A new report by the Blackbaud Institute outlines what kinds of donors are giving spontaneously and reveals new insights to encourage spontaneous givers to become repeat donors. "Spontaneous giving may be challenging to predict – but it's not random," said Lorraine (Lori) Poer, Director of the Blackbaud Institute. "Our data shows that spontaneous giving plays a more important role in the philanthropic activity of younger generations and minority donors, and that organizations that want to maximize the opportunity of spontaneous giving should focus on telling a compelling story that carries through from social media to their websites and donation forms." Read more insights from the report below.
Building Impact Partners
Philanthropic Fundraising Services
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We work with changemakers to move people, communities, and society forward for good.
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Building Impact Partners is a philanthropy advising firm that works with changemakers who want to solve big challenges — and move people, communities and society forward for good. With expertise spanning philanthropy advising, social innovation and advocacy, and with a passion for equity and justice, our team has the insights, imagination and determination to build effective solutions that endure. To learn more about our people, approach and impact, visit: buildingimpactpartners.com.
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- Philanthropic Fundraising Services
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- 11-50 employees
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- New York, New York
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- Partnership
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- 2012
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- Strategic Planning and Implementation, Philanthropic Review, Goal Setting, Ecosystem Analysis & Building, Grantmaking & Management Design, Convening & Facilitation, and Leadership Coaching
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Philadelphia, PA, US
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“Through Bloomberg Philanthropies – the vehicle for his personal and corporate giving – he has advanced an array of initiatives for city government leaders. The organization is now providing funding and technical support to around 700 city governments across 150 countries… “Bloomberg has described partnerships between philanthropists and government as a ‘perfect match’. ‘Philanthropists,’ he notes, ‘have resources that governments need for innovation, and governments have powers that philanthropists need for solving problems.’”
The ‘world’s mayor’ – how Michael Bloomberg uses philanthropy to change the way cities are run
theconversation.com
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Scaling a business into new cities is not the same as scaling a nonprofit into new cities. Social entrepreneurs face a different set of challenges and risks when scaling nonprofits into new locations, argues John Simon in this piece published by Stanford Social Innovation Review. Simon, who founded the GreenLight Fund which has helped pull 55 nonprofits into over a dozen cities, shares their approach for nonprofit scaling. Worth a read!
A ‘Pull’ Approach to Scaling Proven Nonprofits (SSIR)
ssir.org
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A new report looks at individual and institutional giving across the United States from 2015 to 2022. Who gives to what causes? Where do the dollars go? What role does the economy play in individual giving and institutional grantmaking? Mantin Diomande and Edward Moore share insights from the report released by Candid, GivingTuesday and Network for Good Donor Advised Fund
How America gives: Who funds what causes and where?
https://blog.candid.org
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Laurence Tubiana, the CEO of the European Climate Foundation, argues in this piece published by Alliance magazine, that in order to build and sustain a democratic mandate for climate action, philanthropists must invest in political solutions as well as technological ones. “Those of us committed to tackling climate change must join forces with other causes to defend our collective right to work for a better future. Ultimately, philanthropy must recognise and embrace its critical political role. Rather than shying away from the politics of climate action, it can be a unifying force that bridges divides, fosters dialogue, and advocates for equitable solutions. Our great strength is our ability to bring communities together, to achieve the best outcomes for people and the planet.”
All philanthropy is political – whether we like it or not - Alliance magazine
https://www.alliancemagazine.org
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“Of the biggest 100 political donors so far in this election cycle, 44 are also major charitable donors — individuals and couples who have signed the Giving Pledge, appeared on the Forbes list of most generous billionaires, or on the Philanthropy 50... Collectively, these donors have made political contributions in the 2023-24 election cycle totaling more than $541 million…” Who are they, and how much have they given? Check out this The Chronicle of Philanthropy story for more.
‘Money Is Power': 44 Ultra-Wealthy Philanthropists Are Top Political Donors This Election Cycle
philanthropy.com
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Fascinating feature on Warren Buffett’s three children who would have 10 years to give away their father’s fortune currently valued at $144 billion whenever the 94-year old eventually passes away. In a relatively rare interview for a family that seldom makes time to speak with the media, Howard Buffett, 69, said he couldn’t predict exactly how he and his siblings would give away their father’s fortune. However, he said they would continue to take risks and find ways to make the biggest difference as their father recommended. “I can tell you, we’ll sit down in a room when the time comes, and we’ll get it figured out pretty quickly,” he said, acknowledging that the directive to donate all the money within 10 years was a challenge.
The next generation of Buffetts is poised to become one of the biggest forces in philanthropy
apnews.com
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Some people view intermediaries in philanthropy as “crucial bridgebuilders”; others view them as “gatekeeping entities” standing in the way. The Center for Effective Philanthropy recently released a report on intermediaries, but instead of centering donor perspectives, it centered the report on the experiences of grantees working with intermediaries. The entire report is worth a read, but Sampriti Ganguli of Arabella Advisors has shared three core tenets gleaned from the report that funders and leaders of intermediary organizations should note. Check it out!
Building the Intermediary Ecosystem: Three Core Tenets | The Center for Effective Philanthropy
https://cep.org
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As CEO of The Pew Charitable Trusts, Susan Urahn believes that “culture eats strategy for breakfast.” She says focusing on culture has strengthened her organization’s ability to address the challenges of a changing world. In this piece for Stanford Social Innovation Review, Urahn shares her organization’s approach to culture building:- they prioritize people; use data to guide and measure; seek out expertise; and craft strategies that reflect the organization’s values and goals. You can read the details of this approach below.
Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast. So Make Culture Your Focus. (SSIR)
ssir.org
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“I believe, based on my experience of UK and European philanthropy over the last two decades, and my background as a technology researcher before that, that philanthropy’s leaders have a blind spot around tech. Many of its leaders have backgrounds more in the humanities and arts than in engineering and science. Few foundations have explicit technology programmes – brief flirtations with funding tech over the last decade have been ‘mainstreamed’ and largely disappeared. My experience is that philanthropy’s leaders have seen tech as something ‘other’ – devolving responsibility for it to younger and more ‘tech savvy’ colleagues. This devolution of power has also brought a diminution of attention – philanthropy has ignored tech as one of the greatest driving forces of our age.” - Tris Lumley for Alliance magazine
Philanthropy is failing young people because it doesn’t get tech - Alliance magazine
https://www.alliancemagazine.org