The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MAY 22, 2024

By Alex Daniels Ryan Donnell, Sesame Workshop The first 100&Change challenge was awarded in 2017 to a collaboration between Sesame Workshop and the International Rescue Committee to provide educational programming to refugee children in the Middle East.

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Children Collaborations Education Education 328

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 18, 2024

With so much fuel for change and so much money to spend, what’s coming up short in philanthropy, and what needs to be done? Can’t Buy Your Way to Liberation Of course, leaders in social justice philanthropy would be ill-advised to act as if writing checks is enough. Where does social justice philanthropy fit in?

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Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Foundations Health 139

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 5, 2024

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.

Philanthropy 98

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Leadership Collaborations 98

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MAY 29, 2024

Prest The California Endowment The California Endowment’s $85 million gift to the Movement Innovation Collaborative will support community organizing among marginalized people. Also, the Nationwide Foundation commits $100 million to Nationwide Children’s Hospital, and the ArtsFund and the Paul G.

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Collaborations Foundations 278

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 6, 2023

Hip hop’s practice of sankofa is transforming philanthropy, paving the way for future innovation in the sector through funding opportunities that bring underserved communities into the fold. To those who aren’t down with the culture, hip-hop philanthropy might seem like a new development, but it isn’t.

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Philanthropy Culture Foundations Collaborations 128

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

As close observers of the world of family giving, we are convinced this is an historic moment for families and the future of philanthropy as well. What makes this moment perhaps the most notable time in the history of family philanthropy is that it is a time of crucial choices—with huge potential consequences and opportunities.

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Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Foundations Collaborations 128

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

In 2020, iF , A Foundation for Radical Possibility (then the Consumer Health Foundation) hosted a retreat with our board and staff. However, to truly be in solidarity with Black people, we realized that as a private foundation, we needed to look in the mirror as well. We met with NCRP to propose our idea for the study.

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Foundations Philanthropy Construction Healthcare 119

NonProfit Leadership Center

AUGUST 19, 2024

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.

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Nonprofit Leadership Leadership Collaborations Education 246

Candid

JULY 20, 2022

Candid and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) released a new report, Philanthropy and COVID-19: Examining giving in 2021 , in May 2022 that details COVID-19-related philanthropic funding in 2021. During the pandemic, family philanthropy grew significantly , tripling in FY2020 compared to FY2019.

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Philanthropy Civil Society Disaster Relief Retail 131

NonProfit Leadership Center

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

This unique, 10-week learning experience brings together nonprofit leaders who are new to managing people or programs in an inclusive, collaborative environment to develop the qualities and skills necessary to lead with authenticity and impact. Today, we’re thrilled to introduce the fall 2024 Certificate in Leadership class.

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Leadership Healthcare Nonprofit Leadership Foundations 227

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Current philanthropic work—as a leader of a prominent US-based foundation remarked at a recent Stanford PACS conference—leaves people exhausted. The Problem With Problem-Solving Solving problems to improve people’s lives has been philanthropy’s raison d’être. Can this vision be applied to philanthropy? Medicine 3.0:

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Philanthropy Homelessness Psychology Health 128

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JANUARY 17, 2023

Courtesy of Ferdinand Dukundimana, Butaro Hospital via Partners in Health William and Joyce Cummings pledged $50 million through their Cummings Foundation to establish the Paul Farmer Collaborative of Harvard Medical School and the University of Global Health Equity in Rwanda. By Maria Di Mento.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 12, 2023

I was a senior program officer with the trust at that point, and was new to philanthropy and fairly new to housing. Although new to both housing and philanthropy, I knew that where and how we live is integral to our health, education, and economic mobility. The problem is bigger than any one issue. As Charles Rutheiser of the Annie E.

Philanthropy 108

Philanthropy Homelessness Public and Social Policy Foundations 108

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Fineberg of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation penned an op-ed for the San Francisco Chronicle, lamenting philanthropy’s inability to join forces to amplify and expedite impact. The work began by building the digital infrastructure.

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Philanthropy Collaborations Sociology Foundations 110

Candid

JUNE 23, 2022

Candid and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) released a new report, Philanthropy and COVID-19: Examining giving in 2021 , in May 2022 that details COVID-19-related philanthropic funding in 2021. Brazil’s culture of giving and philanthropy has been growing since the 1980s.

Civil Society 98

Civil Society Philanthropy Collaborations Public and Nonprofit Management 98

Candid

AUGUST 6, 2021

The Ford , Skoll , and Compton foundations have announced the launch of a donor collaborative to help strengthen the impact of moving image storytelling. Ford, Skoll, and Compton foundations press release 07/28/2021.

Foundations 105

Foundations Culture Collaborations Philanthropy 105

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 20, 2023

But the story was not the same for global philanthropy, which remained relatively robust in 2020, despite the pandemic. That’s one finding from a new report based on an index developed by Indiana University’s Lilly Family School of Philanthropy , dubbed the Global Philanthropy Tracker. “We We know very little about how much.

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Philanthropy Governance Collaborations Foundations 105

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 18, 2024

We put forward three recommendations to help realize this goal of “ relational philanthropy ”: 1) commitment to fostering meaningful relationships centered on “we” vs “us/them”; 2) instituting practices that promote shared learning and continuous improvement; and 3) developing a standard of conduct for philanthropy.

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Philanthropy Children Activism Leadership 112

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

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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Philanthropy Culture Law Governance 116

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

JULY 14, 2014

Nichols is the senior director of marketing and communications for GuideStar , a nonprofit that powers philanthropy and is widely considered the leading source of nonprofit information. On this day I had to follow-up with Chronicle of Philanthropy and San Fernando Valley Business Journal reporters. Lindsay J.K.

