Twenty years ago, on August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans and the surrounding area. That disaster made the reality of climate change visible, and it revealed how disasters […] The post Lessons from Katrina: How Funders Can Help Communities Get “Climate Mobility” Right <div class="print-only-coauthors"><div>Taryn Higashi<span> Executive Director, Unbound Philanthropy</span></div><div>David Lubell<span> Senior Climate Mobility and Cities Fellow, ICLEI – USA. </span></di...| The Center for Effective Philanthropy
As AI becomes the next great infrastructure project, philanthropy and the social sector have an opportunity to ensure it is built equitably.| The Center for Effective Philanthropy
The nonprofit sector and foundations dodged several bullets in recent months. The threatened revocation of nonprofit status for entire categories of organizations, rumored in April, has not come to pass. […] The post Guarding Against Complacency in the Face of Existential Threats<div class="print-only-coauthors"><div>Phil Buchanan<span> President, CEP</span></div></div> appeared first on The Center for Effective Philanthropy.| The Center for Effective Philanthropy
Nonprofit organizations are in a state of crisis: facing safety, legal, and funding threats, as documented in the Center for Effective Philanthropy’s most recent “State of Nonprofits” report, which reveals […] The post Now is When Nonprofits Need Philanthropy the Most: Five Ways Funders Can Step Up<div class="print-only-coauthors"><div>Vivian Tseng<span> President and CEO, Foundation for Child Development</span></div><div>Philip Li<span> President and CEO, Robert Sterling Clark Founda...| The Center for Effective Philanthropy
The release of “Voices That Matter” from the Center for Effective Philanthropy affirms what many in the sector have long hoped: funders recognize that listening to the people at the […] The post Funder Investment in High-Quality Listening: Backing the Practices That Matter Most<div class="print-only-coauthors"><div>Britt Lake<span> CEO, Feedback Labs</span></div><div>Michael Gale<span> Manager of Field Building, Feedback Labs</span></div></div> appeared first on The Center for Effective...| The Center for Effective Philanthropy
What questions can funders ask to surface either red flags or positive signals about a nonprofit's readiness to use and scale AI for impact?| The Center for Effective Philanthropy
Imagine a world where philanthropy embraces social change in all its complexity — where genuine change is made through transformational partnerships free from hierarchical bias. As leaders of community-based organizations […] The post Embracing the Complexity of Social Change: Moving From Transactional to Transformative Funding Partnerships<div class="print-only-coauthors"><div>Juan José Hurtado Paz y Paz<span> Director, Pop No'j</span></div><div>Camelia Proca<span> Founder and Director,...| The Center for Effective Philanthropy
Individualism. Competition. Risk aversion. Short-termism. Scarcity. Presumed expertise. Many of the norms by which philanthropy operates perpetuate the very narratives our sector seeks to change. In this series on the CEP […] The post The Myths of Philanthropy<div class="print-only-coauthors"><div>Chloe Heskett<span> Senior Writer, Editor & Content Strategist, CEP</span></div></div> appeared first on The Center for Effective Philanthropy.| The Center for Effective Philanthropy
Earlier this year, the Aspen Forum for Community Solutions team held its annual retreat in Montgomery, Alabama, visiting the Equal Justice Initiative’s Legacy Sites. As part of this transformative experience, […] The post Getting Proximate: Effecting Change by Centering Community Voice<div class="print-only-coauthors"><div>Bakhtawer Abbasi<span> Communications Program Manager, Aspen Forum for Community Solutions</span></div><div>Jamiel Alexander<span> Senior Organizer, Aspen Forum for Com...| The Center for Effective Philanthropy
How can foundations engage in listening as a way to build more effective, more equitable, and more accountable philanthropic institutions?| The Center for Effective Philanthropy
As federal funding is widely cut, one front-line funder urges fellow grantmakers to see the opportunity rather than the risk in funding grassroots groups.| The Center for Effective Philanthropy
The change in presidential administrations has created new challenges for funders and the nonprofits they support - how can they respond?| The Center for Effective Philanthropy