Philanthropy
A Picture of Jewish Giving Provides Lessons for All
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Changes over the past two decades in longstanding patterns of Jewish funding have challenged nonprofit organizations to adapt or risk losing their support.
mission-related investment
Can Ford Foundation’s $1 Billion Impact Investing Commitment Alter the Field?
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The Ford Foundation’s commitment in 2017 to dedicate $1 billion to double-bottom line or “mission-related” investments is the largest such investment in the field. The move is laudable, but whether the investments prove to be transformative remains to be seen.
Nonprofit Management
NPQ Presents 7 Trends of 2017 and 11 Predictions for 2018—Please Chime In!
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We at Nonprofit Quarterly present our annual list of trends and predictions. A Danish proverb warns that “prediction is difficult, especially about the future,” but we proceed undaunted.
Nonprofit News
A Philanthropic Sea Change, Or Is It a Tsunami?
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Are nonprofits ready for the philanthropic storm that is already upon us?
Giving Numbers: Reflections on Why, What, and How We Are Counting
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There are two main, and contradictory, trends in American giving: its steady ascent, and
its relative flatness of growth. This historical reflection of U.S. philanthropy delves into what Soskis, of the Urban Institute’s Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy, calls “one of the great, enduring mysteries of philanthropy.”
Giving
Changes in Giving Patterns: Understanding the Dialectics
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This article discusses trends in individual grantmaking as a lens through which to explore the efforts of so-called “experts” to corral giving, and asks, “Can we make donors act differently, and should we even want to?” Why not promote peer-based giving circles instead?
Nonprofit News
A Blueprint for Restructuring Philanthropy
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Eight philanthropic leaders consider how philanthropy as a field can respond to growing inequality.
Webinars
A Review of the 2016 Findings of Giving USA (Webinar)
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NPQ’s “hot off the press” webinar review of the 2016 Findings of Giving USA.
philanthropy trends
Philanthropic Unicorns and a Stable State in Giving USA’s 2015 Numbers
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Giving USA reports that charitable giving for the year 2015 was the highest on record at $373 billion. How will that affect your nonprofit?
strategic philanthropy
The Strategic Philanthropy Crowd: Qualified Apologies-R-Us
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The concept of “strategic philanthropy” is now headed out the back door with multiple apologies trailing in its path, but that does not at all mean that a lesson in humility has been taken by its proponents.