NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 20, 2023

Failures to Act Let’s begin with a statement of the obvious: philanthropy alone will not solve the climate crisis. Advancing climate justice requires, as does most social change, pressure from social movements from below. The survey responses make this cognitive dissonance clear. That remains unclear.

Philanthropy 120

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Foundations Universities 120

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Now, they’re expanding their philanthropy to news organizations that report on food, agriculture, and the environment and, in turn, amplifying the family’s other efforts. Journalism is welcoming the new infusion of philanthropy. Notably, Walton family journalism philanthropy is focused in overlapping areas.

Public and Social Policy 127

Public and Social Policy Environmental Public and Nonprofit Management Philanthropy 127

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

” As climate change continues to advance, livelihood-destroying weather events like Cyclone Ana will only grow more common. The magnitude of the problem warrants philanthropy and aid at scale. Again here, grants, concessional lending, results-based finance, and other types of philanthropy can be catalytic.

Philanthropy 97

Philanthropy Agriculture Finance Poverty 97

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 28, 2024

The organization believes that the stronger the ecosystem, the more empowered the film industry is to shape narratives that advance change, so it is intentional about building the collective power of the over 100 organizations in the ecosystem. years in federal prison during the War on Drugs.

Philanthropy 102

Philanthropy Nonprofit governance and management Culture Public and Nonprofit Management 102

Candid

MARCH 6, 2024

To do so, we needed to take a fresh look at the undeniable opportunity cost of engaging in donor-driven initiatives. The Trust-Based Philanthropy Project states: “the work of nonprofits is long-term and unpredictable. million in less restricted funding for such impact-focused initiatives, often in the form of multi-year grants.

Public and Nonprofit Management 111

Public and Nonprofit Management Collaborations Universities Philanthropy 111

Candid

APRIL 24, 2024

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.

Collaborations 52

Collaborations Public and Nonprofit Management Participation and motivation Philanthropy 52

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

1 Philanthropy’s Conflicting Commitments Over the course of the last two and a half years, Marguerite Casey Foundation has supported efforts across the country to reimagine safety, increase access to public dollars, and seed in everyday people’s imagination the belief that our government dollars should be used to improve their lives.

Public and Social Policy 131

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Philanthropy 131

Candid

JANUARY 6, 2023

Philanthropy and COVID-19: Examining two years of giving , by Candid and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) As a follow up to their 2020 and 2021 studies, this report delves into data to explore philanthropic giving from the first two years of the pandemic.

Public and Social Policy 98

Public and Social Policy Philanthropy Culture Health 98

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

studio on pexels.com Discussions of trust-based philanthropy have gained increased prominence over the years, but how can philanthropy operate as an effective part of social justice movements—beyond just providing grants to movement nonprofits? Image credit: RF._.studio It’s a question that I have struggled to answer for years.

Foundations 117

Foundations Nonprofit Administration and Development Philanthropy Leadership 117

Bloomerang

AUGUST 22, 2022

I write a LOT about the role of the fundraiser as “ philanthropy facilitator.” ” This individual guides people along the pathway to passionate philanthropy. Philanthropy facilitators don’t do the work for donors, but with them — standing by their side along the journey.

Philanthropy 120

Philanthropy Culture Non-Profits Values 120

Candid

JANUARY 4, 2023

In response to the simultaneous global pandemic and racial equity movement, philanthropy committed to act with urgency to better support nonprofit partners, as well as the people and communities hit hardest by the impacts of these dual events. Partnering to advance equitable funding practices.

Public and Nonprofit Management 111

Public and Nonprofit Management Philanthropy Foundations Universities 111

Candid

AUGUST 6, 2021

To that end, the ten-year initiative will coordinate donor resources to build international networks in the independent moving image ecosystem that foster deeper collaborations between civic leaders and content creators — funding aligned organizations, research, and creative content appearing across traditional and digital platforms.

Foundations 110

Foundations Culture Collaborations Philanthropy 110

Candid

MARCH 12, 2024

His words also echoed my opening remarks at our 2023 convening: “I’ve been looking for a beacon on the hill to guide philanthropy forward, and I realize that the beacon on the hill is me. By designing practices based on this principle, grantmakers can drive the sector’s collective impact in advancing equity.

