Philanthropy & Funding
Are the Elite Hijacking Social Change?
In Winners Take All, writer Anand Giridharadas calls out the hypocrisies of philanthropists.
Review
Tag: Strategic Philanthropy
Review
Philanthropy & Funding
Strategic Philanthropy Reconsidered
The authors of Money Well Spent reconsider their original arguments a second time around.
Collaboration
(Re)thinking Funder Networks and Collaboratives
The 2016 US presidential election is reminding philanthropy of its value.
Podcast
Philanthropy & Funding
Debating the Role of Philanthropy in Democracy
Rob Reich moderates a discussion with Reed Hastings and Darren Walker on the tension between individual or institutional philanthropy and democratic societies.
Foundations
To Change the System, First Change the People
At the Bush Foundation, grantmakers use an analytical approach to identify the right people who can make a difference, and supply them with the tools, connections, and inspiration they need.
Advocacy
How Political Donors Band Together
The ultrarich are teaming up to make politics more partisan.
Philanthropy & Funding
Against ‘Big Bets’
Funders should be wary of the latest fad of making large grants for quick results and abandoning long-term commitments to the many organizations working on our most important problems.
Organizational Development
Systems Thinking: A View from the Trenches
Four lessons from one foundation’s effort to put systems thinking into practice.
Foundations
Now Is the Time for Foundations to Invest for Mission and Impact
The Mission Possible series is a call to action for philanthropy to fully embrace impact investing as an essential tool to drive meaningful social and environmental change.
Review
Philanthropy & Funding
A Rational Gut Check
A Yale psychologist offers a passionate account of the negative effects of passion but ends up with a more temperate conclusion.