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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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Recentering Philanthropy toward Social Justice

NonProfit Quarterly

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?

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When It Comes to Promoting Prosperity, Production Beats Consumption

Stanford Social Innovation Review

And how can philanthropies fund it? In this sense, many international development philanthropies are neglecting the most powerful route to prosperity: productive employment in a thriving economy. Funding to Support Production Philanthropy can be catalytic in bringing the production-based lens to the fore.

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Why You Should Focus Your Fundraising Efforts on Generating Gifts of Wealth (from Assets) Not on Disposable Income (from Credit Cards, Checks, or Cash)

iMarketSmart

The Journal of Economic Inequality, 12 (4), 439-468. [3] Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 24 (3), 233-256. How to Lower the ‘Cost’ of Philanthropy So Your Supporters Donate Major Gifts of Assets. 3] Finke, M. S., & Huston, S. The brighter side of financial risk: Financial risk tolerance and wealth.

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