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Tips for social impact careers at foundations and NGOs

Tips for social impact careers at foundations and NGOs

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Tips for social impact careers at foundations and NGOs

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- There are so many amazing NGOs and foundations working in every corner of the world. How do you find them? Well, we talked about your network and LinkedIn in the last chapter, here are five additional ways. Search databases like Candid, which share publicly available tax return data on every nonprofit and foundation registered in the US. Candid profiles can shed light on program activities, budgets, salaries where the money comes from and what they spend it on. Scan lists of membership organizations that provide services like advocacy, HR support, digital transformation insights to large groups of other organizations. Some to explore include the Society for International Development, InterAction, NetHope and Homentum. See what organizations attend industry conferences like the Clinton Global Initiative, RightsCon, SOCAP or the Global Digital Development Forum, or review events surrounding the United Nations General…

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