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An Experimental Approach to Early-Stage Nonprofit Governance

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Interest in early-stage nonprofits within Korea’s social impact ecosystem has increased in recent years, and more and more are garnering financial and organizational support. As one example, in early 2023, Brian Impact Foundation , which focuses on big-bet philanthropy , donated a total of 12.6 billion won (about $9.7

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Why an Ecosystem for Filmmakers of Color Is Necessary—and How Funders Can Support It

NonProfit Quarterly

Filmmakers of color play a crucial role in our cultural landscape. An Ecosystem for Change In its report, The People of Color Documentary Ecosystem: Engines for a New American Narrative , Color Congress synthesizes findings from these organizations and puts forth recommendations for how philanthropy can support the ecosystem’s power.

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Using a Data-Driven Strategy to Advance Racial Equity in Grantmaking

NonProfit Quarterly

Events and social movements of the past three years have spawned many efforts to advance racial justice in philanthropy , as many have written about at NPQ and elsewhere. Ensuring that Black and Brown leaders have access to philanthropy’s vast resources is central to funders’ efforts to realize equity in the nonprofit sector.

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Nonprofit Boards Efforts to Diversify

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Amir Geshani on unsplash.com As nonprofit organizations become more racially, culturally, and socioeconomically diverse, are nonprofit boards lagging behind? Elisa Juárez, the director of culture and DEI for a national healthcare company, was a recipient of the 2001 Hispanic Heritage Foundation (HHF) Youth Award.

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Capacity Building as a Tool for Transformation

NonProfit Quarterly

Those of us who have worked in the field for years know that the capacity building paradigm must change—we must move from a focus on building clients’ technical capacity toward a focus on partnering with organizations to build cultures of liberation. Beyond Neutrality. In other words, capacity building is never a neutral process.

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The 2019 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

EveryAction

2019 Nonprofit Organizations Institute. 2019 Nonprofit Organizations Institute. Philanthropy Southwest / Austin, TX / $675. 15th Annual Nonprofit Governance Symposium. 15th Annual Nonprofit Governance Symposium. Conference on Diverse Philanthropy and Leadership. Fundraising & Grants.

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The 2018 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

EveryAction

2018 Nonprofit Organizations Institute. 2018 Nonprofit Organizations Institute. Philanthropy Southwest / Austin, TX / $125. 14th Annual Nonprofit Governance Symposium. 14th Annual Nonprofit Governance Symposium. Governing well is one of the most profound ways to help our communities.