The approach seems designed to distract policy makers, charities, and others from asking tough questions about the disconnect between the benefit to donors and the benefits to charity and the common good.
Major Gaps in Training and Coaching Hobble Nonprofit Success
Interviews with 25 nonprofit and philanthropic leaders representing more than 30,000 organizations helped us see that it is crucial for donors to boost the management and technological capabilities of organizations communities depend on.
By Catherine D’Amato
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How Foundations Can Ensure Capitalism Serves Democracy
Make grants to groups led by people of color and those on the front lines. Build strong advocacy movements. And eliminate the structural bias and privilege that afflict philanthropic institutions whose financial assets are the product of inequality.
By STEPHEN HEINTZ
Contributor
How Grant Makers Can Stop the Toxic Culture Driving Away Fundraisers
It’s not just poor management at nonprofits that puts development professionals under pressure but mistreatment and power plays by grant makers.
Put a Stake in “Zombie Charity.” Philanthropy Is for the Living.
Require all foundations to give at least 7 percent a year — and extend that mandate to donor-advised funds. Otherwise money just ends up going to big nonprofits that don’t need the help nearly as much as grassroots and advocacy causes.
By John Arnold
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How Philanthropy Can Help Hold Corporations Accountable to the Public Interest
Businesses contribute to many of America’s most challenging problems, including economic inequality, climate change, the opioid epidemic, and gun violence, to name just a few. That’s why foundation support for employee activism, investor pressure tactics, lawsuits, and much more is essential.
By Loren McArthur
Contributor
After the Philanthropy Critique in ‘Winners Take All,’ What’s Next?
A year after Anand Giridharadas published his book, it’s clear that philanthropy will only be as effective as the people involved. And they will have to be the kind of people who love to think about how power flows through systems, or gets stopped up.
By Courtney E. Martin
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How Nonprofit Leaders Can Ensure Every Part of Their Organization Advances Social Change
It’s not just advancing the mission that matters. It’s also about paying living wages, providing equal pay, reducing carbon footprints, and much more.
By Suzanne Smith
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To Help Women Gain Economic Security, Local Programs Need Support
Efforts already underway are helping increase household income in one of the poorest parts of Memphis and supporting community-led solutions to challenges women face in New York City.
By Ruby Bright and Memphis
Philanthropy’s Helping Us Learn More About How to Stop Gun Deaths
Especially as the federal government has cut back on studying what works, grant makers are uncovering ways to understand what works to prevent suicide, domestic-violence killings, and so many other lethal attacks.
By NINA VINIK
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