This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Crystal Echo Hawk is leading the way in changing how funding for Native Americans causes happens in philanthropy. Her insights in this interview with The Chronicle of Philanthropy can give…
It’s not always clear how to develop a strategy for disaster philanthropy for high-impact donors. The Center for Disaster Philanthropy recently held a webinar titled “Hurricane Helene: How funders can…
While Donor-Advised Funds (DAFs) have been around for nearly 100 years, their popularity has soared recently – with the number of accounts up 9x in the past 10 years. DAFs…
The first-ever DAF Day is coming up on October 10. Do you know how to tap into donor-advised fund (DAF) giving, an increasingly popular way to give, including among younger donors?…
A new National Center for Family Philanthropy report authored by Betsy Erickson, Piyush Tantia, and Nicholas A. Tedesco finds that high motivation to give often is not enough to inspire…
Nearly one week after the Supreme Court delivered its Johnson v. Grants Pass ruling, housing justice funders from around the country gathered in Washington, D.C., during the 2024 Funders Institute to discuss…
Transformative change in disaster prevention requires big thinking. Just as some of philanthropy’s biggest successes, such as marriage equality to vaccines, were once thought of as inconceivable moonshots, so too…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Disaster philanthropy in response to hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, wildfires, volcanic eruptions, and earthquakes is on the rise, just as the events themselves happen in greater frequency. Donors want to help…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On June 9, 2021, a rarity occurred in Congress: a new bill managed to reach across the aisle. Senators Angus King (I-Maine) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) introduced the Accelerating Charitable Efforts…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the past few years, community foundation DAFs, or donor advised funds, have received increased attention from the charitable sector, due to their growing popularity – and their lack of regulation. Unlike…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When Se-ah-dom Edmo, executive director of Seeding Justice, first joined the foundation in 2019, the board made it clear that they wanted to change how the organization managed its donor-advised…
Every year in sub-Saharan Africa, up to four million teenage girls drop out of school due to unintended pregnancy. With access to contraception and abortion care, these young people could…