NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 6, 2025

One early critique of the nonprofit sectors ability to impact large-scale change appears in the 2001 paper, The Decline of Progressive Policy and the New Philanthropy by Robert O. Bothwell charts the arc of American philanthropy over the prior 40 years with a focus on progressive, issue-oriented advocacy work.

Public and Social Policy 96

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Public Policy Nonprofit governance and management 96

Philanthropy 2173

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

I have received some self-searching emails about the claims of sexual harassment in the Effective Altruism community, by people in the community (I am not in it) but those are about "culture" and "governance" not the work itself so much.* This is a sector-wide issue.

Civil Society 52

Civil Society Governance Culture Associations 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Were in a period of polycrisis, yet the business world, government, and civil society persist in their siloed approaches to solving it. Second, philanthropy can extend the capital stack. Philanthropy will need to continue providing the risk capital that allows innovators to pilot new approaches and models.

Governance 96

Governance Philanthropy Collaborations Finance 96

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 11, 2025

Vertical networks are important, but new and better lateral crosswalks will enable leaders and organizations to learn from and lean into one anothers deep expertise, spanning issue spaces, cultures, and geographies. Siloed solutions to philanthropy will just not work under the polycrisis paradigm.

Agriculture 69

Agriculture Environmental Civil Society Collaborations 69

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 23, 2023

In fact, city leaders often follow the pioneering innovations of civil society organizations. The initiation power of civil society organizations does not end with “small wins.” .” Diffusion between cities does not only happen on the level of city governments. Create synapses for within-city learning.

Civil Society 119

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Construction Governance 119

Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

PART 3 In Part 1 we looked at results from the recent Generosity Commission Report and how it’s important for you to shift your culture to meet the current moment. ” The raison d’etre of the social benefit sector is philanthropy (defined as “ love of humanity ”). 88% of nonprofits have budgets under $500,000.

Civil Society 114

Civil Society Participation and motivation Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management 114

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Anu Malipatil and Lucy Brainard of Overdeck Family Foundation explain why trust-based philanthropy and strategic capacity building are compatible, and they share their experiences helping organizations become more cost-effective, sustainable, and scalable. So what should philanthropic leaders do differently to confront these problems?

Civil Society 136

Civil Society Philanthropy Foundations Nonprofit Capacity 136

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 8, 2025

To answer that question, let’s look at the roles of nonprofit staff, nonprofit leaders, and philanthropy. But organizational culture starts at the top. This means that if your organization is truly to create a welcoming culture for volunteers, nonprofit executives and managers must play a leading role. Foundations can do better!

Volunteerism 52

Volunteerism Volunteerism Public and Nonprofit Management Recruitment 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 23, 2025

Arts & Culture Cities Civic Engagement Economic Development Education Energy Environment Food Health Human Rights Security Social Services Water & Sanitation Sectors Government, Nonprofit, Business, etc. Social Issues Education, Health, Security, etc. share comment print order reprints related stories By Daniela Papi-Thornton Jun.

Participation and motivation 103

Participation and motivation Nonprofit governance and management Health Public and Social Policy 103

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 11, 2023

For example, another recent study on African conservation funding practices finds that 92 percent of African civil society organizations struggle to access sufficient core funding, 71 percent of them identified short-term project structures as a key barrier, and 52 percent find existing proposal and reporting requirements to be a barrier.

Civil Society 119

Civil Society Environmental Public and Social Policy Governance 119

Fundraising Leadership

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

In today’s climate, it is a tremendously undervalued tool for depolarization,” says Asha Curran, CEO of GivingTuesday, a unique model of funding and community-based philanthropy in 85 countries, raising an estimated total of $7-10 billion over the last 10 years. “ GivingTuesday was my entry point into philanthropy.

Civil Society 94

Civil Society Philanthropy Leadership Culture 94

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 30, 2023

We spoke with more than 80 people, representing workers, scholars, unions, the private sector, civil society, philanthropies, and multilateral agencies. Tech culture and its attendant discourse has prioritized narratives of disruption, novelty, and efficiency while paying lip service to inclusivity, equity, and justice.

Race and Ethnicity 145

Race and Ethnicity Public and Social Policy Civil Society Technology 145

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Our vision extended beyond the nonprofit sector to examine how corporations have captured our politics, large swathes of the economy, our nonprofits, our culture, our ideas, even our dreams. I think sometimes, when we talk about nonprofits and philanthropy, we get caught up in financial structures. AS: I don’t like intermediaries.

Public and Social Policy 124

Public and Social Policy Law Governance Nonprofits 124

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 13, 2024

For the past three decades, I have guided museums, nonprofit arts organizations, and higher education institutions in planning, programming, fundraising for, and promoting new or renovated cultural facilities that fulfill mission imperatives.

Ethics 122

Ethics Public and Social Policy Universities Philanthropy 122

The Agitator

MARCH 13, 2018

I can’t remember who said it and thus can’t cite it, but there’s a great quote along the lines of “I know that taxes are the price I pay for civilized society and I am honored to pay them. Third, we are pushing for a culture of philanthropy. (I assume almost everyone is trying to minimize, not maximize their bill.

Taxation 65

Taxation Civil Society Philanthropy Nonprofits 65

iMarketSmart

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Another questions, “If philanthropy is all about relationships, then why do metrics only measure money?”[3]. This is true across human cultures. 30] Metrics can be part of an empowered, participatory, learning culture. If philanthropy is all about relationships, then why do metrics only measure money? Civil Society.

