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Tips for Adopting a Trust-Based Philanthropy Approach

sgEngage

If you work in philanthropy, odds are that you have heard some buzz about trust-based philanthropy. In fact, 800 foundations signed a pledge to adopt more trust-based practices in order to move money more quickly and with fewer restrictions. Underlying all of that is a commitment to recognizing and redistributing power.

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What grantmaking practices should foundations adopt to best support nonprofit organizations?

ASU Lodestar Center

The power and influence that flow from money, combined with the near absence of a negative feedback loop in philanthropy, result in potential manipulation of and control over nonprofit organizations,” Janice Pettey of Nonprofit Fundraising Strategy said. Heed legal requirements. The foundation leaders need to set clear grantmaking policies.

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Beyond the Newest Philanthropy Buzzword: Knowledge Work Is Core to Equitable Change

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Philanthropy loves “new” things. Whether you are working within a funding organization or on the ground in social change, developing an effective knowledge practice will help to advance strategic missions and goals. A History of Knowledge Work in Philanthropy Knowledge building and philanthropy have a long past.

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Are Social Enterprises Viable Models for Funding Nonprofits?

ASU Lodestar Center

In order to make change that is sustainable and scalable, additional funding sources need to be considered to help nonprofits achieve their core missions. Social enterprise models may well offer an answer. However, the traditional reliance of nonprofits on governmental and charitable funding is increasingly unsustainable.

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COVID-19 and the nonprofit response: Social enterprise?

ASU Lodestar Center

This crisis will only serve to exacerbate the effects of slight growth in traditional funding sources for nonprofits, already trying to do the best with what they have. Traditional funding sources will not be enough to respond to the long term negative economic effects of the health crisis impacting low-income communities.

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#AI4Good: Artificial Intelligence & Wellbeing, Ethical Dilemmas, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Allison Fine and I have been looking at artificial intelligence, nonprofits, and philanthropy. Chronic Homelessness Artificial Intelligence model (CHAI) . The AI program is only applied to consenting individuals and participants can quit the program at any time and their data will be removed from the model. There are concerns.

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The sgENGAGE Podcast Episode 135: Accountable Impact: A Model for Sustainable Mission Growth

Connection Cafe

Today’s episode features an excerpt of a panel session at bbcon 2019 with John Cashman, Senior Principal Account Executive and Tony Boor, Chief Financial Officer at Blackbaud, Paul Preziotti, Principal at Johnson Lambert LLP and Traci Drake, Chief Philanthropy Executive at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Funding transparency.

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