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The long view: What 26 years of grantmaking taught Nick Deychakiwsky
After 26 years at the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, Nick Deychakiwsky reflects on how patient, relationship-centered philanthropy strengthens local organizations and supports long-term community impact.
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Ukraine’s community foundations transform to emergency responders during war
Ukraine’s community foundations have turned into trusted emergency responders after Russia’s full-scale invasion of the country, using their deep local knowledge, relationships and community trust to deliver aid, mobilize resources and support long-term recovery.
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A Q&A with Shannon Lawder
The Mott Foundation’s Civil Society Program Director, Shannon Lawder, shares in a Q&A how her team’s new grantmaking strategy seeks to build common ground, expand access to justice and protect the nonprofit sector at a time of rising polarization and increasing threats to the sector.
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Mott continues to respond to war in Ukraine
The Mott Foundation stands in solidarity with the people of Ukraine.
Mott Perspectives | Civil Society
Funders can do more to support people-centered justice in 2025
To help close the global justice gap, the Mott Foundation worked with donors and grassroots justice practitioners to create and launch the Legal Empowerment Fund in 2021. As injustices are on the rise, this year is an important time for more funders to join the work.
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Electronic government helps communities solve problems, access resources in wartime Ukraine
Designed to foster civic participation, electronic government in Ukraine plays an important role in helping communities solve problems and access resources during wartime.
Mott Perspectives | Civil Society
A sector under threat: Safeguarding civil society starts with data
Mott President and CEO Ridgway White makes a case for the importance of nonprofit employment data at a time of threats to the nonprofit sector.
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Mott’s grantmaking in Ukraine: Prioritizing local resilience and community voice in a time of war
Nick Deychakiwsky and Ross Maclaren discuss Mott’s ongoing commitment to Ukraine, and how it has evolved with the conflict.
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Bringing more voices to the table: WINGS and the ongoing evolution of philanthropy
WINGS has transformed to become a worldwide philanthropic heavyweight at the forefront of the sector’s evolution.
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Reflections from a grantmaker: Walter Veirs looks back on a quarter-century of shoe-leather philanthropy
Veirs shares lessons learned with the sector that he devoted decades to developing and protecting around the world.