Impact Philanthropy

Cohesive family giving across geography and generations is patient work. Trustees’ willingness to listen to one another and to invest time in grantee relationships translates into greater focus and impact.…

Narrative Change has emerged as a field over the past few years, as nonprofits and foundations long focused on supporting human rights saw that many of their hard-won policy victories were…

Some funders embrace these organizers, their dreams and their tactics. The Solutions Project, for example, won a NCRP Impact Award in 2017 in part for their immediate support of Indigenous communities…

As practitioners of the Equitable Evaluation Framework, we are committed to putting the people we are here to serve at the center of our work. We view evaluation as a tool…

In more than three decades of working in the field of philanthropy at The Philanthropic Initiative (TPI), I have participated in countless conferences and conversations about the role of philanthropy in…

To build shared decision-making, foundations must put aside narrow definitions of rigor and embrace new understandings of accountability.

Funders are increasingly talking about localisation and wanting to channel their resources to frontline, grassroots organisations. It makes sense – funding these groups is an undeniably effective way to shift inequitable systems, support social movements, and have tangible impact.Yet,…

On September 18th and 19th leaders from around the world will participate in the SDG Summit which will be ‘critical in setting the tone’ for the remainder of the 78th session of the United Nations ……

There is a troubling injustice in America’s Black rural South: the same communities that played a disproportionate role in building the nation’s wealth face the highest levels of poverty today.…

As a relatively new entrant to philanthropy, I was recently asked about my attraction to and assessment of the field. Uncharacteristically, I found it challenging to articulate a response. Days…

I joined Omidyar Network six years ago in large part because I was fed up with the grantee/funder model. Time and time again I saw nonprofits drift from their vision…

No city can go it alone — nor should they have to. As U.S. cities work to meet the diverse needs of their communities while coping with strained budgets, local…