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More than money: philanthropists as activists
Every foundation has two things in common: big dreams and money. But money alone isn’t enough to make those dreams come true. To achieve the desired impact, foundations can consider themselves ‘changemakers’ more than ‘grantmakers.’ Increasingly, foundations are going beyond writing checks as they flex their activist muscles to halt climate change, prevent gun violence, bolster education, advance LGBTQ rights, safeguard democracy, and improve health care. The changemaker model is one we have embraced at …
Practical advice
Using social impact investment to help the money gifted to your donor advised fund go further
Donor Adviser Funds (DAFs) represent a growing proportion of philanthropic capital in the UK with £1.3 billion in UK charitable assets. They are an attractive alternative to setting up a charitable foundation which can be costly and time-consuming. More and more philanthropists are realising this, but fewer are aware that they can also be an attractive vehicle for making social impact investments. Why make social impact investments from your DAF? Once money is gifted to …
Conference reports
Responsible data for philanthropists
In the search for evidence of impact, donors and investors are asking that more and more data be generated by …
Opinion
Measuring our values: How a data strategy can help us achieve our bold goal
Many years ago, I worked with the Friends of Nature Foundation in seven rural communities just outside the Noel Kempff …
Practical advice
Three key considerations to put social impact at the core of your employee engagement programme
Almost 94 per cent of the biggest European companies offer their employees company time to volunteer, but too often the …
Practical advice
De-mystifying systems change
‘Systems change’ is a term that is heard a lot in the charity sector right now, and that’s a good …
Opinion
Migration in Europe: civil society is shifting the debate
In 2015 when the conflicts in Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq contributed to more than one million men, women and children …
Practical advice
What’s your ‘secret weapon’ in philanthropy?
Free yourself from the daily grind and support your best work. Keeping up with board meetings, grant applications, new partnerships, …
Opinion
Building partnerships and pooling resources for development
Funding resources are a crucial part of the work that Gram Vikas is able to do among rural communities. Over …
Opinion
We need to work together to achieve gender equality
Let’s take a moment and imagine that the global fight for women’s equality is taking place in a single corporate …
Practical advice
The world is unpredictable, funder-grantee relationships don’t have to be
In an analysis of over 100 real-life examples of ‘what goes wrong’ for nonprofits during project implementation, the most common …