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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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Smashing Silos in Philanthropy
In this report, the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP) urges foundations that want to see breakthroughs on issues including poverty alleviation, protecting the environment, improving the education system, and other complex issues to fund cross-issue grassroots organizations as
Many Hands, More Impact: Philanthropy’s Role in Supporting Movements
Many Hands, More Impact: Philanthropy’s Role in Supporting Movements synthesizes thought leadership and research on the role of philanthropy in supporting movements and shares the experiences (both positive and challenging) of grantmakers engaged in movement building as a strategy t
Working Better Together: Building Nonprofit Collaborative Capacity
This publication offers insights on the core capacities nonprofits need to collaborate and how funders can help. Achieving real and lasting impact on the issues we care about often means changing complex and dynamic systems.
Compliance Guide for 501(c)(3) Public Charities
A publication of the Internal Revenue Service, this document addresses activities that may jeopardize a charity's exempt status, recordkeeping, required public disclosures, and other issues of importance to public charities.
Nonprofit Advocacy: A Michigan Primer, 2013
The Michigan nonprofit sector has a rich tradition of creating change in local communities. Despite the historical successes of influencing public policy at all governmental levels, many nonprofits are hesitant to engage in advocacy. This primer, now in its third edition and produced
Philanthropy and Government Working Together: The Role of Offices of Strategic Partnerships in Public Problem Solving
A new report from the University of Southern California's Center for Philanthropy and Public Policy describes the increasingly important role that offices designed to catalyze partnerships between philanthropy and government are playing in problem-solving.
Impact on Giving After the Repeal of the Michigan Community Foundation Tax Credit
This study assesses the initial impact of the 2011 repeal of the Community Foundation Tax Credit in Michigan.
Strategic Co-funding: An Approach for Expanded Impact
Recognizing that we can achieve more working together than acting alone, there is increasing interest among private and public sector funders, nonprofits, community organizations, and corporations alike to find ways to effectively align resources to grow impact.
Learn Foundation Law
The legal staff at the Packard Foundation, Gates Foundation, Hewlett Foundation and Moore Foundation developed this free, first-of-its-kind resource, which covers the basic legal rules around what staff are allowed to fund and engage in at a private foundation.
Lessons Learned for Funders of Advocacy Efforts & Evaluations
In this report, the Colorado Trust and Innovation Network chronicle the Trust's strategy for funding advocacy and provide a strategic evaluation for their successes and failures.
Compliance Guide for 501(c)(3) Private Foundations
A guide provided by the IRS outlining the law and its restrictions, detailed reporting requirements, IRS forms that must be filed, and a summary of record-keeping obligations for private foundations.
What Every Grantmaker Should Know: Frequently Asked Legal Questions
This publication, from the Minnesota Council on Foundations, helps foundations maintain and improve the effectiveness of their work by providing resources to help them understand their legal requirements and obligations.