Redefine Philanthropy as a Cultural Revolution
NonProfit PRO
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
As donations decline and donors look elsewhere to support good causes, nonprofits should consider a cultural revolution around philanthropy.
3 Ways to Drive a Culture of Philanthropy Instead of a Culture of Charity
NonProfit PRO
FEBRUARY 22, 2022
There is a lot of talk in our industry about developing a culture of philanthropy. But what does developing a culture of philanthropy really mean in the day-to-day life of a nonprofit professional? It’s the hot buzzword these days at strategic planning sessions and board retreats.
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Easiest Strategies to Instill a Nonprofit Philanthropy Culture
NonProfit PRO
JULY 13, 2022
If you desperately want to instill a culture of philanthropy, but it’s just not coming together, read these practical tactics to attack the problem from the sides rather than head on.
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The Future of Equitable Philanthropy
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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What gives in Nebraska? The Buffett effect and a culture of giving
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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What Michael Bloomberg's Plan to Transfer His Company to Charity Could Mean for Philanthropy
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
APRIL 25, 2023
By Maria Di Mento Alastair Grant, PA Wire, AP Michael Bloomberg has given extensively to education and to nonprofits focused on arts and culture, the environmental, public health, and improving city governments around the world.
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Sustainable community-led solutions shaping disaster philanthropy
Candid
APRIL 1, 2025
The field of disaster philanthropy is facing a perfect storm of global crisesconflicts, climate disasters, economic instability, and growing humanitarian needsas disaster relief and humanitarian aid organizations face a changing funding landscape.
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Here’s How Philanthropy Will Fix Declining Empathy
The NonProfit Times
DECEMBER 19, 2024
Yet, philanthropy endures. Philanthropy will no longer remain confined to a wealthy elite but will transform into a shared, lived experience for people across the economic spectrum. It will be about embedding philanthropy into the rhythms of life rather than relegating it to occasional gestures. Lets be realistic.
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Lessons from the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season: What philanthropy can do better
Candid
DECEMBER 16, 2024
Hardest hit by flooding was the Central Appalachia region, where years of disinvestment by government and philanthropy left the region ill prepared. The losses from Helene went beyond infrastructure and financial losseslives, ecologically rich lands, and irreplaceable cultural sites. What can philanthropy do?
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How Corporate Philanthropy Continues to Evolve in 2023
NonProfit PRO
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Corporate philanthropy, corporate social responsibility, and environmental, social and governance have become an essential ingredient in organizational culture and purpose. So what does this shift mean for the current state and near-term future of corporate philanthropy?
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Doing good, wrong? The role of philanthropy in keeping people safe
Candid
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
Philanthropy invests billions of dollars annually to address pressing social issues. The Funder Safeguarding Collaborative (FSC)fiscally sponsored and co-founded by Global Fund for Childrenworks to create organizational practices and cultures in support of safeguarding. Photo credit: Karen Hatch The post Doing good, wrong?
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Amplifying Philanthropy for 2023: 5 Strategies to Inspire Giving in a New Year
NonProfit PRO
JANUARY 12, 2023
As you begin a New Year, it is a valuable time to revisit your fundraising goals and build a stronger culture of philanthropy among your donors, board members and professional team.
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Top 2021 Fundraising Strategies: Adopting a Culture of Philanthropy
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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Who’s Responsible for A Nonprofit’s Culture of Philanthropy?
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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Art + Activism = Change. But It's a Formula Philanthropy Largely Ignores.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
DECEMBER 5, 2023
Shifting cultural attitudes is the key to lasting social change. By Ken Grossinger Shifting cultural attitudes is the key to lasting social change. That’s why grant makers need to encourage and support alliances between artists and advocates.
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Redefining Philanthropy for 2022: 5 Strategies To Inspire Giving in a New Year
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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Don’t Take Shortcuts: Stretch to Build Capacity and a Genuine Culture of Philanthropy
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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Nonprofit Survival Requires People of Goodwill and a Culture of Philanthropy
Clairification
MARCH 27, 2025
Its not about philanthropy or fundraising. Your organization has a culture of philanthropy. Without goodwill and a culture of philanthropy , youre not going to achieve anywhere near as much as you could or should. I dont usually do this, but today Im incorporating the full text of a blog by Seth Godin. Or its not.
