Bloomerang

AUGUST 23, 2021

This post on adopting a culture of philanthropy is part six in a six-part series. Mastering personalized, customer-centered philanthropy facilitation, especially mid-level and major donors, to increase donor lifetime value. Organization-wide internalizing and externalizing an attitude of adopting a culture of philanthropy.

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Bloomerang

MAY 17, 2021

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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NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 12, 2022

Here are five strategies to redefine philanthropy for the New Year. These actions will prepare you to build a strong culture of giving and amplify your development program as we continue to navigate a dynamic environment.

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NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

While some major donors are helping to boost overall giving in terms of dollars, the number of donors is shrinking. There are some nonprofit leaders who take shortcuts. Some shortcuts include not building capacity — the fuel to fund their mission and the people to whom they serve.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JUNE 17, 2024

Takeaways from a new cross-ideological venture that plans to spend $50 million in philanthropy-starved regions: “No one is coming to do this work for us." By Drew Lindsay Courtesy of Sipp Culture Grocery stores near Utica, Miss.,

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NonProfit PRO

AUGUST 16, 2022

Five distinguished philanthropists are recipients of the 2022 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy in recognition of their extraordinary contributions. The goal of the medal is to inspire a culture of giving by honoring innovative philanthropists.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MAY 15, 2024

By Lisa Schohl Getty Images You shouldn’t assume trustees know how to raise money simply because they joined your board, experts say. Here are nine ways to build a board that prioritizes fundraising — and help them succeed.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MARCH 16, 2023

Grant makers can foster a culture that acknowledges and addresses science’s imperfections. By Sam Gill and Elizabeth Christopherson Both historical mistreatment of people of color and widespread misinformation have diminished confidence in medical science.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

AUGUST 23, 2023

By Maria Di Mento Sergio Estrada After winning a multimillion-dollar fortune in the California Lottery, Alcario and Carmen Castellano created a family foundation and gave $10 million to support Latinx arts and culture, education nonprofits.

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NonProfit PRO

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Almost every good business book over the past two decades has at least one chapter devoted to company culture and making sure you have staff buy-in to the overall vision of the company. But, it's been difficult for nonprofits. Here is how you get there.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

MAY 16, 2024

Nonprofit leaders, trustees, and consultants discuss what can go wrong when organizations focus on board diversity without first creating an inclusive board culture.

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NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 6, 2023

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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NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

A new focus in the nonprofit sector is the importance of organizations building a culture of philanthropy, and recruiting board members requires a balanced approach. This brings us to the age-old three Ts on nonprofit involvement: time, talent, and treasure.

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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.

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

How to start a corporate philanthropy program. It’s a great way for companies to promote both corporate culture and values, as well as support the community. It’s a great way for companies to promote both corporate culture and values, as well as support the community. Guidelines to follow to help enact or expand giving.

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Clairification

APRIL 22, 2024

Get on the Pathway to Passionate Philanthropy, Not Forgettable Fundraising Philanthropy is a mindset. An embracing culture. Servant to philanthropy. Philanthropy, not fundraising. Fund, “ Beyond Fundraising: What Does it Mean to Build a Culture of Philanthropy? ” A noble value.

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NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

“Simply put, Black women are the backbone of modern day philanthropy.” So asserts a new book, Portraits of Us: A Book of Essays Centering Black Women Leading Philanthropy , edited by Toya Nash Randall, former board chair of Black Foundation Executives and “curator and catalyst” of Voice. And that’s really what the book is about.”

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Especially as philanthropy has been shifting its focus from individual grants and programs to investing in broader systemic change, addressing confirmation bias becomes all the more urgent: the tools, practices, and cultures for evaluating evidence and learning have not kept pace with this shifting scale.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

“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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NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Initiatives such as these have emerged largely in recent years and beg the questions: What is the role of philanthropy in the reparations space? Amara Enyia: Your work in the space of reparative philanthropy is groundbreaking. Amara Enyia: Your work in the space of reparative philanthropy is groundbreaking.

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NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Below we offer three principles that we believe can help move our culture away from extractive capitalism. Embrace Reparative Philanthropy as an Act of Healing and Repair Capitalism creates clear class and social distinctions in a society where success is measured by the accumulation of material wealth. Can foundations escape this box?

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JANUARY 4, 2024

Among the forces that will shape development this year: artificial intelligence, the explosion of DAFs, and the culture wars. By Rasheeda Childress Getty Images Among the forces that will shape development this year: artificial intelligence, the explosion of DAFs, and the culture wars.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 16, 2023

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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NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

This article is the third installment of NPQ’s series on Community-Driven Philanthropy. The management of millions of acres of land by Indigenous people, supported by new capital resources, would allow Indigenous cultures and languages to flourish again. Understanding the Power Dynamics of Resourcing.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

By Alexis Frasz To achieve systemic change, philanthropy must invest in culture that builds community power.

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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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Candid

MAY 9, 2023

Little has been known about how philanthropy has—or hasn’t—supported them, until now. Candid and ABFE partnered to create and publish Philanthropy and HBCUs: Foundation funding to historically Black colleges and universities. Discover all the research on philanthropy to HBCUs in the full report.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JUNE 12, 2024

To change the economic and social structures that harm women, she should invest in caregiving, reproductive rights, and cultural change.

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NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 18, 2023

The cultural sector is seeking alternatives to business-as-usual. This article introduces a new series, titled “Remember the Future: Culture and Systems Change,” co-produced by Art.coop and NPQ. Efforts to remedy historic race-based harms by prioritizing care for land, resources, people, and cultural expressions are flourishing.

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Candid

AUGUST 8, 2022

In 2020, the philanthropic sector started conversations about how philanthropy can better support Black-led organizations and the Black community. According to the 2020 Smithsonian Magazine article, The Storied History of Giving in America , the practice of philanthropy can reflect and reinforce inequity.

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Veritus Group

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The post Why Fundraising Needs to Embrace a More Collective Culture appeared first on 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.

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Candid

APRIL 9, 2024

Part of my work at the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) involves monitoring philanthropic giving in response to disasters through our annual Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy: Data to Drive Decisions (SODP) report. However, due to lags in reporting, that data is two years behind.

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Clairification

APRIL 25, 2024

Get on the Pathway to Passionate Philanthropy, Not Forgettable Fundraising In Part 1 I laid out why philanthropy inspires, and fundraising tires. This may take the form of non-cooperation or even outright war between those who should be facilitating philanthropy. It’s the “fund” part of the word.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 20, 2023

By Phil Buchanan , Alyse d’Amico & Leaha Wynn Organizational performance depends on thoughtful policies and practices with respect to employees and culture. Often, culture is simply neglected. We have come to believe in six people and culture approaches that in many respects go against the grain.

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NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 14, 2024

I believe that culture is far more important than structure, but structure is where we get stuck. So my consulting practice focuses on how to move quickly and thoughtfully through questions of structure, land that , and then work to build a healthy, joyful, liberatory culture. AV: So many ways.

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Allison Fine

APRIL 14, 2022

We get it, the last generation of digital tech, particularly email and social media, created a cacophony of messages and amplified the always-on, toxic work culture. Yup, you have. You have every right to be furious at whoever created the “reply all” button. Permalink

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Its successes and setbacks show what it takes to change a cultural mind-set. After facing criticism about its lack of attention to disability inclusion, Ford set out to integrate the issue into all its work.

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