Philanthropy 52

Philanthropy Leadership Foundations Culture 52

Candid

APRIL 11, 2024

So when I learned about Candid’s Demographics via Candid —an initiative that allows nonprofit organizations to share demographic information on their Candid nonprofit profile , where funders, donors, and researchers could easily access it—I was both intrigued and skeptical.

Public and Social Policy 98

Public and Social Policy Ethics Collaborations Culture 98

NonProfit Leadership Center

JANUARY 26, 2024

She serves as a key member of the executive leadership team, responsible for strategy development and deployment and directly oversees the Foundation’s grant making, strategic initiatives portfolio, and research and education activities. When I think of the heartbeat of our community, I immediately think of our nonprofit organizations.

Nonprofit Leadership 111

Nonprofit Leadership Leadership Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management 111

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 9, 2023

We saw unprecedented corporate and philanthropic commitments to racial justice initiatives. As we celebrate and honor Black Philanthropy Month , we need to see this alarm for what it is. Black women have been—and still are—trailblazers in philanthropy, centering collectivism to advance social change.

Philanthropy 95

Philanthropy Non-Profits Culture Leadership 95

iMarketSmart

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The far more adroit approach is to ask for a meeting to explore an alignment of interests – and not just with your organization but to test a particular pending initiative. “We’d like to get your candid reaction to … Your responses, positive or negative, will help us shape that initiative and make it more viable.”

Psychology 52

Psychology Philanthropy Culture Fundraising 52

Bloomerang

JULY 24, 2021

Nonprofit professionals working in this sector of philanthropy cite a strong belief in their organization’s mission and daily activities as critical to continuing to make an impact, even in challenging times. This desire to help others is also expressed in the philanthropy of those practicing Islam. Pandemic Impact.

Philanthropy 119

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Foundations Leadership 119

iMarketSmart

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The philanthropic facilitator initiates the process by interviewing potential donors to see where each is on that path, then explores where and how their organization might come alongside them. That, then, certainly must be true of philanthropy which is an expression of lessons learned from personal and professional experiences.

Psychology 52

Psychology Philanthropy Culture Leadership 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 5, 2023

Public institution spending dwarfs private philanthropy in most countries in the world. In the United States , private philanthropy totaled $176.7 In Singapore, one of the countries where our firm Tri-Sector Associates works, private philanthropy for the same areas totaled SGD 1.4 The entire PFS movement faces this issue.

Public and Social Policy 91

Public and Social Policy Governance Philanthropy Poverty 91

Candid

MARCH 1, 2023

To overcome these challenges, Candid, in coalition with a growing number of partners , set out to build a demographic data-led movement to meaningfully and measurably advance equity in the social sector. He emphasized why it is vital that technology providers find ways to support this movement to advance equity in the social sector.

Nonprofit governance and management 98

Nonprofit governance and management Technology Collaborations Production 98

iMarketSmart

APRIL 19, 2024

Ideally, it’s the person leading the initiative in question. It also points to the greatest, ongoing tragedy in our field, and that is the failure to realize the singular opportunity when a donor finds us and makes an initial gift. We simply want to see if there is an alignment of interests. Who should that note come from?

Psychology 52

Psychology Culture Philanthropy Fundraising 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 12, 2023

By Lior Ipp If you’ve been working in philanthropy for longer than a week, you’ve probably come across a report, analysis, or opinion piece about systems change. In Uganda, the 40-plus members of Food Rights Alliance mobilize and organize communities for collective action to advance the cause of ending hunger and malnutrition.

Civil Society 87

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Philanthropy Food 87

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 24, 2024

One example of how investments in capacity can be critical to systems change comes from The California Endowment’s “Building Healthy Communities” initiative (BHC). In philanthropy, “responsive” and “strategic” approaches are often understood to be at odds, even mutually exclusive. Combine responsiveness with a strategic approach.

Civil Society 94

Civil Society Energy Collaborations Leadership 94

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 31, 2023

Philanthropy is implicated in the creation of these realities. Philanthropy work is not frontline work. Philanthropy and movements are different things. Philanthropy needs to be better equipped to engage in the complex ways that race, class, and gender come together to create access for some and exclusion for others.

