The Science of Donor Connection
A state-of-the-art database gives nonprofit leaders a tool for building relationships with potential funders.
Philanthropy & Funding New and innovative ideas to help nonprofit leaders raise money, and to help funders and donors give more effectively
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Don’t Just Aggregate Funds, Unleash Them!
Raising money is just part of the social change equation—an interview with Helen LaKelly Hunt and Emily Nielsen Jones of Women Moving Millions.
Networking to Improve
A look at how the Legacy Fund inspires philanthropic learning.
Tackling Overhead Together
Grantmakers and nonprofits must come to a mutual understanding of the true costs of change.
The Promise of Effective Altruism
The effective altruism movement has the potential to create an aspirational anchor, which may change giving practices over time.
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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.