Giving Compass' Take:

• Kristen Cambell at Medium sits down with Trista Harris of FutureGood to discuss trends that are shaping future philanthropic giving practices.

• How can funders lean into best practices for philanthropy? What practices can you shift to improve your giving? 

• Here's an article on the evolution of philanthropy. 

There has been a lot of talk in the last several years about “the moment” that we’re in as a country, and its implications on our democracy and civil society. There is no shortage of ways to editorialize what that “moment” is or means, exactly; nor is there a shortage of debate around how or why we got to it.

To be sure, our present and our history both present pressing and urgent questions that require our care and attention to protect and strengthen our democracy and communities in the near-term. But sustaining our democracy also requires us to play the long-game, and some might say it’s never too early to be thinking about the future and what could happen next. One of the people who might say such a thing is Trista Harris, a well-known “philanthropic futurist.”

Trista and I both had the honor to keynote the recent New York Funders Alliance Summit in Albany in September. I spoke about how funders can engage in democracy and civic life, and Trista spoke about trends that are shaping giving practices and driving the field of philanthropy, whether it realizes it yet or not. We sat down to talk about if, where, and how our topics intersect.

Read the full article about future philanthropic practices by Kristen Cambell at Medium.