Philanthropy 104

Philanthropy Foundations Governance Universities 104

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 7, 2023

My perspective shifted on what the end goal of advocacy strategies should be, while working with The California Endowment (TCE) on their 10-year Building Healthy Communities (BHC) initiative. It is clear that philanthropy should support more community organizing , which has as its central purpose building people power.

Public and Social Policy 84

Public and Social Policy Philanthropy Foundations Children 84

iMarketSmart

MAY 13, 2022

Donors make more personal and practical calculations in their giving decisions than most organizational and advancement leaders recognize. Philanthropy correlates primarily with four different value propositions. They know that a few will give to the institution to advance all of them, while most will be more animated by one of them.

Values 52

Values Ethics Fundraising Fundraising 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 29, 2023

In the realm of social change, community-based leaders are skilled at influencing and using momentum to advance local solutions but often lack all the financial resources they need to push those solutions to their full potential. In its wake, momentum for change seemed to build.

Nonprofit governance and management 98

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Community Development 98

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 4, 2024

Both at our current institutions, the Urgent Action Fund and the Kataly Foundation , and in other realms of philanthropy and social movements, we have had unique experiences of resourcing healing justice work. Another challenge facing healing justice practitioners is the demand to see immediate, quantifiable impact.

Health 125

Health Culture Food Philanthropy 125

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 24, 2023

By Tia Martinez In seeking to improve the health outcomes of people in underserved communities, philanthropy’s results have, in general, been disappointing: Socioeconomic and racial injustices run so deep in these communities that strong barriers to change extend well beyond the health care system.

Public and Social Policy 75

Public and Social Policy Health Collaborations Foundations 75

iMarketSmart

MAY 26, 2023

It needs to be replaced by a supply chain model that engages the entire organization in the design and delivery of mission-advancing, difference-making initiatives. The model below suggests how that supply chain model would operate. Building a Philanthropic Supply Chain Jim Langley is the president of Langley Innovations.

Fundraising 52

Fundraising Fundraising Psychology Philanthropy 52

Candid

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Denny Sanford in support of a clinical initiative to create a virtual care center that will provide accessible care in rural and underserved areas of the Midwest. million in support of nonprofits working to advance climate justice, advocate for climate-smart economic recovery, and spur innovation in decarbonization pathways.

Philanthropy 52

Philanthropy Health Foundations Nonprofits 52

Candid

AUGUST 22, 2023

Candid uses machine learning to automatically tag new grants, request for proposals (RFPs), and mission statements to our Philanthropy Classification System (PCS) taxonomy—or our way of organizing and enriching data to make it usable. To build the next wave of Candid’s AI technology, we will make use of generative text capabilities.

Technology 98

Technology Production Activism Philanthropy 98

EveryAction

AUGUST 29, 2023

Requests centered around sustainability initiatives may gain more traction. Besides building relationships with specific donors, you may also develop avenues to tap into corporate philanthropy. As employees, donors can become internal “cause champions,” potentially influencing where companies focus their philanthropy efforts.

Children 85

Children Philanthropy Charitable Organizations Energy 85

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Black life and dignity require the advancement of Black political power. This has led the organization I work for, the Movement for Black Lives (M4BL), to develop an economic justice policy agenda that can advance our vision of thriving communities. Economic justice ensures we can not only meet our basic needs but also thrive.

Governance 130

Governance Universities Health Education 130

Bloomerang

MARCH 10, 2023

I can see there might be an issue with the optics of this situation, but also know companies set up foundations to advance initiatives and work they align with and care about. That’s because, while values dominate corporate decision-making, decision-makers are also saddled with short-term initiatives and directives.

Homelessness 111

Homelessness Foundations Values Advertising 111

Candid

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

after the 2020 relaunch of Candid’s racial equity funding site, the Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity ( PRE )?contacted Within the broader concept of racial equity, there is also philanthropy that promotes racial justice: grantmaking to address the?underlying that pursue multiple strategies to advance racial equity.

Public and Social Policy 105

Public and Social Policy Philanthropy Foundations Universities 105