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2023-04-06
Lily Family School of Philanthropy;
The United States is "diversifying even faster than predicted" across multiple facets of society (Frey, 2020), especially race, ethnicity, and age. The 2020 census revealed increased diversity in every state and larger ethnic, racial minority, young, and aging populations across the country (Henderson, 2021). These demographic changes have implications for the nonprofit sector at every level, including building a more diverse donor base, addressing representation in the leadership of nonprofits, and managing complex needs and interests on the service side of the nonprofit equation.Despite philanthropy's long, deep traditions and importance to many Americans, recent data trends have surfaced that have rekindled concerns about the health of the sector. Two such challenges are the declining number of donors and the general decline in trust in all institutions.Our report seeks to examine the general attitudes and perceptions of philanthropy and the nonprofit sector, including assessing the extent to which current debates within the field play out in public today.After summarizing the key questions and findings addressed in this report, we provide an overview of the data and methods used in the study and discuss background information on the major critiques of philanthropy. The body of the report dives deeper into the key questions and findings before concluding with a discussion of the impact of these findings for practitioners and scholars.
2021-07-23
Independent Sector;
Public trust is the currency of the nonprofit sector. The public's belief that nonprofits will "do the right thing" is one of the central reasons the sector exists. Communities have relied upon nonprofits to provide trusted sources of information, life-sustaining services, environmental stewardship, and places of refuge for centuries. In today's highly polarized environment, understanding and managing trust has never been more important for organizations to own their license to operate, lead, and succeed. Given the outsized importance of trust, it is imperative to assess the status of that trust and how the sector can strengthen our most valuable asset.Independent Sector, in partnership with Edelman Data & Intelligence, is releasing this second annual report of survey findings that explore the nuances of trust in American nonprofit and philanthropic organizations. Building on Independent Sector's four decades of bringing together the charitable community for the common good and Edelman's experience studying trust in both the global and U.S. context, we set out to conduct two national surveys, totaling 8,000 American adults, to assess general population trust in the sector (philanthropy and nonprofits) and uncover the factors that drive trust in the sector.
2016-07-06
Caster Family Center for Nonprofit and Philanthropic Research University of San Diego;
The 2016 State of Nonprofits and Philanthropy report analyzes the health of San Diego's nonprofit sector, identifies important trends, and reports on leadership perspectives. In addition to an annual summary of the Caster Center's State of Nonprofits Quarterly Index (SONP Index) this report draws on the most recently available data about nonprofits from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the California Employment Development Department (EDD). These data are synthesized with feedback from Trend Reporters along with the 2016 Nonprofit Leader Survey sent to executive level management in San Diego County to provide the most comprehensive picture of San Diego's nonprofit and philanthropic sector available.
2010-03-05
BTW informing change;
In partnership with Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, BTW informing change and Leadership that Works, CompassPoint Nonprofit Services launched the Coaching and Philanthropy Project (CAP) to assess and advance coaching as a strategy for building effective nonprofit organizations.The CAP Project is a deep dive into learning about the nonprofit sector's support for and use of coaching, something no one has examined to this extent before. The result is a large body of information and ideas that the CAP Project seeks to consolidate and share with peers in the philanthropic and nonprofit sectors and in the field of coaching.This guide draws on data that we have collected for more than three years as part of the second phase of the CAP Project. During this period, we have gathered information and suggestions from hundreds of individuals, including nonprofit leaders who have received coaching, coaches who have provided coaching to nonprofit leaders, intermediaries and others who arrange for nonprofit coaching, and grantmakers who support coaching in a variety of ways for their nonprofit grantees
2022-09-02
Trust-Based Philanthropy Project;
In July and August 2022, the Trust-Based Philanthropy Project conducted three focus groups among nonprofit executive directors to understand how and whether they were experiencing shifts in power dynamics in their funder relationships. The participants – which represented a mix of community-based organizations, service providers, and advocacy groups from around the United States – shared a number of key insights about their experiences with funders since 2020, when many funders began to reexamine their practices in light of the global pandemic and the racial reckoning. The discussion revealed a number of key trends:Nonprofit leaders describe their partnership with trust-based funders as "liberating."Unrestricted and multiyear grants still make up only a small percentage of nonprofits' funding.Nonprofits have experienced positive shifts in funders' practices since 2020, but they hold concerns that this trend toward trust-based philanthropy may just be the "wave of the moment."Philanthropy's increased interest in supporting BIPOC-led and community-based organizations is bringing about new needs and challenges for many of these nonprofits.Despite the growth of interest in trust-based practices among funders, there is still significant room for improvement.This report outlines more details about these focus group findings, including the methodology, participant mix, summary of insights – as well as the Trust-Based Philanthropy Project's recommendations for the field.
2013-06-01
The Foundation Review;
This article argues that people are the primary asset that drives performance in the social sector, but that despite their importance they are undersupported. Funders could make major strides in their own effectiveness and in the performance of their grantees by explicitly investing in grantee talent and talent-support systems. Such support could build a critical mass of diverse leadership in society and dramatically improve the ability of the social sector to advance social change. The first part of this article reframes the talent challenge facing the nonprofit sector, highlighting urgent issues and chronic structural flaws. The second part proposes the Talent Philanthropy Framework as a means to address this challenge.
2021-08-10
Institute for Law and Philanthropy, Tel Aviv University;
The Israeli nonprofit sector raises more than half of its philanthropic funding from abroad; thus, the scope of giving from US to Israel is a topic of constant curiosity. The trends of giving in recent decades as well as questions regarding focus on causes, impact and magnitude continue to provoke both theory and practice.In this report, we shed light on two basic questions: Who gives? And how much? Additionally, we reveal how, even in the era of detailed reporting and digital data, transparency is vague, and thorough manual inquiry is still necessary.
2022-08-12
ABFE - A Philanthropic Partnership for Black Communities;
As part of our work to address disparities in fundraising for Black nonprofit organizations, we've partnered with Young, Black, & Giving Back Institute and ABFE to put together an educational guide that includes tactics and strategies for Black-led and Black-serving nonprofits to amplify their messaging and activate supporters all year long.This guide was developed using ABFE's Racial Equity framework as a guiding principle for addressing disparities in fundraising for Black nonprofits. ABFE's Racial Equity framework promotes effective and responsive philanthropy in Black communities by analyzing strategies that allow grantmakers and donors to effectively support Black-led and Black-serving nonprofits and their communities.
2001-05-01
W.K. Kellogg Foundation;
Explores the development of early nonprofit academic centers and the roles that academic innovators played in the development and sustainability of these centers.
2012-11-01
Oregon Community Foundation;
The Giving in Oregon project of The Oregon Community Foundation has documented philanthropy in Oregon for more than a decade. Giving in Oregon offers an objective analysis of donations to 10,369 Oregon nonprofit organizations in 2010 (the most recent data available), representing 68% of the state's registered 501(c)3s.The purpose of this report is twofold: to provide an objective overview of charitable giving in Oregon, and to challenge ourselves individually to be part of the giving community. While the amount given is important, the act of giving is equally significant.
2009-01-30
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation;
Argues for improving the supply of and demand for information and strengthening intermediaries and interactions to boost strategic grantmaking, effective nonprofit operations, and dialogue about transparency, organizational performance, and social impact.
2004-01-01
Community Catalyst;
The book is a primer offering guidance for the establishment of health conversion foundations when nonprofit hospitals change status to for-profit.
