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Who’s Responsible for A Nonprofit’s Culture of Philanthropy?

Bloomerang

If you’re a fundraiser bemoaning the lack of your nonprofit’s culture of philanthropy , you don’t get off that easily. . Because you are the one person, or one department, actually charged with living and breathing philanthropy on a daily basis. You are the philanthropy facilitator. . You’re part of the problem.

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Reimagining grantmaking with data collaboration at scale 

Candid

Imagine a world in which philanthropy professionals are focused on improving their practices to transform philanthropy through centering communities, lightening the burden on nonprofit organizations, and holding themselves accountable to their values.

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Sankofa Philanthropy: Hip Hop’s Sixth Element

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Gordon Cowie on unsplash.com Hip hop—the music and its culture— turns 50 this year. That’s because hip-hop culture embraces the principle of “ sankofa ,” valuing the importance of going back to a community after becoming successful and bringing others along.

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Cultivating a Culture of Philanthropy: 15 Strategies for Nonprofit Board Members

Nonprofit Megaphone

As a result, cultivating a culture of philanthropy is essential for nonprofit organizations to achieve long-term sustainability and impact. Nonprofit board members play a critical role in creating and maintaining a culture of philanthropy.

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Zero-Problem Philanthropy

Stanford Social Innovation Review

The Problem With Problem-Solving Solving problems to improve people’s lives has been philanthropy’s raison d’être. However, some criticisms have arisen regarding the approach philanthropies take in problem-solving. Can this vision be applied to philanthropy? Three examples demonstrate the Zero-Problem Philanthropy approach.

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Philanthropy and Social Justice: A Conversation with Deepak Bhargava

NonProfit Quarterly

It made me attuned as to what it was to feel like you don’t belong and how important it is to create social structures and a culture that is deeply welcoming and inclusive for everybody. From my perspective, philanthropy has a pivotal role in supporting efforts to build the power of people who have been denied it.

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Why Fundraising Needs to Embrace a More Collective Culture

Veritus Group

The more we work collaboratively and lean on our collective skills, the better we can connect donors to our mission in meaningful ways. The post Why Fundraising Needs to Embrace a More Collective Culture appeared first on Veritus Group.

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