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Blogs & Articles

Charitable Ventures’ Blogs & Articles section shares insights, updates, and thought leadership on nonprofit innovation, community impact, and social sector trends.

Topics We Cover

Our blog explores key themes and issues shaping the nonprofit and social impact sectors, including:

  • Nonprofit funding and grantmaking trends
  • Fiscal sponsorship and nonprofit incubation
  • Community needs assessments and data-driven decision-making
  • Collective impact and cross-sector collaboration
  • Public contract administration and large-scale program management
  • Relief funding, disaster response, and emergency grant programs
  • Social equity, community development, and policy change

Explore Our Latest Insights

Browse our latest articles to stay informed about nonprofit innovation, community impact initiatives, and emerging trends shaping the social sector.

Government Funding Updates – July 2025

As a service to our clients, projects, and community partners, Charitable Ventures continues to track government funding issues at the federal, state, and local levels.
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Fighting Fear and Fascism: The Role of Nonprofits in a Time of Crisis

As we witness policies and rhetoric that dehumanize, exclude, and marginalize, we must ask: What is our role as nonprofit leaders, advocates, and community members?
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Looking Ahead – Trends and Updates for the Frontline

Once again, we are entering a time of uncertainty and ambiguity. While we don’t know much yet about the changes coming from the new administration, here are some things to think about to prepare for the next few years.
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Nonprofit Leadership in Turbulent Times

Trauma always comes out, and we believe it is coming out now, loudly, in the workforce. And that turbulence is being compounded by the economy, politics and the continuing structural challenges inherent in our nonprofit sector.
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Connecting the Dots: Census, Elections, and Map My CBO

Charitable Ventures looks at Map My CBO as a real-time snapshot of who can do what kind of outreach activity in which city, in which languages, and to which populations.
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Why OC Votes

As part of our commitment to strengthening our communities, Charitable Ventures and Orange County Grantmakers are reigniting the OC Votes, Get Out the Vote Campaign for the duration of the year.
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Articles for the Nonprofit Sector

Our content covers a wide range of topics, including nonprofit funding strategies, fiscal sponsorship, collective impact initiatives, relief fund administration, and community development efforts across Southern California. 

Here you will find perspectives from our team and partners on the evolving challenges and opportunities facing nonprofits, funders, and public agencies.

Through timely updates and in-depth analysis, we aim to provide valuable context for understanding the changing landscape of the nonprofit sector and the collaborative work required to address complex community needs.

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