Weekly Reads—January 13, 2023

Enjoy PEAK’s weekly roundup of timely insights from the grantmaking community and beyond.

“In the future of philanthropy there will be a clear understanding that healthy, balanced nonprofit (and foundation) leaders are able to create better outcomes for communities. Foundations will invest in long-term relationships with nonprofit leaders so that grantees trust that they can take risks and make big bets.” [more]
Trista Harris, FutureGood

“Catchafire hosted a session at the Council of Michigan Foundation’s 50th Annual Conference where nonprofits, grantmakers, and donors… took a deep dive into what it means to commit to creating a self-determined nonprofit community. We uncovered how we see our neighbors who are invested in bringing change and created this list [‘50 Ways to Honor and Love Our Nonprofit Neighbor.’]” [more]
Latesha Kelly, Catchafire

“The Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy conducted the Digital for Good: A Global Study on Emerging Ways of Giving to explore the emerging vehicles of philanthropy, such as crowdfunding, online giving, mobile giving, workplace giving, online volunteering, and social impact initiatives.” [more]

“Those familiar with what it takes to truly advance racial justice within a foundation, know that grantmaking is just the tip of the iceberg. For long-term, transformative change to occur, an organization must connect what it supports outside its four walls with the work happening within them.” [more]
Charmaine Mercer, The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation