Philanthropy

In this session, Give Outside the Box: CDFIs, Direct Giving, and Advocacy 501(c)(4)s, panelists share innovative ideas on how to move money to strengthen collective giving and community-based efforts beyond…

The global housing crisis is a staggering issue, affecting 1.6 billion people who live without adequate housing. This crisis stifles the potential of millions of families, particularly women and children, across the…

Last year, our social impact startup hit a milestone that eludes 96 percent of female founders: we hit one million dollars in revenue. It felt like reaching the summit of…

Caroline McLaughlin and Laura Savage reflect on the International Education Funders Group (IEFG) annual conference in Edinburgh, Scotland. The small group of us who coordinate philanthropy networks have developed a unique perspective on philanthropy.

Candid Blog | Discover three obstacles to direct voter engagement facing today’s nonprofits that work to boost voter turnout and increase nonpartisan participation in the U.S. election.

These five tactics will help DAF holders put more charitable dollars into the field and fulfill the expectations of their roles as philanthropists.

For 60 years, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation has invested in improving lives and communities. And as the world has evolved, so has our work. We recently explored how we could further evolve to more rapidly and effectively realize our vision of a just and equitable world.

Traditionally, when philanthropic foundations give to nonprofits, there is a significant reporting burden placed on nonprofits. This inherently draws resources, time, and money away from mission-related work and can cause nonprofits to experience scope creep and mission misalignment. Trust-based philanthropy enables nonprofits to focus on their mission and increase their impact by reducing reporting burden…

Funders are finally noticing the flashing red lights of growing burnout across the nonprofit sector. And there’s a growing trickle of philanthropic response. But grantmakers are missing the fundamental connections…

Collaborative funds—entities that strategically channel resources from multiple donors to nonprofits and community-based organizations—deliver outsized impact across issue areas in the Global South.

When university administrators accede to donor demands, they punish students for enacting the core values and principles their institutions profess.

“We are in what feels like daily crisis mode. Our staff is small and overtaxed. Without them, we wouldn’t be able to run the organization, and we haven’t had the…