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Because trust-based philanthropy shouldn’t mean blind faith.
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Trust, Rest, and Joy
Rest and joy are essential to not only leaders but their teams, their organizations, and the communities they serve.
Sunsetting in Style
Foundations can turn the decision to spend down into a long-lasting and impactful legacy.
The Strategic Value of Trust-Based Philanthropy
The core practices that define a trust-based approach can, through multiple pathways, lead to both increased resource efficiency and outsized impact.
Inclusive Board Meetings
Diverse teams get better results, but it takes skill and thoughtfulness to make the most of diverse experience at a board table.
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What Is Community Anyway?
Our understanding of community can help funders and evaluators identify, understand, and strengthen the communities they work with.
Measuring Social Value
Too many people believe social value is objective, fixed, and stable, when in fact it is subjective, malleable, and variable.
What Everyone Can Learn From Leaders of Color
These leaders’ assets go beyond experiences of oppression or marginalization to include the connection, meaning, and joy they can draw on from their respective cultures and communities.
Working Wikily
A few nonprofits are using social media to fundamentally change the way they work and increase their social impact.
What the Heck Does ‘Equity’ Mean?
A clear definition of equity would seem paramount to galvanizing philanthropy into action around this increasingly used term—but the field is only beginning to explore what it really means.