Modified from an excerpt of Philanthropy in Democratic Societies: History, Institutions, Values, edited by Rob Reich, Chiara Cordelli, and Lucy Bernholz.
We need a new framework for giving to address America's economic, social, and political inequalities.
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Connecting arts goals to a foundation’s larger vision can make support for the arts more targeted and impactful.
To realize their potential, crowdfunding efforts need to engage traditionally excluded communities by emphasizing more than one bottom line.
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.
A decade of applying the collective impact approach to address social problems has taught us that equity is central to the work.
Too many people believe social value is objective, fixed, and stable, when in fact it is subjective, malleable, and variable.
To do as much good as possible with limited resources, funders should look to woefully underfunded protest movements.
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.
