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We’re here to clear the air on what trust-based philanthropy is and what it isn’t
We’re here to clear the air on what trust-based philanthropy is and what it isn’t

Recent pieces in Alliance magazine have attempted to poke holes in trust-based philanthropy, the approach to giving that is being increasingly recognized as a strategy to address the inherent power dynamics between funders and nonprofit organizations.

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Trust-Based PhilanthropyCarrie Avery, Philip Li, and Brenda SolorzanoAlliance Magazine, Durfee Foundation, The Whitman Institute., Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, Headwaters Foundation, Trust-Based PhilanthropyComment
For All of Us in Philanthropy, the Moment of Rebuilding Is Here
For All of Us in Philanthropy, the Moment of Rebuilding Is Here

Last year I spent the first Passover of the pandemic quarantined in my bedroom racked with a fever and body aches.

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Chronicle of Philanthropy, Covid-19, Face Plant, FFIS, Flexible Funding Impact, Foundation, Getting to Know You, New York City Leadership, Nonprofit Sector, Philanthropy, Robert Sterling Clark, Social Justice, Sterling Network NYC, Trust-Based PhilanthropyLisa Pilar CowanChronicle of Philanthropy, community, COVID-19, Covid-19, racial injustice, grantmaking, Grants, grantee, Getting to know you, organizations, General Operating, governance, pandemic, Racism, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, travel, Trust-Based Philanthropy, trust, NYC, social impact, social justice, social change, Sterling Network NYC, Funding, Endowments, democracy, Foundation, Headwaters Foundation, equity, New York City, Networks, new year, human rights, philanthropy, New York City Leadership and Professional Development Directory., social and systems-level change workComment
Philanthropy is in a cultural moment of power-reckoning; The Trust-Based Philanthropy Project offers a clear next step
Philanthropy is in a cultural moment of power-reckoning; The Trust-Based Philanthropy Project offers a clear next step

Today, the Headwaters Foundation, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, and The Whitman Institute announce the launch of the Trust-Based Philanthropy Project, a five-year, peer-to-peer funder initiative with the goal of bringing greater vulnerability, transparency, and humility to philanthropy.

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Foundation, Philanthropy, Nonprofit Sector, Trust-Based PhilanthropyShaady Salehitrust-based philanthropy, philanthropy, foundation, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, The Whitman Institute, Headwaters Foundation, Trust-Based PhilanthropyComment