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The Hill: Can philanthropy rise to the challenge of combating climate change?

Posted by Lee Cruz on August 10, 2022 at 6:17pm

Climate change is widely acknowledged as the existential crisis of our time, a “code red for humanity,” in the words of United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. With the Senate’s passage of the Inflation Reduction Act on Sunday — in the middle of a summer that has brought record heat and innumerable weather-related disasters — it looks like the federal government will finally take some long overdue action on climate change...

https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/3594406-can-philanthropy-rise-to-the-challenge-of-combating-climate-change/

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    Would the World Be Better Off Without Philanthropists?

    Posted by Lee Cruz on May 25, 2022 at 11:09am
    Critics say that big-time donors wield too much power over their fellow-citizens and perpetuate social inequality. But don’t cancel Lady Bountiful just yet.

    By Nicholas Lemann

    May 23, 2022

    Organized philanthropy, like most things, looks different on the inside than it does from the outside. “Philanthropy” comes from the Greek for “love of humanity,” and public perceptions of it have usually centered on donors and how humanity-loving they really are. The good guys are generous rich people who give to causes we all approve of, like combatting climate change; the bad guys give in order to launder their reputations (like the opioid-promoting Sackler family) or to advance unsavory goals (like the anti-environmentalist Kochs). Either way, the salient questions about philanthropy, for most people, have to do with the size and the quality of a donor’s heart and soul...

    https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/05/30/would-the-world-be-better-off-without-philanthropists-paul-vallely-emma-saunders-hastings

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      THE IMPORTANCE OF TEACHING PHILANTHROPY: EDUCATING CHILDREN FOR SOCIAL GOOD

      Posted by Lee Cruz on October 25, 2021 at 2:19pm
      ALISON BODY, EMILY LAU AND JO JOSEPHIDOU
      NOVEMBER 2020
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      Philanthropy, that is ‘voluntary action for public good’ (Payton and Moody, 2008, p. 3), plays a fundamental role in civil society, both here in the UK and beyond. Central to this, the charitable sector is often at the forefront of challenging social and environmental injustice and inequality. In this article we argue that meaningfully engaging children in philanthropic action and charitable giving provides an ideal opportunity for children to critically participate and think about root causes of social issues and injustice...

      https://impact.chartered.college/article/the-importance-of-teaching-philanthropy-educating-children-social-good/

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        It’s time for philanthropy to step up the fight against climate change

        Posted by Lee Cruz on October 21, 2021 at 5:02pm

        Climate change’s negative effects are coming to bear on high-priority philanthropic issues. More and better funding can protect vulnerable stakeholders and speed the net-zero transition.

        https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/sustainability/our-insights/its-time-for-philanthropy-to-step-up-the-fight-against-climate-change

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          New Borealis Leader Outlines Bold Vision for Philanthropy

          Posted by Lee Cruz on March 29, 2021 at 12:30pm
          Cyndi Suarez
          February 4, 2021


          Editor’s Notes: The Nonprofit Quarterly’s new editor in chief, Cyndi Suarez, launches a new podcast series today featuring women of color in leadership. Through candid, in-depth interviews, listeners will come to understand how these women embarked on their paths to leadership, how their leadership styles have evolved over the years, how they envision their work now, and what they hope to see for their fellow women of color leaders.

          “I’m noticing that women of color have been moving into key leadership positions in the nonprofit sector, including philanthropy,” Suarez explains in inaugural podcast. “Some of us are leading predominantly white organizations, often with the charge of transitioning them to more racially just design and practices.” Other leaders of color, like Amoretta Morris, direct organizations that are by and for people of color. Morris, who kicks off this series, is the newly installed president at Borealis Philanthropy.

          https://nonprofitquarterly.org/new-borealis-leader-outlines-bold-vision-for-racial-justice-philanthropy

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          Tags: Black, Women, color, justice, leadership, philanthropy, racial
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            The Tragedy of the Yale Commons

            Posted by Lee Cruz on December 13, 2019 at 4:02pm

            When 18-year-old Stephen A. Schwarzman, the son of a Philadelphia dry-goods store owner, entered Yale in 1965, he took his meals, like all freshmen, in the Commons, a vast, baronial dining hall in a cluster of beaux-arts colossi that the university had constructed for its bicentennial in 1901. The Commons seemed to him like “a train station full of hundreds of people eating,” he recalls in his recently published business memoir, What It Takes. “The loneliness was crushing. Everything and everyone intimidated me.”

            Now Schwarzman, the multi-billionaire CEO of the Blackstone...

            https://newrepublic.com/article/155939/tragedy-yale-commons

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              Nonprofits say philanthropy alone can’t save services

              Posted by Lee Cruz on November 19, 2019 at 3:54pm
              By Keith M. Phaneuf | CT Mirror

              To paraphrase Connecticut’s private, nonprofit social service agencies: Gov. Ned Lamont just doesn’t get it.

