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This year’s trends share a familiar wealth of examples, data, quotes, and research publications that can help us all anticipate the vectors of change. But at the core of 11 Trends in Philanthropy for 2024, readers will find a set of questions rather than answers. Each trend poses a number of moral, economic, equity-related, tactical, and other questions that the sector will have to answer.
- Advocacy & Public Policy (40)
- Emerging Practice (8)
- Asset Development (12)
- Communications & Marketing (18)
- Community Philanthropy (28)
- Corporate Philanthropy (20)
- Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (39)
- Family Philanthropy (15)
- Finance & Investment (29)
- Governance & Board Development (32)
- Grantmaking & Evaluation (52)
- Impact Investing (14)
- Operations & Legal Issues (49)
- Sector Leadership & Collaboration (57)
- Youth Philanthropy (12)
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LearnPhilanthropy
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Fund Agreements Sample Documents
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Census 2020 Key Resources
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The 2020 Giving Landscape
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Tools for Your 2021 Foundation Operations Planning
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New Attitudes, Old Practices: The Provision of Multiyear General Operating Support
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Council on Foundations—Commonfund Study of Investment of Endowments for Private and Community Foundations
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How Lean Funders Evaluate Their Work
To highlight the current state of lean funder evaluation, this report provides an overview of the evaluation methods funders use most often.