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Heroes Define Philanthropy

Bloomerang

Philanthropy is Fueled by Daily Acts of Heroism As a fundraising trainer and consultant who’s had the privilege of working with hundreds of nonprofit leaders and their supporters, I can strongly make the case that the philanthropic sector is full of heroes. million non-profit organizations. Let’s consider ten of them.

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Segregation Helped Build Fortunes. What Does Philanthropy Owe Now?

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By prohibiting any future sale of the property to Black or other non-white owners, restrictive covenants gave white buyers confidence that their homes and neighborhoods would remain white enclaves and therefore retain the “ enduring value ” that Cafritz promised for his “lifetime homes.”

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Cultivating a Just Climate Philanthropy

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Even if investing in smallholder farmers didn’t offer the enormous mitigation opportunity that it does, those of us in the West, who have predominantly driven climate change, would still have an ethical duty to help ease the challenges it creates for them and help achieve climate justice.

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Maybe nonprofit governance aint what it needs to be?

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nonprofit sector really sees the organization as anything other than a commercial firm (it has a capped profit structure, which limits the amount of profit to be returned to shareholders, but only designates profits to be reinvested in the organization (as nonprofits due) after investors are paid out).

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10 Ways Funders Can Address Generative AI Now

Stanford Social Innovation Review

To date, most funders investing in artificial intelligence—including McGovern, Schmidt Futures, and Open Philanthropy—have focused primarily on understanding AI’s potential risks, or supporting AI’s positive impacts on society, in the longer-term. The Executive Branch has already done a lot. Advocacy for research funding.

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Fundraising Success: Leveraging Your Value Propositions

iMarketSmart

Philanthropy correlates primarily with four different value propositions. Advancing moral, ethical or civic values: This includes faith-based institutions, military academies, or any organization which so articulates them. Sustained fundraising success is about creating the conditions that allow philanthropy to flower naturally.

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The Social Impact Investment Mirage

Stanford Social Innovation Review

The False Binary Between For-profits and Nonprofits: Where the Troubles Begin. We decided early on to incorporate NeedsList as a for-profit, purpose-driven company. We bought into the notion that a for-profit company was the way to scale and achieve impact. We weren’t alone. ” Investors interrogated our decision. .”