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Resources to help nonprofits improve their DEI practices can be found here. Charity Navigator has developed a plan to iterate and expand upon our preliminary DEI ratings and will be rolling it out gradually in order to provide charities ample time to incorporate, report, and potentially improve their equity practices. Our preliminary assessment of the nonprofit's DEI practices was developed with the expertise and advice of dozens of leaders in the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors and is based on the Equity Strategies information collected through Candid's Demographics profile. The National Council of Nonprofits has compiled several resources and studies that document how effective DEI practices can help organizations cultivate staff belonging and motivation, improve management and governance practices, and spark innovation that can help nonprofits achieve their missions. However, upon further investigation, it has become clear that Unbound's connection with AUSCP is not as incidental as it would like for us to believe.There is a growing body of research which shows that effective DEI practices can promote a more positive organizational culture, which can influence the nonprofit's ability to achieve impact on the people and communities they serve. Taken at face value, this statement gives the impression that the AUSCP is simply one among many organizations with whom Unbound works, and that its ideological positions are simply a representation among the spectrum of beliefs of this multitude of groups. Its sponsorship program provides basic necessities such as food, education, clothing and access to medical care to children and elderly in some of the world's poorest communities. Unbound was founded by lay Catholic workers acting on the Gospel call to serve the poor. If you have concerns about that, I am happy to pass them along. Unbound, formerly the Christian Foundation for Children and Aging, is a nonprofit sponsorship organization headquartered in Kansas City, Kansas. Unbound continues to be guided by Catholic social teaching and our shared values, keeping our sponsored friends and their families our priority in all that we do. Our focus is on creating pathways for people who want to put their faith into action in serving families and elders around the world who are overcoming poverty. If you have questions about the AUSCP's policies, it may be most effective to speak with them directly, as we do not get involved in doctrinal disagreements between Catholics. Sometimes, along the way, these groups may not always agree with each other. In order to do that, we engage with various individuals and groups from throughout the Catholic community. Deeply rooted in Catholic social teaching, Unbound's mission is to serve the poor and marginalized of the world.

Since the publication of our article on Unbound's contribution to the AUSCP, many faithful Catholics have emailed, called and written to Unbound to express their concern, and Unbound finally responded to them with this boilerplate statement: The Lepanto Institute reached out to Unbound on 2 July, asking if the organization was aware of the AUSCP's promotion of women's ordination, homosexuality, priestless parishes and heresy, but never received a response. Unbound, formerly called the Christian Foundation for Children and Aging, is a non-profit, lay-run sponsorship organization designed to provide food, education, clothing and access to medical care to children and elderly. One of the corporate sponsors, who took out a full-page ad in the AUSCP's assembly program book for a listed $6,000, is the popular charity Unbound. In July of this year, The Lepanto Institute published an article about the corporate sponsors of the Association of United States Catholic Priest's (AUSCP) annual assembly. You are not signed in as a Premium user we rely on Premium users to support our news reporting.

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