Philanthropy 101

• How this entrepreneur is working to help Black women build generational wealth through homeownership, CNN 

• 5 Myths of Traditional Philanthropy, from the Trust-Based Philanthropy Project

• The Storied History of Giving in America, Smithsonian Magazine

• How the American dream turned into greed and inequality, World Economic Forum

• Revealing the True Cost of Billionaire Philanthropy: How the ultra-wealthy use charitable giving to avoid taxes and exert influence — while ordinary taxpayers foot the bill, Inequality.org

• The trouble with charitable billionaires, The Guardian

• Deep Disparities Persist in Finances of Nonprofits Led by White People and People of Color, The Chronicle of Philanthropy

• Crappy Funding Practices, LinkedIn Group by Vu Le

Participatory Grantmaking & Equitable Philanthropy

• Recentering Philanthropy toward Social Justice, Nonprofit Quarterly

• Grant making as advocacy: The emergence of social justice philanthropy, research article from the University of Southern California 

• Philanthropy in a Different Voice: The Women's Funds, research article from Florida Atlantic University 

• No Strings Attached: Philanthropy, Race, and Donor Control From Black Power to Black Lives Matter, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 

• Governance Analysis: How 10 participatory grantmaking initiative and funder collaboratives work, Onside Partners

• Practicing Participatory Philanthropy: Five Key Findings, Nonprofit Quarterly

• Wielding Philanthropic Leadership With, Not For (Standford Social Innovation Review)

• Reparations, Not Charity, Nonprofit Quarterly

• Freeing Ourselves from Colonial, White Savior Models of Philanthropy, Ford Foundation 

• Special Collection on Participatory Grantmaking, Candid

• Participatory Philanthropy Toolkit, Fund for Shared Insight 

Donor Advised Funds and Other Forms of Grantmaking

• Fundraising in the new philanthropy environment: The benefits and challenges of working with giving circles, Nonprofit Management & Leadership 

• Understanding the Donor-Advised Fund Giving Process: Insights From Current DAF Users, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 

• Donor Advised Funds Webinar Follow Up– Most Frequently Asked Questions, Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society

• I highly, highly encourage all folks in philanthropy and nonprofit management to read Edgar Villanueva's book, Decolonizing Wealth: Indigenous Wisdom to Heal Divides and Restore Balance

• Uncharitable: How Restraints on Nonprofits Undermine Their Potential, by Dan Pollotta

• Thinking in Systems, Donella Meadows 

• Emergent Strategy, adrienne maree brown 

Philanthropy 101

• Uncharitable film (from Dan Pallotta) – NC State University students and staff can access this film through the Libraries system here or here.

• The way we think about charity is dead wrong, 2013 Ted Talk by Dan Pallotta

• Decolonizing Wealth: A New Era Of Philanthropy with Vanessa Thomas, webinar from the Global Philanthropy Forum

• #PhilanthropySoWhite 2021, webinar from the Decolonizing Wealth Project 

Participatory Grantmaking & Equitable Philanthropy

• Participatory Grantmaking 101, webinar from the Participatory Grantmaking Community 

• Participatory Grantmaking and Trust-Based Philanthropy, webinar from the Trust-Based Philanthropy Project 

• The Fundamentals of Trust-Based Philanthropy, series from the Trust-Based Philanthropy Project 

• Trust-Based Philanthropy & Racial Justice – Both/And, webinar from the Trust-Based Philanthropy Project 

• The Nuts & Bolts of Participatory Design, Fund for Shared Insight

• Participatory Grantmaking: Learnings and Reflections, Funding for Shared Insight 

Philanthropy and ChatGPT

• Empowering Charities With ChatGPT: Guiding Donors Towards Effective Giving, Forbes

• ChatGPT and Nonprofit Succession – AI’s Not Quite There, Clarity Transitions

• What Does ChatGPT Know About Philanthropy?, The Center for Effective Philanthropy 

The Downside or Challenges with Participatory Grantmaking

• Necessary but Not Sufficient: The Impact of Community Input on Grantee Selection, Sage Journals

• When shouldn’t you use participatory grant making?, Medium

• Overcoming the Four Common Challenges of Participatory Grantmaking, Blackbaud