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Zero-Problem Philanthropy

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NGOs scaled solutions to educational problems in India for decades without sufficient reading or math improvement. Wealthy philanthropic organizations often view issues through the lens of scientific, technological, and financial superiority. The UN recently warned that our efforts are insufficient to avoid catastrophic climate change.

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Recentering Philanthropy toward Social Justice

NonProfit Quarterly

The one that really stood out to me was that almost every high-net-worth individual or donor of color you spoke with experienced racial and ethnic bias, and it influenced them to want to fund systemic change but they did not know how to effect the changes they wanted to see. What does the donor-education process look like here?”