Posts tagged nonprofit leadership
From TV’s ‘The Gilded Age’ to the Fight for Reparations: Lessons for Philanthropy in 2024
From TV’s ‘The Gilded Age’ to the Fight for Reparations: Lessons for Philanthropy in 2024

What binge watching a popular television show taught me about philanthropy’s ongoing efforts to move away from antiquated notions of charity.

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BIPOC Leadership, Brilliant Transformations, Chronicle of Philanthropy, Economic Mobility, Foundation, Funders, Leadership, Leadership Development, Leadership Learning, Liberatory Leadership, New York City Leadership, Nonprofit Leaders, Nonprofit Sector, NYC, Philanthropic Sector, Philanthropy, Racial Equity, Reparations, Robert Sterling Clark, Social Justice, Trust-Based PhilanthropyLisa Pilar CowanChronicle of Philanthropy, The Gilded Age, reparations, social justice, social change, BIPOC leaders, BIPOC Leadership, philanthropic sector, philanthropy, Trust-Based Philanthropy, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, nonrofit, nonprofit leadership, nonprofit operations, Non-Profit, New York City nonprofit professional, Charity Navigator, reparations commissionComment
Providing BIPOC leaders a “Brilliant Transformation” into leadership roles
Providing BIPOC leaders a “Brilliant Transformation” into leadership roles

AiLun Ku and Lisa Pilar Cowan share what they learned from a new study that reflects a wide range of experiences of BIPOC leaders from across the United States related to their transitions into leadership roles.

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BIPOC Leadership, Economic Mobility, Foundation, Funders, Leadership, Leadership Development, Leadership Learning, Liberatory Leadership, New York City Leadership, Nonprofit Leaders, Nonprofit Sector, NYC, NYN Media, Philanthropic Sector, Philanthropy, Racial Equity, Robert Sterling Clark, Social Justice, Trust-Based PhilanthropyAiLun Ku and Lisa Pilar CowanLiberatory Leadership Learning Series, Lead a Non-Profit, Leadership Development Programs, leadership, board leadership, BIPOC Leadership, Non-Profit, nonprofit leadership, nonprofit leader, NYN Media, NYC, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, trust, Trust-Based Philanthropy, strategic, social justice, social impact, social and systems-level change work, relationship building, Building, Building Movement Project, Making (or Taking) SpaceComment
What Disney's "Keys to the Kingdom" Tour Taught Me About Nonprofit Operations
What Disney's "Keys to the Kingdom" Tour Taught Me About Nonprofit Operations

Sometimes it's our time away from the office that can illuminate important lessons about the world of work.

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BIPOC Leadership, Burnout, Economic Mobility, Foundation, Hybrid Work, Leadership, Leadership Development, Leadership Learning, Liberatory Leadership, New York City Leadership, Nonprofit Leaders, Nonprofit Sector, NYC, Philanthropic Sector, Philanthropy, Racial Equity, Robert Sterling Clark, Social Justice, Trust-Based PhilanthropyPhilip Liimportant lessons, office, behind the scenes, nonprofit operations, nonprofit leadership, nonprofit work, nonprofit, philanthropic sector, philanthropy, Trust-Based Philanthropy, Foundation, Robert Sterling Clark FoundationComment
2023: A year of incremental change?
2023: A year of incremental change?

Happy New Year.  Is it still ok to use the phrase at the beginning of February?

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BIPOC Leadership, Economic Mobility, Foundation, Getting to Know You, Hybrid Work, Leadership, Leadership Development, Leadership Learning, Philanthropic Sector, Nonprofit Sector, Nonprofit Leaders, New York City Leadership, Philanthropy, Robert Sterling Clark, Social Justice, Trust-Based PhilanthropyPhilip LiHappy New Year, Lunar New Year, Year of Change, purpose, philanthropic sector, philanthropy, Trust-Based Philanthropy, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, NYC, nonrofit, nonprofit work, nonprofit leadership, New York City, New York City Leadership and Professional Development Directory.Comment
Let’s Address the Real Reason Great Fundraisers Are in Short Supply
Let’s Address the Real Reason Great Fundraisers Are in Short Supply

“We need a unicorn.”

