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  • Ending the Nonprofit Starvation Cycle

    Fund the People May 20, 2023

    READ THE TRANSCRIPT This week at Fund the People, we are in conversation with another major foundation that is striving to do their part to smash the overhead myth!In this episode, you’ll get an insider’s view of The Annie E.

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    Philanthropy’s Investment in Change Makers

    The Philanthropic Initiative (TPI) May 20, 2023

    In the enormity of today’s challenges, we can find ourselves disillusioned by the seeming lack of progress and worsening conditions of what we face: climate change, disinformation, broken food systems,…

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    How Can Philanthropy and Journalism Work Even Better Together?

    The Center for Effective Philanthropy May 19, 2023

    During a conversation last month about a journalism project that needs more funding, I was explaining to a foundation program officer our policy for disclosing grant funding in the journalism…

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  • How Can Philanthropy Address Threats to Abortion Access?

    Alliance Magazine May 18, 2023

    With Roe v. Wade on the cusp of being overturned, access to reproductive rights is being threatened across the United States. How can philanthropy be most effective right now? To…

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  • Principles and Practice of Advising Philanthropists

    Stanford Social Innovation Review

    An excerpt from Advising Philanthropists on how advisors support better philanthropy…

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  • What Funding Practices Should Come To An End?

    Nonprofit AF May 16, 2023

    [Image description: Three adorable piglets sleeping, snuggled up in a row. Two are orange with dark patches, and one is gray with dark patches.Image by ChiemSeherin on Pixabay] Hi everyone, before……

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    A Plea to My Fellow Philanthropists: Let’s Lose the Red Tape

    The Center for Effective Philanthropy May 15, 2023

    My path to philanthropy leads through the Appalachian mountains, where I grew up surrounded by a strong-knit yet financially impoverished community. Although my hometown is full of good people, it…

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    Women’s Philanthropy Institute Q&A: Trends in Next-Generation Philanthropy (Part Three)

    Gender and Giving May 15, 2023

    Q. WPI’s latest research, Moving Money and Shifting Power for Social Justice: Voices of Wealthy Next-Gen Donors, explores giving to social justice causes by wealthy Millennial and Gen-Z donors. Can…

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  • Enhancing Community Power is Central to Change

    NPC May 14, 2023

    Charities can be vitally important to people’s recovery, but there has not been enough progress towards making sure charities’ work is truly shaped by Experts by Experience, who need to…

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  • How Funders Can Undermine Nonprofits — And How To Do Better

    Chandler Foundation May 14, 2023

    Shaady Salehi, executive director of the Trust-Based Philanthropy Project, on why transparent, trusting relationships between donors and doers are key to achieving impact.95…

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  • How to Improve Climate Funding By Prioritizing Indigenous Communities

    Stanford Social Innovation Review May 14, 2023

    More collaborative approaches are needed to translate pledges into action.

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    More Lean Funders Should Consider General Operating Support

    Exponent Philanthropy May 14, 2023

    When funders give general operating support, also known as gen op grants, they help sustain a nonprofit’s mission, rather than specific programs or projects. Grantees can use these funds to…

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