Fundraising 52

Fundraising Fundraising Public and Nonprofit Management Management 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 17, 2025

The challenges philanthropy seeks to address do not diminish during crises; if anything, they grow more urgent. One example is the recent launch of two communities by the Philanthropy Asia Alliance , a Temasek Trust initiative. This instinct is understandable, but prolonged paralysis can be costly.

Philanthropy 59

Philanthropy Civil Society Public and Social Policy Collaborations 59

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

By Tim Hanstad To build an equitable and sustainable society, the social sector cannot take the place of the government, as Mark Kramer and Steve Phillips recently observed ; “Only government has the capacity to address social and environmental problems on a national scale. All are problems that philanthropy can and should help address.

Public and Social Policy 130

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Governance Poverty 130

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Imagine a civil society in which communities, individuals, and leaders (nonprofit, social movement, philanthropy, business, education, and more) regularly engage in the process of self-examination for the sake of improving our world. There are three tenets and six interconnected components to the RLDM.

Civil Society 119

Civil Society Race and Ethnicity Culture Health 119

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 24, 2024

A market innovation like creating a sustainable seafood market is unlikely to create enduring systems change without building strong relationships with civil society. In philanthropy, “responsive” and “strategic” approaches are often understood to be at odds, even mutually exclusive. They can choose clear interventions (e.g.,

Civil Society 133

Civil Society Energy Collaborations Leadership 133

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

But many of the same things that make workplace surveillance such a daunting threat also reveal its vulnerabilities, and where workers and civil society might fight back. Part of the problem is that the technology driving workplace surveillance is moving faster than policy and regulatory agencies can keep up.

Public and Social Policy 141

Public and Social Policy Technology Law Non-Profits 141

The NonProfit Times

JUNE 3, 2024

As such, they often miss out on benefits such as tailored medical care, sustainable resource use and culture and language preservation. Funders who are willing to take an active role in how their contributions are allocated can influence these communities access to and use of data repositories.

Public and Social Policy 52

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Medical Ethics 52

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 4, 2023

This is an experience that a lot of people who have been participating in philanthropy for decades are unaware of— the lived experiences of people of color with wealth and the type of philanthropy that they have contributed over decades. It looks different. It’s not institutional. And a lot of it is just not visible. CS: Really?

Philanthropy 105

Philanthropy Race and Ethnicity Recruitment Foundations 105

Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

This funder invests in and strengthens the capacity of women-led movements to advance meaningful social, cultural, and economic change in women’s lives, specifically across three areas: Economic Justice, Safety, and Women’s Health. Foundation is to build women’s collective power in the U.S. to advance equity and justice for all.

Entrepreneurship 98

Entrepreneurship Health Foundations Education 98

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 8, 2025

As was noted in NPQ back in 2018, FCPRs approach on power, community organization, civil society, and racial equity sets it apart from the more established philanthropic approach focusing on strengthening large, established institutions. REBIA emerged out of this institutional commitment to racial equity.

Public and Social Policy 66

Public and Social Policy Participation and motivation Law Public and Nonprofit Management 66

Candid

JANUARY 21, 2022

Co-founded in 2017 by Wellcome and the Gates Foundation with commitments of $100 million each, CEPI works with vaccine developers, manufacturers, governments, philanthropies, civil society, and global health organizations to find solutions to diseases. Lilly Endowment commits $20 million to preserve Black churches. Read more.

Civil Society 52

Civil Society Manufacturing Community Development Governance 52

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 31, 2024

Corporate capture is evident not just in regulatory agencies but also in elections, the halls of government, the media, music, art, and any other cultural sites corporate elites can get their hands on. 7 And it is true that a rising authoritarian tide threatens civil liberties and democratic institutions like Congress.

Public and Social Policy 133

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development 133

Philanthropy 2173

MARCH 20, 2020

Many things that defined philanthropy before it became a formalized, industry unto itself (early 1900s in the U.S.A.) But all the signs were there - connectivity, familiarity with direct giving (due to crowdfunding), cultural traditions of mutual aid that never went away, they only stopped being seen by the formal "counters" of philanthropy.

Civil Society 40

Civil Society Philanthropy Public Policy Law 40

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 29, 2025

For nonprofitsespecially those working in civil rights, education, journalism, or public healththis should raise serious concern s. The suppression of academic freedom isnt just campus politicsits a warning signal for civil society and for our democracy. Our democracy depends on a strong, vibrant and independent civil society.

Civil Society 116

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Universities Education 116

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

MG: There is an interdependence between our political structures and our civil society structures. The other part of it is a boom in philanthropy. We are talking people in their thirties, but from all these different cultures. SD: You mention a shift from self-governing organizations to NGOs and nonprofits. It’s there.

Culture 119

Culture Energy Governance Leadership 119

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 17, 2025

Diane Yentel, CEO of the National Council of Nonprofits (NCN) calls these efforts a coordinated assault on civil society and democracy. Theyre the organizations providing arts and culture, preserving open spaces, ensuring affordable places to live, and helping our kids to thrive and reach their potential.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 52

Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy Social Enterprise 52

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 24, 2025

These advocates helped culture thrive in every corner of the United States—on an annual budget that was less than 10 percent of the cost of the Trump Organization’s latest $3 billion condo project in Miami. To paraphrase Shakespeare, there is something rotten in the way arts and culture work in the United States.

Foundations 105

Foundations Culture Universities Governance 105

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 11, 2025

Could you describe what the term means and the role cultural tools, such as music, play in movement building? And I think philanthropy has a major role to play in that. SD: Shanelle, in your chapter on the Movement for Black Lives with coauthor Miski Noor, you write about solidification.

Law 66

Law Governance Communication Civil Society 66