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NextGen philanthropists and the transfer of intergenerational wealth

ASU Lodestar Center

inform and improve day-to-day nonprofit practice. By actually practicing philanthropy with their families during their youth, many next gen donors have connected what they learned in their family with what they practice themselves. As part of a. continuing series, we invite a nonprofit scholar, student, or professional to.

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Actionable Insights for Managing Gen Z in the Nonprofit Workplace

sgEngage

In my experience, there are four key ways that nonprofit leaders and managers can create inclusive intergenerational workplaces and help younger professionals grow and develop in the nonprofit workplace. Lastly, practice empathy. Remember, passion for the mission should be our greatest intergenerational unifier.

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My First Intergenerational Social Media: Learning from Gen Z's and Value of Different Points of View

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

This week I put that into practice. Earlier this week, Leslie Poston invited me to participate on her podcast on Race and Social Media along with Shireen Mitchell , Liza Sabiter , and Rahsheen Porter. One of the takeaways was, don't assume that everyone thinks like you do - and expose yourself to different points of view.

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Philanthropic collaboratives are finding ways to more effectively measure impact

Candid

The practices of this relatively new form of philanthropy are still evolving. They are keenly aware that they need to avoid harmful philanthropic measurement practices that overburden grantees, eat up grantee resources, focus on compliance rather than learning, or privilege the concerns of donors over those of grantees.

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The Truth about Bilingual Interpretation: Guest Post by Steve Yalowitz

Museum 2.0

You know those research studies that make you want to immediately change your practice in some way? This qualitative, exploratory study involved tracking and interviewing 32 Spanish-speaking intergenerational groups in fully bilingual exhibits at four different science centers/museums.

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

Museum 2.0

She says that the museum made changes in hiring and board recruitment practices, and invited the community in to help reshape the facility into a place that reflected and represented its people and their interests. This is both an issue of practice and of media coverage. The impact was dramatic. Within three years, attendance tripled.

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Lever for Change: How ‘big bet philanthropy’ is transforming the sector 

Candid

Our mission: to accelerate “big bet philanthropy,” the practice of making multimillion-dollar investments in a single organization with the intention of transforming a sector, issue, or organization. Today, the United States is in the midst of the largest intergenerational transfer of wealth in its history.