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Suzette Brooks Masters

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Suzette Brooks Masters leads the Better Futures Project and is a philanthropic consultant and nonprofit strategist.

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2 Years After Jan. 6 Insurrection, Philanthropy Must Help America Envision a Better Future

Donors need to learn to behave like good ancestors. That means instilling a future-oriented mind-set into grant making and imagining a more positive version of the nation and democracy.

Philanthropy Needs to Own Up to Its Role in Fueling Polarization

Philanthropy Needs to Own Up to Its Role in Fueling Polarization

This week we are featuring articles from our recent archive on issues that are of special interest to our readers. To effectively address the toxic divisions that are stifling social change, grant makers and the nonprofits they support must acknowledge how their attitudes toward so-called opponents are contributing to the problem — and start listening to those with different perspectives.

Make Fixing Democracy Part of the Philanthropic Response to Covid-19

Every mission that grant makers care about could be undermined by the increasing threats to voting and the rule of law, not just by the challenges facing our health and economy.