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Building a Multiracial Democracy (SSIR)
Philanthropy is crucial to sustaining and strengthening democracy, now more than ever. Trust-based philanthropy, like democracy, happens through practice. Both require commitment, rigor, and adaptivity. As this supplement has shown, some philanthropic leaders and institutions are exercising democratic, trust-based practices that could contribute to a more manifest multiracial democracy in our time.
There Is No Better Time Than Now for Philanthropy to Spend Itself Out of Existence (Opinion)
As our nation grapples with a confluence of crises, philanthropy is abuzz with how best to respond. Some are increasing payouts. Others are allowing grantees more flexibility in how they spend funds. A few have issued bonds to increase their charitable giving without tapping endowments. These are all useful steps, but none do enough to uproot historical inequities and upend power structures in society and philanthropy.
The NonProfit Times
To paraphrase a line from Iñigo Montoya in The Princess Bride, “You keep using that phrase (trust-based philanthropy). I do not think it means what you think it means.” For better or for worse, trust-based philanthropy is most often associated with: Mitigating power dynamics via authentic funder-grantee relationships; Multi-year, unrestricted funding; and, Simplifying and de-bureaucratizing grantmaking.
What One Response to California's 2017 Wildfires Can Teach Philanthropy About Coronavirus
The spread of the coronavirus COVID-19 is at once both unforeseen and inevitable. Michael Lerner of Commonweal and Resilience Project writes, “The coronavirus illustrates how perfectly predictable threats (viral pandemics) disrupt profoundly interconnected and fragile global systems.
Dismantling Invisible Barriers to Capital
Philanthropy & Funding Nonprofit and philanthropic leaders discuss tools and strategies to help address systemic barriers to investment, power, and voice in the sector. Research shows that when talented social innovators lack “invisible capital”—the so-called right pedigree, right passport, right skin color, right gender—they may fail to get the attention and investment they need to succeed. How can leaders in philanthropy improve access to capital?
4 (Rapid) Lessons in Rapid Response Grantmaking
In December of 2016, TWI allocated $250,000 in rapid response funds to protect and build power within communities most vulnerable to the rollback of civil and human rights promised by the then new administration. Rather than create a new system, we leaned into our trust based grantmaking process to expend the $250,000 by the end of April.
Trust As A Starting Point
What if we as funders started with trust, instead of making potential partners “earn” it? Vu Le starts our sibling blog posts today by questioning the assumption that grant seekers need to prove their basic trustworthiness to funders. Indeed, up-ending this premise has been inherent in TWI’s approach since we started making grants.
No Strings, No Accolades, No Nonsense: Prince’s 3 Lessons in Fuss Free Philanthropy
After Prince Rogers Nelson’s untimely death last month, scores of stories have emerged recounting his often quiet, unassuming philanthropic practices. From advisor friends like Van Jones to local South Minneapolis local Cindy Booker (who runs a community center out of Prince’s former junior high school), Prince’s secret life as a philanthropist is one that has moved and inspired me deeply.
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