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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.
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- Advocacy & Public Policy (24)
- Emerging Practice (6)
- Asset Development (5)
- Communications & Marketing (4)
- Corporate Philanthropy (8)
- Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (20)
- Finance & Investment (13)
- Governance & Board Development (17)
- Grantmaking & Evaluation (22)
- Impact Investing (9)
- Operations & Legal Issues (11)
- Youth Philanthropy (7)
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The 2020 Giving Landscape
The sector has evolved in the wake of COVID-19, racial injustice, partisan tension, and economic challenges. How have the events of 2020 altered the pace, method, and effectiveness of donor response?
An Event or an Era?: Resources for Social Sector Decision-Making in the Context of COVID-19
This guide lifts up various potential scenarios centered on the COVID-19 crisis, applying a racial equity lens to help inform the sector’s scenario planning efforts and future thinking.
2020 Nonprofit Employment Report
This report examines the nonprofit sector's workforce and contributions to the economy.
Clean Energy Storybook
This publication offers an introduction to their demonstration projects and provides a glimpse of their early results. Moreover, their stories demonstrate the breadth of opportunities community foundations have to play a leadership role in the shift to clean energy in our state.
Impact Connected: Amplifying Michigan Philanthropy in Action
CMF released “Impact Connected” as a new publication in December 2019. It celebrates Michigan philanthropy in action – IMPACT – and the powerful results that abound when united - CONNECTED. The 2019 issue features stories of CMF members in four unique journeys:
Trends 2020
Trends 2020 provides an update to NCFP’s 2015 Trends in Family Philanthropy Study, and includes new information on trends in areas such as transparency and community engagement, founder involvement, strategic lifespan, and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in family philanthrop
Pride of Place: Sustaining a Family Commitment to Geography
How has place-based family philanthropy evolved over time? This resource is a study of place-based foundations and funds. A place-based foundation or fund is committed—often exclusively—to a particular geographic region of the country.
The 2018 U.S. Trust Study of High Net Worth Philanthropy
The 2018 U.S. Trust Study of High Net Worth Philanthropy examines the giving patterns, priorities, and attitudes of America’s wealthiest households for the year 2017.
In Pursuit of Equity: A Family Foundation’s Story
The article covers how the family foundation worked with its board to not only evaluate their foundation's tradition in grantmaking but also discover new ways of working, with a keen focus on remaining responsive in their pursuit of equity.
Consumers Guide to Integrated Software for Community Foundations
Community foundations have different needs than private or corporate foundations. The software to meet them is different, too.
A Date Certain: Lessons from Limited Life Foundations
The limited life approach in philanthropy has received increased attention in recent years. But across foundations, perpetuity is often still seen to be the default, and there is considerable uncertainty about the practice of spending down.
From Grand Vision to Grand Action: Revitalizing a Downtown and Demonstrating Philanthropy
This report from The Philanthropic Collaborative and The Council of Michigan Foundations highlights this accomplishment. Read and share the full report and infographic at the link below.