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Trust-Based Philanthropy and Strategic Giving

Featuring Philip Li, Nadia Roumani, Julia Reed & Michael Voss

Trust-based philanthropy is becoming an increasingly well-defined approach for addressing the power imbalance in the nonprofit sector and closing the gap between funders and grantees. How does a trust-based approach to giving compare to a strategic one? To help us explore the characteristics of both, SSIR publisher Michael Voss speaks with Julia Reed of Schwab Charitable, Philip Li of the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, and Nadia Roumani, cofounder of the Effective Philanthropy Learning Initiative at PACS. A sponsored podcast developed with the support of DAFgiving360.

Efficacy Before Scale

By John Newsome, Aneesha Capur & Igor Rubinov 1

To invest in and grow promising organizations and programs in a way that promotes efficacy prior to significant scaling and expansion, there are three pathways to follow: piloting, testing, and iterating.

How to Take Risks Without Losing Your Donors

By Christen Brandt & Tammy Tibbetts

The co-founders of She’s the First share what they learned from dropping the “child sponsorship” model that donors love.

Social Impact Guarantees: The Next Evolution in Outcomes-Based Funding

By Kevin Tan, Nadia A. Samdin & Pierre Lorinet 1

A new take on collaborative funding in Singapore could help outcomes-based funding go more mainstream.

Understanding the Risks of Nonparticipation in Philanthropy

By Daniel Parks

How philanthropic organizations can better understand the degree to which they include beneficiaries in their decision-making processes, how contextual considerations shape participation, and where problems and opportunities lie.

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