Foundation leaders often cite their boards as an impediment to the shifts in practices they see as necessary in these times, CEP research has shown. Moreover, boards’ racial diversity is correlated with some of these very practices, and yet most foundation boards remain overwhelmingly white. How can foundation CEOs and boards evolve so that boards...
Interconnected: Effecting Positive Change Together As practitioners in philanthropy, we are inherently connected. We are tied together by a shared love of humanity, a desire to contribute to lasting positive change, and by our common experience of what is happening in the world around us. The past three years have presented challenge after challenge, highlighting...
This fall, Philanthropy Ohio will convene its first in-person conference in three years, bringing together colleagues from around the state in Cleveland to connect with one another, build skills as leaders and strengthen this network of funder peers. Philanthropy Forward ’22 will examine the shifts in our world and sector over the last two years...
How can we translate our commitment to courageous leadership into brave actions? How can philanthropy take its work to the next level to realize our vision of a just and equitable South? These questions lie at the heart of Philanthropy Southeast's 2022 Annual Meeting – Bold Moves: Building a Brighter Future. This November, we will come...
Tuesday, November 15th, 2-3:15PM EDT MacKenzie Scott’s giving has challenged conventional norms for big donors and foundations. Her gifts have been the largest ever received by most of the recipient organizations – multiple times the size of typical grants from even large foundations – and have been unrestricted and accompanied by minimal reporting...
Few philanthropists embody the changing face — and approach — to philanthropy in America like MacKenzie Scott. Join us as we learn from Phil Buchanan, president of the nationally recognized Center for Effective Philanthropy, about key findings from the center’s 2022 “Big Gifts Study” aimed at understanding how Ms. Scott’s “no strings attached” giving has...
How can philanthropy redistribute power to advance equity in our sector, organizations, and communities? How can funders and nonprofits build authentic and mutually accountable relationships that center trust to achieve greater success? Join us for a timely conversation about promising practices to shift power dynamics in the philanthropic world, moderated by Grace Nicolette, Vice President...
Join WINGS, Active Philanthropy and CEP - Centre for Effective Philanthropy to launch our case studies on climate philanthropy and hear how foundations that work on a variety of different issues started their climate journeys. We will present WINGS' and Active Philanthropy's Case Studies from foundations from all over the world and discuss the findings...
Philanthropy in the post-COVID Age: How have we changed, what will stick, and what lies ahead? Special Guest Speaker: Grace Chiang Nicolette, Center for Effective Philanthropy This in-person event offers a wonderful way to gain a deeper understanding of the cross-sector partnership work being done in the region. Together, we’ll discuss the challenges that face...
Join us for a panel discussion and networking event with Chief's International Women in Business (IWB) group and their guests on Tuesday, April 18th 2023 at 6pm ET. We are incredibly excited to have IWB founding members Rihab Babiker, Heidi Ramirez Perloff, Loren Rosario-Maldonado, and book author Osnat Benari join us for a panel discussion...
Philanthropic support for nonprofits has seen big changes in recent years. Donors like MacKenzie Scott are setting a new standard for unrestricted giving that puts the power into the hands of recipients—allowing nonprofits to decide how and where funds are best spent to serve their constituents. Is this model a passing fancy or the new normal? And...