr. Shawn Ginwright & Gabriela López

          Publication Year:  2025  

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          Former Senior Director of Research and Practice at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Gabriela López in conversation with Dr. Shawn Ginwright on Centering Humanity, Unapologetic Faith, and the Challenge of Moving Philanthropy from Transactional to Relational.

          By The Work Within Us | Dr. Shawn Ginwright.

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            Expanding Our Understanding of Evidence for Meaningful Participation

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            Expanding Our Understanding of Evidence for Meaningful Participation

            Publication Year:  2024  

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            This study aims to contribute to the much-needed evidence-base for participatory grantmaking by compiling existing evidence that demonstrates the effectiveness of participatory approaches, in both social development initiatives and philanthropic practices.

            By Porticus and the Closer Than You Think Collective.

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