Working at the intersection of meaningful giving and community results
When I’m asked to speak, I describe myself in three roles – philanthropist, philanthropoid, and philanthropy geek. The more practice I have in living out each of those roles, the more I find myself returning to three core beliefs: Philanthropy – voluntary action for the public good – is a big tent concept. It is [...]
How do philanthropic families involve younger generations in giving? How do those families think about strategy, impact, and legacy? How are they using staff, advisors, and services such as Donor-Advised Funds? Which financial and volunteer roles are family members taking? There is surprisingly little data on these and other characteristics of philanthropic families. That will soon change, [...]
"Philanthropy has begun to use the accountability movement to establish a norm for what sound philanthropic investments should look like. This is where serious harm can occur....Accountability, in the end, is about defining the minimum level of acceptable performance, not the highest level of accomplishment we want to pursue." - John Bare, Ph.D., Philanthropy, Evaluation, [...]
The only bond worth anything between human beings is their humanness. – Jesse Owens The April 2015 issue of the Chronicle of Philanthropy provided an interesting study in contrasting approaches to giving and fundraising. The Chronicle covered the release of ethicist Peter Singer’s new book The Most Good You Can Do: How Effective Altruism is [...]
Tony Macklin 