Donor Strategies for How to Conduct Philanthropy
Donors can choose different ways to make change through philanthropy — by giving for direct services, investing in research, backing grassroots organizing, and more. This series of briefs explore important choices that philanthropists make. Each donor brief explains key considerations for philanthropists, provides examples of the strategy in action, as well as easy-to-follow advice.
Donor Report: Capacity Building
Donors can increase their impact by focusing on improving the effectiveness and long-term sustainability of a nonprofit or network of nonprofits.
Donor Report: Cash Transfers and Direct Giving
Cash transfers to address poverty are growing in popularity and new research documents their impact.
Donor Report: Differences between 501(c)(3)s and 501(c)(4)s?
As donors look for more ways to have an impact, it’s important to understand the rules governing different kinds of nonprofits.
Donor Report: Funding Direct Services
Donors give for direct services for many reasons, including to meet immediate human needs and fill gaps left by government cuts.
Donor Report: Funding for Advocacy
Philanthropy can play a particularly catalytic role in addressing root causes rather than just filling gaps and treating symptoms.
Donor Report: Grassroots Organizing & Movement Building
Major social change is usually enacted by broad-based people’s movements. Donors can help in different ways.
Donor Report: Impact Investing
Impact investing offers donors a range of ways to look beyond charitable giving and leverage their financial assets to do good in the world.
Donor Report: Leadership Development & Fellowships
Progress is made by people, which is why many donors look to invest in leadership programs and similar efforts.
Donor Report: Litigation & Legal Aid
When it comes to the tools nonprofits can use to effect social change, the law can be both incredibly useful and frustratingly challenging.
Donor Report: Place-based Giving
As distinct from national or global giving, place-based giving focuses on a particular location — like a city, a neighborhood or a region.
Donor Report: Think Tanks & Public Policy Research
Think tanks play a critical role in advancing social change by shaping broad public debates and the details of policy. Here’s what donors need to know.
