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Is There An Inequality Tipping Point for Nonprofits?

Blue Avocado

But as climate change is manmade, it may have not just ecological but also sociological tipping points. Trends in philanthropy make this a question worth asking. The same point may be made about philanthropy: A warmer climate, harsher weather and unrelenting news coverage will have a psychological impact on us all.

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What We Can Learn From the COVID-19 Philanthropy Commons

Stanford Social Innovation Review

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. We attribute this failure, largely, to sociological hurdles. The work began by building the digital infrastructure.

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For the Love of Humankind: End of Year Fundraising for Community impact

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

The CCF movement prioritizes the entire community over individual organizations and is grounded in justice philanthropy principles. She moved to Chicago after high school to study Political Science and Sociology at DePaul University. Community-Centric Fundraising (CCF) is a fundraising model grounded in equity and social justice.

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Is Climate Change Making Loneliness Worse?

NonProfit Quarterly

We talk a lot about the emerging climate crisis, but far less about the social infrastructure crisis,” Eric Klinenberg, a sociology professor at New York University, said to Grist. Those most impacted by a lack of or failing infrastructure, including the elderly and people living in poverty, are at high risk for loneliness.

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Solidarity Challenges the Status Quo: A Conversation with Leah Hunt-Hendrix and Astra Taylor

NonProfit Quarterly

Two other uses of the concept arise around the same time: Emile Durkheim’s sociological theory of social cohesion and the Marxist vision of the labor movement’s solidarity as an engine for change. A framework of solidarity might create more humility in philanthropy. A framework of solidarity might create more humility in philanthropy.

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Beyond Karen: White Woman Archetypes in the Third Sector

NonProfit Quarterly

9 In my book, White Women Cry and Call Me Angry: A Black Woman’s Memoir on Racism in Philanthropy , I describe debilitating interactions with White women in the philanthropic sector during my tenure as president and CEO of a private foundation in Washington, DC. 15 These images are referred to as archetypes. Frieda Fordham and Michael S.

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How to Lower the ‘Cost’ of Philanthropy So Your Supporters Donate Major Gifts of Assets

iMarketSmart

This distinction arises in anthropology and sociology theories.[14] The Sociological Review, 35 (1), 150–169. [14] 14] In anthropology and sociology this distinction originates in the work of Mauss (1923). Sociological Forum, 6 (1), 119-136. Money is anti-social. But gifts of objects are pro-social.[13] 13] Cheal, D.