Strategy most often fails in implementation. With all the effort that went into developing your new strategy and writing your strategic plan, the hardest part is making the darn thing work! Donors, foundations and corporate giving programs should have a clear, agile strategy to determine the impact they want to have in the next 12 […]
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Three simple questions to begin a joyful process to amplify your impact. Over the last 10 months, the world has been watching and experiencing how systemic racism and injustice magnifies personal hardship and undermines recovery. At the same time, more and more people wonder how they can change the relentless reality of inequities and oppression,
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How to effectively navigate change and shockproof your organization. We’ve entered a new era for civil society. Nothing is as it was, and no two funders or nonprofit situations are the same. While some philanthropic and nonprofit organizations are thriving and innovating, others are beleaguered, shuttering programs, and furloughing staff. But regardless of your circumstances,
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Five Potential Pitfalls for Next-Gen Philanthropists Some of the most common traps advisors can help younger clients avoid. No doubt as a wealth advisor, you know that over the next 25 years, nearly 45 million U.S. households will transfer over $68 trillion in assets to heirs and charity. And you realize that this wealth
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Four Almost-Free Things You Can Do To Help Nonprofits After You’ve Spent Your Grant Budget If you are like most of my philanthropic clients, when COVID-19 hit, you jumped into action. You heroically provided additional funding to grantees, created or joined local crisis response funds to coordinate resources, extended grant deadlines, eliminated funding restrictions, and
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Transform your giving and accelerate your speed to impact. Questions are surprisingly powerful. The right questions spark learning, fuel innovation, create clarity, build trust, mitigate risk, and save money. That sounds pretty good, right? I believe that achieving a transformational impact as a philanthropist starts with asking the right questions. In my book Delusional Altruism, I
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