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Reimagining Philanthropy to Build a Culture of Repair
NonProfit Quarterly
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
This article concludes NPQ’s series on Community-Driven Philanthropy. In this series, movement leaders explore what’s possible if philanthropy adopts a reparative model—one in which it supports the leadership of BIPOC communities, not just by writing grants, but by shifting assets and control over resources to frontline communities.
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2022 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy Honorees Announced
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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Major Funders Bet Big on Rural America and 'Everyday Democracy'
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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How to Create a Culture of Fundraising on Your Board
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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Trust in Science Has Eroded Since the Pandemic Began. How Should Philanthropy Respond?
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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How to Overcome Philanthropy’s Charity Mindset
NonProfit Quarterly
JANUARY 22, 2025
abdiel lpez: When thinking about what needs to change to advance the just transition, we must look also at the culture and the structures that philanthropy upholds, specifically in their day-to-day programming and the way they connector notwith grantees, investees. View the full webinar here. How do we do that?
Getting Staff Buy-In for a Culture of Philanthropy
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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These Lottery Winners Put Millions to Philanthropy. Now Their Foundation Is Closing.
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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How Nonprofits Can Help Free Culture and Benefit from the Public Domain
NonProfit Quarterly
MARCH 14, 2025
To make art is to borrow from others, from culture, but under current law, all expressive worksfrom books to blog postsautomatically receive copyright protection. The Copyright Trap The idea of copyright is usually framed as protection: Copyright laws protect creators from having their work stolen or manipulated.
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'Start With Culture Change': The Work Boards Must Do Before Launching Diversity Efforts
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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What to Do When a Board Member Wants to Withhold Their Treasure
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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How Guaranteed Income Can Support the Arts—And Ourselves
NonProfit Quarterly
OCTOBER 31, 2024
In modern times, that takes many forms, such as leading trauma-informed arts education in public schools, art therapy , and preserving the cultural heritage of Indigenous communities. While philanthropy has an important role to play both in supporting the overall funding infrastructure for the arts, longer-term policy solutions are critical.
The Meaning of Philanthropy, Not Fundraising – Part 1
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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How to start a corporate philanthropy program
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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Philanthropy Needs More Disconfirmation Bias
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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Defying the Odds: The Case for Investing in Organizing Workers in the South
NonProfit Quarterly
MARCH 19, 2025
The lack of investment by mainstream philanthropy, despite the Souths critical role in the national economy, makes it harder. The LIFT Fund is a collaborative effort that brings together philanthropy, labor, and worker centers to invest in worker power building in this region.
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One Thing Philanthropy Must Leave Behind—the Values of Extractive Capitalism
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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Culture and Community Power Building
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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Deepening Impact Through Relational Philanthropy
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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Black Women Leaders Are Powering Philanthropy
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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3 Strategies + 6 Tips To Boost Generosity At Your Nonprofit
Bloomerang
OCTOBER 25, 2024
PART 2 In Part 1 we looked at results from the recent Generosity Commission Report and how it’s important for you to shift your culture to meet the current moment. Philanthropy is on the subscription bandwagon, too! We’ll look at strategies 4 – 6 in the final installment, Part 3, of this series.]
Women in the nonprofit sector: Underrepresented, underpaid, underfunded, but making progress
Candid
MARCH 19, 2025
Awarding initial funding to small but innovative organizations, listening to and trusting grantees, and being flexible in their application requirements can achieve what traditional large-scale philanthropy cannot. The growing role of women in the nonprofit sector The great restructure: Gender inequity culture in the nonprofit sector.
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The Case for Reparations in Philanthropy
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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Dismantling the Land Theft System: A Land Back Vision for Philanthropy
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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Practicing Participatory Philanthropy: Five Key Findings
NonProfit Quarterly
OCTOBER 10, 2023
This approach to giving is known as participatory philanthropy. As two practitioners of participatory philanthropy who have worked with a wide range of foundations, we know that some private philanthropies, including institutional and family foundations, have actively begun to explore and take on meaningful participation.
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Philanthropy Must Move from Charity to Solidarity
NonProfit Quarterly
DECEMBER 22, 2022
Philanthropy comes in many forms. For over a decade, Black Philanthropy Month has been a time of reflection on Black philanthropists’ contributions—including the contributions of Black liberation movements. It also encourages me to rethink the definition of philanthropy itself. But to me, this is what philanthropy looks like.
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