Strategic Philanthropy | TPI

Ramping Up for High-Impact Philanthropy A Toolkit for Funders This toolkit is for seasoned donors, donor-advised fund holders, foundation trustees, and staff who are taking steps to significantly ramp up the impact of their giving. No longer content with just “making good grants” or “doing good things for the community,” these funders have taken a fresh look...

Maximizing the Way We Work: The Impact of Board Culture Aug 09, 2018 Recently, we worked with a family foundation board that had just done a major revamp of its grantmaking strategy and recognized that its board culture may need to evolve alongside the strategy. They...

Giving USA 2018: Shifts and Opportunities Aug 02, 2018 Our rapidly changing world and its impact on U.S. philanthropy are, without doubt, encapsulated in the Giving USA 2018 report. Disaster response, response to changing politics and policies, worries...

Unlocking Transparency and Openness for a Powerhouse Foundation Aug 01, 2018 Thoughts from the Purposeful Planning Institute Rendezvous Which side of the table are you on? If you are a funder, you hold yourself – and others hold you – to high standards to make the right...

Philanthropy: What is Most Needed Jul 25, 2018 Originally appeared on the Alliance Magazine blog (July 23, 2018) In the growing turbulence of our times, the power of philanthropy also seems to be growing exponentially, yet awkwardly and in rough...

strategic corporate philanthropy

The Business Case for Corporate Philanthropy: Beyond “Goodwill” to Good Investment Jul 19, 2018 A change is underway in the world of corporate philanthropy on the question of “why.” A decade or so ago, the question was simpler: Why philanthropy? Today, however, many C-suite executives find...

The New York Times Puts the Focus on Effective Philanthropy Mar 26, 2018 We are so pleased to share a link to yesterday’s The New York Times , and the article “ When It Comes to Donating Money, Whom Do You Trust? ” The piece begins with Deborah Sills Iarussi of the Sills...

Investing in a Hurry: Five Suggestions for Eager Donors Mar 09, 2018 Commitment to a philanthropic journey reflects a measure of time and energy expended, often even before the first dollars make their way to grantees. By the time a rough budget and direction are...

Beginner's mind

Approaching Philanthropy with a Beginner’s Mind: Five Questions for New Perspectives that Deliver Feb 16, 2018 Is it possible that some of the most inspired, effective solutions to the most intractable challenges could come from nothing? As explained by Zen monk and teacher, Shunryu Suzuki, who re-introduced...

Think Differently and Change the World: New perspectives on the secret to innovation Feb 09, 2018 I was listening to NPR’s On Point with Sacha Pfeiffer last month on innovation. Her guest was Mark Stevenson, a U.K.-based futurist who caught my attention by saying he doesn’t think of himself as a...

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