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We’re 39 percent similar; how can we be exponentially better?

Candid

Self-examination was the zeitgeist of philanthropy in 2021. Corporate Delegation and Oversight, Organizational Structure (5 percent). Over the past two years, philanthropy has asked important questions about equitable access—access to adequate funding, access to digital tools, access to power. We reflected. We adapted.

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Amplifying Female Voices: Strategies for Equitable and Inclusive Grantmaking

sgEngage

As a follow-up to the Women in Philanthropy Institute’s 2023 Symposium, hosted by the Indiana University Lilly Foundation School of Philanthropy, we gathered four dynamic grantmakers to discuss how they are doing the work to amplify female voices, especially women, girls, and femmes of color, in philanthropy.

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Asking For A Legacy Gift: 10 Practical Steps To Get Started

Bloomerang

Prior Charitable Giving : Donors who have previously made significant charitable contributions or steadily supported other organizations have already enjoyed the benefits of philanthropy. You don’t have to become an estate attorney, but you should try to understand how the various legacy investments are structured.

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BIPOC Leadership Challenges: 26 Tips To Increase Accessibility Across The Nonprofit Sector

Bloomerang

Structural barriers to success The nonprofit sector is highly competitive, with organizations often competing for the same limited resources. Language barriers For those who are not fluent in English, language barriers can create additional challenges and make it difficult to access certain opportunities and succeed in certain fields.

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Museum Work

Museum 2.0

Museums might earn their philanthropy partly through commercial enterprises, but for a very long time, their workplaces were run very differently. They had the committee decision-making structures from universities and the collections-authority systems of libraries. This month, I’d like to think about our many broken machines.

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Data Are Not Information

NTEN

This process produces data broadly defined, whether numeric, textual, or audio-visual, structured or unstructured. But what if I tell her in a language she doesn't understand? Joe Hellerstein, a computer scientist at the University of California in Berkeley, calls it 'the industrial revolution of data.'

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Philanthropic Leadership: Engaging Board Members As Fundraising Ambassadors

Bloomerang

I don’t know how you find the time to do this, Elizabeth, in addition to your full-time job which is a lot, but you’re also an instructor at the University of Pennsylvania. This is one of my absolute favorite topics in philanthropy, this idea of engaging board members as fundraising ambassadors.