There’s no textbook that teaches us how to navigate the times we are experiencing right now. I don’t need to list off the factors that have led us to where we are in August of 2020, but how each piece…
We encourage you to also read this recent post by our guest blog author, Kathleen Loehr, on taking personal responsibility for finding and sharing diverse stories of women and philanthropy, and for not defaulting to a single identity of privilege and…
Fourth in a series of five. If you’ve been following along as I’ve covered the Growth out of a Crisis webinar series led by my colleague Alan Clayton at Philanthropy & Fundraising International, you’ve acquired: An introduction to Great Fundraising…
"[W]e were beaten, tear gassed, and trampled by horses. I thought I saw death. I thought I was going to die. I don't know how I made it back, but I know we cannot rest. We cannot become weary. We…
Congress returned from its July 4th recess with much to complete before it adjourns for its long August recess, likely sometime early in the month. As the map below clearly displays, only a few states are in regular session. An…
During this unprecedented time, we are starved for authentic leadership. When confronted with a crisis like the aftermath of George Floyd’s unjustified killing, leaders often seek perspectives from sources they trust to help assess the situation and to develop options…
Third in a series of five Years from now, when we look back on the impact that the crises of 2020 had on the social good community, we’ll see the next 90 days as the tipping point. We’ll look at…
2020 has been an exciting ride for DAF grant recipients. For several organizations, Year-to-Date DAF total dollars raised as we approach the end of June have exceeded all that was raised for all 12 months of 2019. You read that…
This is a big month for California privacy legislation, with the Attorney General's regulations in final form, and people waiting with bated breath to know the fate of a new ballot initiative that would create a new state regulatory agency…
It's somewhere in a desk drawer or in your computer's subfolder's subfolder. It's been a source of shame. Not because of the work you put into it, which was significant and gallant, but because of the labels: best case scenario,…
