Five Realities Our Narrators Don’t Want to Reckon With
In two weeks I’ll be back in the classroom introducing a new group of students to the nonprofit sector.| responsive.substack.com
Independent analysis of and commentary about philanthropy and giving Co-edited by William A. Schambra, Daniel P. Schmidt, and Michael E. Hartmann| the Giving Review
In two weeks I’ll be back in the classroom introducing a new group of students to the nonprofit sector.| responsive.substack.com
Last month, I suggested we’re in the midst of a reckoning our sector’s narrators don't want to see coming. They’re not helping us face the system’s unraveling; they’re trying to manage the disruption without surrendering control. They’re still clinging to the tools, institutions, and authority of a system that’s plainly falling apart. What they offer is just enough change to preserve their standing, but not enough to reckon with what truly needs to be rebuilt. Yet many of us can...| responsive.substack.com
This is part one of a three-part series on fundraising’s original sin.| responsive.substack.com
This is the last in a three-part series on reclaiming the ethic of the gift in contemporary fundraising.| responsive.substack.com
In the past few weeks, I’ve read a number of pieces from those trying to make sense of this moment for the rest of us.| responsive.substack.com
At its heart, the ethic of the gift is an ethic of movement.| responsive.substack.com
This is the first in a three-part series on reclaiming the ethic of the gift in contemporary fundraising.| responsive.substack.com
Since Inauguration Day, I’ve been watching closely to see what those inside the bubble of institutional philanthropy are actually saying out loud.| responsive.substack.com
