July 2024
Articles and News
Giving Is Flat, but Fundraisers Miss Opportunities to Solicit, Report Says
Giving Is Flat, but Fundraisers Miss Opportunities to Solicit, Report Says“Fewer appeals resulted in fewer donations, but some survey respondents say they would have given more if asked.” (Chronicle of Philanthropy)
J.D. Vance Has Set His Sights on Philanthropy Before. What Should the Sector Expect?
“…while Vance hasn’t been as vocal a critic of liberal philanthropy lately as in previous years, it’s worth remembering that he’s long had the sector in his sights. In 2021, at a conference called “What to do about Woke Capital” held by the conservative Claremont Institute Center for the American Way of Life, Vance blasted large, nonprofit foundations, calling them “social-justice hedge funds.” (Inside Philanthropy)
Lessons charities can learn from Mr. Rogers
The latest CanadaHelps Giving Report reveals that our social bonds are contracting, which is affecting our levels of generosity, including donations to charities. President and CEO Duke Chang offers four steps charities can take to cultivate connected communities. (The Philanthropist Journal")
Studies and Resources
#ShiftThePower Manifesto for Change
A manifesto created by a group of Global Fund for Community Foundations partners from Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia to create alternatives to existing ways of deciding and doing in philanthropy. The manifesto was authored in 2009 but still relevant to our work today. (Shift the Power)
Justice Funders Fundamentals Trainings
Justice Funders' training series covers the fundamentals of philanthropic transformation using various movement principles and tools.
For Funders
To Ensure Nonprofit Well-Being, Invest in Wages, Workload, and Working Conditions
Rusty Stahl shares three reflections in response to new reports from CEP. “First, burnout is extremely serious, but it is a symptom, not the problem. Second, funders must support better nonprofit wages to address nonprofit well-being. And third, funders who believe their effectiveness is not impacted by grantee burnout (which apparently is many, as you’ll see below) will hoist themselves with their own petard.” (Center for Effective Philanthropy)
Aligning investments and grantmaking behind your mission: Can foundations do it?
“There are increasing calls for foundations to align their multi-billion dollars of investments in the global capital markets with their mission for public good. Is this a realistic ambition? What are the barriers to achieving it?” (Alliance Magazine)
