On April 23, FEMA released their draft National Resilience Guidance. Now, FEMA is seeking feedback from stakeholders, including philanthropic organizations. We encourage you to join this discussion to learn more about the draft guidance and share your input and feedback directly with FEMA staff as they move forward with finalizing the guidance.

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Voter participation and civic engagement are core facets of a healthy and thriving democracy. At a time when voter participation in the U.S. continues to lag behind that in other countries, foundations have the opportunity to provide needed support. But what can foundations legally do, and what safeguards exist to protect both our sector and our democracy? Join this webinar to learn how foundations can support ongoing nonpartisan voter engagement work, dispel confusion around legal restrictions, and hear about recent initiatives from philanthropic communities around the country to boost voter participation. This webinar is presented in partnership with the Funders' Committee for Civic Participation and Philanthropy for Voter Engagement.

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This webinar dug into the findings of the most extensive study on how storytelling can build trust in the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors, undertaken by the Council of Foundations and the Center for Public Interest Communications in 2023. The report based on our findings, released earlier this month, has detailed findings and concrete recommendations born of: 

• A national survey of 3,557 people to assess attitudes about philanthropy and test language; 
• An analysis of Congressmembers’ social media statements about foundations; 
• A content analysis of Congressional Research Service reports; and  
• Interviews with communications practitioners, Congressional staffers, and a philanthropy researcher in the field. 

Listen to the recording to hear more about the hard data on what worked and what didn’t and detailed, research-based recommendations for the sector about telling stories and making language choices that build trust and help people understand how change happens.