Uploaded March 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Ashish Shrivastava is an Acumen India Fellow and founder of Shiksharth, a nonprofit which improves the quality of education in conflict-affected areas in India. Ashish shares what it means to build funding partnerships with trust and empathy in order to create effective solutions for running a nonprofit in challenging environments.



Learn more in our nonprofit funding guide about how to avoid common fundraising mistakes and build partnerships with trust and transparency:
acumenacademy.org/guide/fundraising-for-nonprofits-common-mistakes


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