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October 31, 2018 By Nell Edgington 2 Comments

Why Don’t We Make Big Bets On Nonprofits?

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One of the Giving Pledge philanthropists and co-founder of Microsoft, Paul Allen, recently died. But at his death he was worth more than he was when he signed the Giving Pledge, a pledge that 186 of the wealthiest philanthropists have made to give away half of their net worth before they die. This inspired Alana […]

Filed Under: Capacity Building, capacity capital, Financing, Foundations, Fundraising, Individual donors, Innovators, Inspiration, Leadership, Nonprofits, Philanthropy, scale, Social change Tagged With: Giving Pledge, nonprofit, Paul Allen, Philanthropy, wealth inequality

August 29, 2018 By Nell Edgington Leave a Comment

Could This Be Modern Philanthropy’s Day of Reckoning?

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Something pretty interesting is happening in the world of philanthropy. Anand Giridharadas, journalist and former Aspen Institute fellow, has just written a  pretty major indictment of modern philanthropy in his new book, Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World. Giridharadas takes big philanthropists to task for reinforcing the social problems they claim to […]

Filed Under: Foundations, government, Individual donors, Nonprofits, outcomes, Philanthropy, Social change Tagged With: Anand Giridharadas, Foundations, government, inequality, nonprofit, Philanthropy, social change, wealth inequality

May 8, 2018 By Nell Edgington Leave a Comment

Is This 21st Century Philanthropy’s Defining Moment?

The Grantmakers for Effective Organizations’ (GEO) conference wrapped up last week leaving participants with much to ponder. (If you missed the three guest posts in the GEO conference blog series, you can still read Kathy Reich’s post, Sean Thomas-Breitfeld’s post, and Pia Infante’s post.) Over the course of the three days of the conference, I […]

Filed Under: Economy, Education, Foundations, government, Innovators, Inspiration, Leadership, Nonprofits, Philanthropy, Roadblocks, scale, Social change Tagged With: #2018GEO, education, Foundations, GEO, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, inequity, nonprofit, Philanthropy, racial inequity, segregation, wealth inequality

July 25, 2017 By Nell Edgington 3 Comments

Why Philanthropy Must Speak Out: An Interview with Grant Oliphant

In today’s Social Velocity blog interview, I’m talking with Grant Oliphant, president of The Heinz Endowments (and frequent contributor to their excellent blog). Prior to running The Heinz Endowments, Grant was president and chief executive officer of The Pittsburgh Foundation for six years. Before that, he served as press secretary to the late U.S. Sen. John Heinz […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Foundations, Innovators, Inspiration, Leadership, Nonprofits, outcomes, Philanthropy, Roadblocks, Social change, Strategy Tagged With: Darren Walker, donors, Ford Foundation, Foundations, Grant Oliphant, Heinz Endowments, nonprofit, nonprofit advocacy, Philanthropy, wealth inequality

April 11, 2017 By Nell Edgington Leave a Comment

Can Philanthropy Lead In These Challenging Times?

Last week I was in Boston for the Center for Effective Philanthropy conference. It was an amazing gathering of leaders talking about how philanthropy should respond in these difficult times. If you couldn’t make the conference and want a run down of the three days, CEP’s Ethan McCoy recapped Day 1, Day 2 and Day 3 […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Capacity Building, capacity capital, Economy, Education, evaluation, Foundations, impact investing, impact measurement, Innovators, Inspiration, Leadership, Networks, Nonprofits, outcomes, Philanthropy, Planning, Roadblocks, scale, Social change, Strategy Tagged With: Bryan Stevenson, Center for Effective Philanthropy, Equal Justice Initiative, inequity, leadership, Nancy Koehn, nonprofit, Philanthropy, racial inequity, social change, social justice, wealth inequality

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