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Communication Social Entrepreneurship Philanthropy Entrepreneurship 233

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 21, 2023

By Hanh Cao Yu Over the last decade, philanthropy has undergone a sea change. As the Equitable Evaluation Initiative points out, evaluation practices in philanthropy are grounded in “orthodoxies,” unquestioned ways of thinking that support the structures and practices maintaining inequality.

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Foundations Philanthropy Construction Poverty 98

Candid

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The year 2020 was an astounding year for disaster philanthropy, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. billion from private and community foundations and public charities, 96% of dollars addressed disease outbreaks (mainly COVID-19). million in funding was identified for this crisis in 2020 by foundations and public charities.

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Philanthropy Medical Foundations Collaborations 97

Candid

JANUARY 2, 2024

Philanthropy back to the drawing board: Shaping a Future Agenda , by Philanthropy Europe Association (Philea)  In the face of ever evolving and mounting crises, this book by Rien van Gendt urges philanthropy to stop looking to the past for answers. Here we highlight some of the most popular publications from 2023. 

Public and Social Policy 119

Public and Social Policy Philanthropy Education Education 119

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

MARCH 28, 2024

While her path may have shifted from “traditional” nonprofit work, her commitment to serving others remains unwavering. A Foundation in Nonprofit Management During her time at Rockhurst University, Maigan dove into the world of nonprofits, earning her CNP credential while completing her bachelor’s degree in Nonprofit Leadership Studies.

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Nonprofit Leadership Political Science Universities Collaborations 190

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. Walton…and individual family foundations have directed tens of millions of dollars to support journalists, newsrooms, and journalism organizations.

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Public and Social Policy Environmental Public and Nonprofit Management Philanthropy 137

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Philanthropy can play a crucial role in supporting underserved and marginalized communities in their rebuilding process. Alongside that, successful philanthropy also requires a long-term commitment—continuing the work for months and often years to make a real and lasting difference. Be there for the long hall.

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Philanthropy Health Medical Nonprofit governance and management 111

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Image credit: Jason Weingardt on Unsplash How can philanthropy effectively support narratives of liberation? As people who traverse the interconnected areas of narrative and philanthropy, this question has been at the center of our work for decades—and we have seen many missteps and promising practices along the way.

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Philanthropy Construction Collaborations Foundations 144

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 14, 2024

How Has Education Philanthropy Responded? Just as press releases and surveys can show us intent, foundations’ actions can best be measured by our checkbooks. For the past four years, the Schott Foundation for Public Education has worked with Candid to measure the grantmaking priorities of those in K-12 education philanthropy.

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Education Education Philanthropy Foundations 91

Candid

AUGUST 19, 2024

Foundations increasingly recognize the importance of recipient organizations’ demographics in informing their grantmaking process to ensure their grants are equitably distributed and impactful. Securing internal buy-in Getting internal buy-in can be a significant hurdle in philanthropy, which can be slow to adopt new methods.

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Public and Nonprofit Management Collaborations Philanthropy Foundations 102

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

JANUARY 7, 2011

The Nonprofit Research Collaborative (NRC) released its first report “ The Nonprofit Fundraising Survey: November 2010.&# The NRC includes six organizations that serve the nonprofit sector: the Association of Fundraising Professionals, Blackbaud, the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, the Foundation Center, GuideStar USA Inc.,

Communication 176

Communication Nonprofits Collaborations Universities 176

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Casey Foundation. Philanthropy has important roles to play in these efforts in providing funding, supporting community-led or directed efforts, and generating research and learning. Casey Foundation’s mission is to create a brighter future for America’s children, young people, and families. The Annie E.

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Public and Social Policy Homelessness Collaborations Foundations 119

Candid

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

He’s given tens of billions to Buffett family-affiliated foundations, and while not all are based in Nebraska, three of the state’s top 10 grantmakers are The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, The Sherwood Foundation, and Buffett Early Childhood Fund. fourth in charitable giving, and seventh in formal volunteering.

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Culture Foundations Children Philanthropy 105

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Also, the Knight Foundation gave nearly $17 million for economic development in Charlotte, N.C., and a $15 million collaborative effort will create the L.A. Above, students watch an experiment demonstrating water density at the Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland, Ohio. Local News Initiative.

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Education Education Collaborations Foundations 147

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Structure of a Guaranteed Income Pilot Program CRNY’s program began through a three-year, $125 million dollar investment from the Mellon Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. Philanthropy can, however, be part of the driving force for long-term policy change.

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Public and Social Policy Philanthropy Foundations Health 133

NonProfit Hub

MAY 21, 2019

Thus, corporate philanthropy is on the rise. National corporations used to fill this need by having foundations that donate to nonprofits. In an effort to be more direct, they’re relying less on nonprofits and starting initiatives and campaigns through their own private foundations. . Cue: the importance of press releases !

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Philanthropy Foundations Environmental Advertising 70

Boardsource

OCTOBER 12, 2021

And they resonate profoundly with me and my colleagues at Fund for Shared Insight , a national funder collaborative aiming to improve philanthropy by promoting and supporting ways for foundations and nonprofits to listen and respond to the people and communities who are most impacted by their decisions.

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Nonprofit governance Governance Collaborations Philanthropy 106

Candid

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The need to center performance over prestige According to Altrata’s Ultra High Net Worth Philanthropy 2024 report, “[a]lmost 20% of UHNW individuals have a private foundation. Strategic, data-driven storytelling can create lasting emotional connections and visibility beyond traditional philanthropy.

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Health Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Governance 93