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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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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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The Future of Equitable Philanthropy

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Darren Isom , Cora Daniels & Lyell Sakaue Each summer on Martha’s Vineyard, leaders of color working in philanthropy across the United States gather to strategize, to vision, and to be in community with one another on an island where Black families have been vacationing since the 1800s.

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What gives in Nebraska? The Buffett effect and a culture of giving 

Candid

“Warren Buffet is one of many successful business and community leaders who have generously shared their success through their philanthropy,” says Omaha Community Foundation president and CEO Donna Kush, but not the only one. “We A strong culture of giving? fourth in charitable giving, and seventh in formal volunteering.

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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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Philanthropy Needs More Disconfirmation Bias

Stanford Social Innovation Review

But while this alignment can result in strong partnerships and collaborations, it can also open up the risk of confirmation bias: wanting things to be true even when evidence suggests otherwise. But philanthropy has few established practices for attending to, much less reacting to, disconfirming evidence.

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Meet Patrick Arthur Jackson, the 2024 Nonprofit Leadership Conference Emcee

NonProfit Leadership Center

The Nonprofit Leadership Center will bring nearly 1,000 nonprofit and community leaders together for a day of collaboration, conversation and education at the 2024 Nonprofit Leadership Conference: It Starts With Us on October 8. Emceeing this year’s event is actor, community connector and arts leader Patrick Arthur Jackson.