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BIPOC Leadership, Economic Mobility, Foundation, Leadership, Leadership Development, Leadership Learning, New York City Leadership, Nonprofit Leaders, Nonprofit Sector, NYC, Philanthropic Sector, Philanthropy, Post Covid, Racial Equity, Robert Sterling Clark, Social Justice, Trust-Based PhilanthropyLisa Pilar Cowan and Michelle Florespost covid, power, philanthropic sector, Trust-Based Philanthropy, Chronicle of Philanthropy, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, nonprofit leadership, nonprofit work, nonrofit, philanthropy, purpose, social and systems-level change work, social change, social impact, social justiceComment
Opinion: Why nonprofit leaders should discuss past mistakes as 2023 gets underway
Opinion: Why nonprofit leaders should discuss past mistakes as 2023 gets underway

A new year brings opportunity for worthwhile discussions and there is tremendous relief that comes with chatting about our setbacks and being our true selves when seeking solutions.

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BIPOC Leadership, Economic Mobility, Foundation, Leadership, Leadership Development, Leadership Learning, New York City Leadership, Nonprofit Leaders, Nonprofit Sector, NYC, NYN Media, Philanthropic Sector, Philanthropy, Racial Equity, Robert Sterling Clark, Social Justice, Trust-Based PhilanthropyLisa Pilar Cowannonprofit leadership, nonprofit work, nonprofit, new year, New York City, philanthropy, purpose, power, philanthropic sector, Trust-Based Philanthropy, NYN Media, opportunity, Robert Sterling Clark FoundationComment
How Holiday Travel Has Me Thinking About Board Service
How Holiday Travel Has Me Thinking About Board Service

‘Tis the season…to be on the move. It’s that time of year when so many of us travel to be with our families and friends for the holidays.

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BIPOC Leadership, Economic Mobility, Foundation, Leadership, Leadership Development, Leadership Learning, Liberatory Leadership, New York City Leadership, Nonprofit Leaders, Nonprofit Sector, Philanthropic Sector, Philanthropy, Racial Equity, Robert Sterling Clark, Post Covid, Trust-Based PhilanthropyPhilip LiHolidays, travel, Happy Thanksgiving, Foundation, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, nonrofit, nonprofit work, nonprofit leadership, Board Service, board members, board leadershipComment
Leadership Development Programs Need an Upgrade: Five Ways to Advance Racial Equity
Leadership Development Programs Need an Upgrade: Five Ways to Advance Racial Equity

As the nation grapples with “the great resignation” across a range of job industries since the start of the pandemic, employment challenges extend to the nonprofit sector as well.

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Trust-Based Philanthropy, Social Justice, Robert Sterling Clark, Philanthropy, Philanthropic Sector, Nonprofit Sector, Nonprofit Leaders, New York City Leadership, Liberatory Leadership, Leadership, Economic Mobility, Foundation, Racial Equity, Leadership DevelopmentIdalia Fernadez, Senior Director Community Wealth Partners & Lori Bartczak, Senior Director, Knowledge & Content Community Wealth PartnersBIPOC Leadership, nonprofit leadership, nonprofit work, nonrofit, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, social and systems-level change work, social justice, social change, Advance Racial Equity, Leadership Development ProgramsComment
Finding the joy in social change
Finding the joy in social change

“I arise in the morning torn between a desire to save the world and a desire to savor the world. That makes it hard to plan the day." – E.E. Cummings.

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NYN Media, Philanthropic Sector, Philanthropy, Racial Equity, Robert Sterling Clark, Social Justice, Trust-Based Philanthropy, Economic Mobility, Foundation, Leadership, Leadership Learning, Liberatory Leadership, New York City Leadership, Nonprofit Leaders, Nonprofit SectorLisa Pilar Cowansocial and systems-level change work, social change, social justice, Social Network Analysis, social impact, NYN Media, balance, challenges, fulfillment, nonprofit work, nonprofit, nonprofit leadershipComment
When All Of Our Tools Are Weapons
When All Of Our Tools Are Weapons

I don’t like conflict. I’ve never been good at it, and I’ve grown into someone who is decidedly not a fan.

