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4 Ways Funders Can Build Authentic Partnerships With Trans and Nonbinary Communities
Trans movements are already building a future where all people can thrive. Funders can exponentially grow their impact, starting by following the lead of trans advocates of color.
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The T-Rex and the Snowshoe Hare: What’s Next for Philanthropy in the 2020s
What an often-misunderstood part of Darwin’s theory of evolution can tell us about where philanthropy might be headed.
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Tackling Moral Self-Licensing
An excerpt from Giving Now on applying a human rights framework to philanthropy
Nonprofit Finances Now
A look at nonprofit finances in the United States—how they’ve changed, where they stand now, and what the field needs to consider in the coming years.
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Ten Nonprofit Funding Models
With an understanding of these 10 funding models, nonprofit leaders can use the for-profit world's valuable practice of engaging in succinct and clear conversations about long-term financial strategy.
Centering Equity in Collective Impact
A decade of applying the collective impact approach to address social problems has taught us that equity is central to the work.
Measuring Social Value
Too many people believe social value is objective, fixed, and stable, when in fact it is subjective, malleable, and variable.
Protest Movements Could Be More Effective Than the Best Charities
To do as much good as possible with limited resources, funders should look to woefully underfunded protest movements.
Overcoming the Racial Bias in Philanthropic Funding
Racial bias creeps into all parts of the philanthropic and grantmaking process. The result is that nonprofits led by people of color receive less money than those led by whites, and philanthropy ends up reinforcing the very social ills it says it is trying to overcome.