7 Mistakes New Philanthropic Foundations Make
Kris Putnam-Walkerly writes in her "Confident Giving” Newsletter: “Drawing from my conversations with thousands of foundation leaders, spanning 23 years, here are seven prevalent missteps. By paying attention to these mistakes,…
New Terms: 2023
This guide from Disability: walks through the general dos and don'ts when interacting with individuals who identify as disabled The term “meanwhile spaces” refers to disused sites leased or loaned…
The Latest on Mackenzie Scott: A Web Database with Mixed Applications
Mackenzie Scott’s new website Yield Giving is now accessible to the public. A cumulative gift database, it gives us a great deal of information the $14,000,000,000 she has given to…
Four articles on DEI
In an open letter published on Black Feminist Fund, some of philanthropy’s most influential organizations say that “It’s time to fund Black feminist movements like we want them to win”. Among…
ChatGPT in Philanthropy: Useful?
A number of recent articles have covered artificial intelligence gone awry: Microsoft’s AI’s strange declarations of love. ChatGPT’s inaccuracies. Midjourney's odd human portraits with too many fingers and too many…
Fundraising Event Experience survey
Classy, a leading online fundraising platform and thought leader, highlighted donors’ 2022 Fundraising Event Experience in a survey of 1,000 event attendees: -- 26% attended live events, while 36% went virtual because there was…
A Social Psychologist On Five Elements Of Good Writing
As grantmakers become more isolated from most grantseekers, and most grantseekers become less visible to grantmakers, the art of writing becomes more and more critical to relationship-building success. There are…
Words And Phrases To Avoid – 2022 Edition
According to Candid (the merger of Foundation Directory Online and Guidestar), there are eight phrases that are not 2022-acceptable. (more…)
Grantseeking mistakes
Five silly grantseeking mistakes: Philanthropy Daily newsletter and blog are published by American Philanthropic, a conservative-leaning philanthropy research and consulting group. Lots of good content. With support from funders and…