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Economic Mobility, Foundation, Getting to Know You, Leadership, Liberatory Leadership, New York City Leadership, Nonprofit Leaders, Nonprofit Sector, Philanthropic Sector, Philanthropy, Racial Equity, Robert Sterling Clark, Social Justice, Sterling Network NYC, Trust-Based Philanthropy, Leadership LearningEricka Stallings, Co-Executive Director of the Leadership Learning Communityracial injustice, Liberatory Leadership Learning Series, Liberatory Leadership, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, Board Service, civil rights, community, campaigns, charity, NYC, Racism, democracy, Endowments, Funding, funders, leadership, funding collaboratives, equity, Networks, expertise, Getting to know you, Genral Operating Grants, Foundation, foundation, Financials, grantmaking, Grants, governance, grantee, Grantee, organizations, justice, social justice, work, workers, New York City, New York City Leadership and Professional Development Directory., social and systems-level change work, learned behaviors, policy, money, nonprofit leadership, organizer, power, social change, Trust-Based Philanthropy, trust, human rights, trust-based philanthropy, purposeComment
Rest Isn’t Radical
Rest Isn’t Radical

I’m taking a sabbatical. Rest shouldn’t be radical.

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New York City Leadership, Foundation, Leadership, Nonprofit Sector, Philanthropic Sector, Philanthropy, Racial Equity, Robert Sterling Clark, Social Justice, Trust-Based Philanthropy, Jennifer Ching, North Star FundJennifer Chingsabbatical, work, vacation, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, community, Funding, funders, leadership, grantmaking, grantee, governance, philanthropy, time, impact, social justice, racial injustice, workers, Networks, New York City, New York City Leadership and Professional Development Directory., social and systems-level change work, Holidays, money, democracy, human rights, nonrofit, NYC, nonprofit leadership, organizations, power, equity, trust, Trust-Based Philanthropy, social change, Foundation, radical, rest, policy, purpose, learned behaviors, Gen Xer, Jennifer Ching, North Star FundComment
Opinion: The next generation of nonprofit workers are demanding more for themselves, and we should support them
Opinion: The next generation of nonprofit workers are demanding more for themselves, and we should support them

They should be set up to do meaningful work that helps repair the world, while still living whole, happy, joyful lives.

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Setting up your nonprofit the way you play with LEGOs
Setting up your nonprofit the way you play with LEGOs

I’ve had a Harry Potter LEGO castle in the corner of my living room for about a decade.

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Economic Mobility, Foundation, Leadership, New York City Leadership, Nonprofit Leaders, Nonprofit Sector, Philanthropic Sector, Philanthropy, Post Covid, Robert Sterling Clark, Social Justice, Trust-Based Philanthropy, LegosLisa Pilar CowanLegos, New York City, nonrofit, NYC, nonprofit leadership, New York City Leadership and Professional Development Directory., Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, organizations, post covid, philanthropic sector, philanthropy, impact, Trust-Based PhilanthropyComment
Pandemic Reflections, Two Years On
Pandemic Reflections, Two Years On

COVID-19. It feels like it became COVID-20, then COVID-21, and now COVID-22.

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Covid-19, Economic Mobility, Foundation, Leadership, New York City Leadership, Nonprofit Leaders, Nonprofit Sector, Philanthropic Sector, Philanthropy, Post Covid, Racial Equity, Robert Sterling Clark, Social Justice, Trust-Based PhilanthropyPhilip LiCOVID-19, community, Covid-19, racial injustice, social and systems-level change work, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, Trust-Based Philanthropy, democracy, leadership, pandemic, Foundation, foundation, Funding, grantmaking, grantee, Grants, governance, Genral Operating Grants, human rights, philanthropy, charity, philanthropic sector, social justice, New York City, New York City Leadership and Professional Development Directory., money, impact, Endowments, New Year, NYC, nonprofit leadership, organizations, power, social impact, nonrofit, social change, board members, expertise, equity, trust, systemic racism, time, trust-based philanthropyComment
Opinion: Nonprofit leaders, like everyone else, are scared and tired during these difficult times
Opinion: Nonprofit leaders, like everyone else, are scared and tired during these difficult times

I have had the word ‘grace’ rattling around my brain a lot these days.

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Foundation, Leadership, New York City Leadership, Nonprofit Sector, Philanthropic Sector, Philanthropy, Post Covid, Racial Equity, Robert Sterling Clark, Social Justice, Trust-Based Philanthropy, Nonprofit Leaders, NYN MediaLisa Pilar Cowanphilanthropic sector, pandemic, philanthropy, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, Foundation, leadership, New York City, nonrofit, social and systems-level change work, New York City Leadership and Professional Development Directory., nonprofit leadershipComment