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The Need to Double Down
Big bets can make a big difference, but only if they catalyze interest and follow-up investment in the problems they seek to address.
Philanthropy & Funding - Most Popular
New and innovative ideas to help nonprofit leaders raise money, and to help funders and donors give more effectively (more)
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Making Better Big Bets
Philanthropy is poised for a grand transformation, but it will require a lot of investment, capacity building, and experimentation to get it right.
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Doing Competitions the Right Way
The legal and logistical challenges to hosting a competition are surmountable, but they require proper planning and due diligence.
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How Grantmakers Can Use Power Mindfully to Advance Equity
While there are many potential barriers to utilizing power ethically and responsibly, funders can—and must—overcome them to truly advance equity and justice.
Philanthropy & Funding
Wielding Philanthropic Power with Accountability
By speaking up about money and acknowledging the many choices they have, funders can more effectively channel their full spectrum of resources to achieve change.
How to Use Donor-Advised Funds to Make Impact Investments
There’s a vast missed opportunity to use DAFs for making impact investments in support of market-based solutions to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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The Politics of Impact
An excerpt from Jed Emerson’s The Purpose of Capital: Elements of Impact, Financial Flows, and Natural Being
Getting the Best Possible Failures in Philanthropy
What constitutes “good” failures in philanthropy, and how can we have more of them?
Wielding Philanthropic Leadership With, Not For
Being a courageous and ethical leader in philanthropy means learning to listen, and sharing our power by encouraging, empowering, and enabling others.
Philanthropic Leadership Means Following the Frontlines
How to shift the culture of philanthropy to one where funders understand they are part of—rather than in control of—social movements and systems-change work.