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Philanthropic collaboratives are finding ways to more effectively measure impact

Candid

For example, it may prioritize organizations with leaders who have lived experience in the communities they work with, organizations of a certain size, or those with the potential to sustain long-term change. A collaborative may seek a particular mix of grantees designed to maximize the impact it seeks.

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NextGen philanthropists and the transfer of intergenerational wealth

ASU Lodestar Center

For example, one interviewee, David, is a financial adviser from a family of long-term philanthropists. They want to be hands on and linked in. These donors "want to listen and offer their own professional or personal talents, all in order to solve problems together with those whom the support."

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Intergenerational Wired Fundraisers: A Conversation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Now we have a team of intergenerational wired fundraisers. For example Stage 6 In fact he received a supportive response from the founder of this site: Why I am doing this? He discovered the Sharing Foundation's project on Global Giving and decided to enter the America's Giving Challenge. Not the Sharing Foundation's web site ).

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4 Reasons to Embrace Gen-Mix Volunteerism

VQ Strategies

Simply put, co-generational teamwork will not only strengthen the outcomes of the program in the communities it serves but also foster greater intergenerational respect among volunteers. For example, the 2020 census shows that 49.8% Program Stability. Age diversity fuels sustainability, as it ensures a greater pipeline of human talent.

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Which New Audiences? A Great Washington Post Article and its Implications about Age, Income, and Race

Museum 2.0

This list doesn't include many approaches that I see transforming museum audiences, like political activism, multilingual programming, intergenerational events, or cultural festivals. There are many examples across the US of organizations (including the MAH) that engage the full age and income diversity of their communities.

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After Ten Days on the Road.

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It's a great example of the intergenerational collaboration that Juanita Brown spoke about at NCDD. So, maybe this is be an intergenerational vlog. I'll have Internet access (possibly even broadband if I can figure out how to turn my new Treo with EVDO into a modem). It must help that Steve Garfield is her son.)

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My Dad Has Fans on YouTube!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Then, I started to poke around and I discovered an incredible example of intergenerational video blogging -- watch some of the videos by and responses to geriatic1927. And, a gentleman from Alabama in his sixties posted a video response telling us that he was inspired to get his father (who is in his 90's) a blog!

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