              Frustration with Lamont, who rebuffed a request from nonprofits for $100 million of the state’s $2.5 billion reserve, recently surged after the governor urged the agencies to ask more from wealthy donors.

              Leaders of nonprofits, who provide the bulk of social services in Connecticut and will soon be asked to do more, were disheartened by that suggestion, saying it belies a fundamental misunderstanding of what they do...

              https://www.hartfordbusiness.com/article/nonprofits-say-philanthropy-alone-cant-save-services?fbclid=IwAR3uPXBDXJgwD7_k2thdSY-U24aJFSuLpUMBw57i86zXY_ZTyBccAYHiFpg

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                The Man With the $13 Billion Checkbook

                Posted by Lee Cruz on July 16, 2019 at 2:53pm
                John Leland

                By John Leland

                July 12, 2019

                From a tidy glass office in Midtown Manhattan, Darren Walker gives away $650 million a year of other people’s money, and is paid nicely to do so. When he got this job in 2013, as president of the Ford Foundation, he set his sights on tackling inequality.

                There were complications....

                https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/12/nyregion/darren-walker-ford-foundation.html

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                  Tito’s Vodka Gives Its Employees the Power to Choose Charities

                  Posted by Lee Cruz on July 17, 2019 at 1:45pm

                  The company gives each worker a budget to support nonprofits. It has limited its marketing budget in favor of giving more away to good causes...

                  https://www.philanthropy.com/article/Tito-s-Vodka-Gives-Its/246541

                  By Michael Anft

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                    The Dalios’ $100 million gift has strings attached

                    Posted by Lee Cruz on April 17, 2019 at 10:09am

                    Last week, Ray and Barbara Dalio announced their $100 million donation to support education and economic development in Connecticut. It’s an impressive amount, almost impossible for our struggling state to reject.

                    But it comes with strings attached...

                    https://www.courant.com/opinion/op-ed/hc-op-dalio-gift-pledge-data-20190417-di2nva3tmvg6jj7pctp46rw4wi-story.html

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                    Tags: education, funding, gift, metrics, philanthropy
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                      5 Lessons to Guide the Transition to a More Just Philanthropy

                      Posted by Lee Cruz on December 5, 2018 at 11:38am
                      By DANA KAWAOKA-CHEN | December 4, 2018

                      AnonMoos [Public domain], from Wikimedia Commons

                      As we prepare to close out 2018 and reflect upon the past year, it’s overwhelming to think about the countless crises that have erupted and disrupted communities around the country, including the growing incidence of extreme climate events, mounting wealth and income inequality, increasing urban displacement, gentrification, and families separated at the border. The rising tide of crises demonstrates the need for massive and systemic change...
                      https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2018/12/04/5-lessons-to-guide-the-transition-to-a-more-just-philanthropy/
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                        Island Preserved for Future Generations Gets Paid a Visit by New Haven Youth

                        Posted by The Community Foundation for GNH on August 13, 2018 at 4:40pm

                        13358900477?profile=originalFor 30 years, Elizabeth Hird was a pioneer in the local community for environmental preservation and education. Perhaps no single act demonstrated her commitment to environmental conservation as much as her donation of Outer Island to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 1995. 

                        Later on, Hird created the Outer Island Education and Research Fund at The Foundation to ensure protection of the island’s natural resources and to enable continued access to the island for educational and research activities. Donations made to the fund support the instructional, research and outreach programs about Outer Island which are administered by the Connecticut State University System. 
                         

                        In 2002, Hird bequeathed another piece of real estate – this time her home – with instructions that it be sold and its proceeds added to the Outer Island Fund. The fund is currently valued at over $2 million, ensuring that Outer Island will be preserved in its natural state and used for education and research by students, environmental agencies and others for years to come. 

                        Youth enrolled in Solar Youth 's Summer Camp are one of the many groups who benefit from island day trips and exploration. Become a kid again - watch them practice a humming meditation while studying periwinkles along the coastline.

                        Visit outerisland.org for more information about the research and education that goes on and friendsofouterisland.org for volunteer opportunities and upcoming events.

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                        "What Matters to You?"

                        Like Elizabeth, you or someone you know can create a lasting legacy through a permanent endowment that preserves your passions. To learn how to create your own donor advised fund, please contact Sharon Cappetta at scappetta@cfgnh.org or 203-777-7071.

                        This article is part of the Inspiration Monday story series produced by The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven.

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                          The Power of Small Givers

                          Posted by Lee Cruz on October 12, 2018 at 11:07am

                          The Ford Foundation was once described as “a large body of money…completely surrounded by people who want some.” It’s easy to look at a big pile of silver like a major foundation and think that’s what American philanthropy is all about.

                          But, actually, philanthropy in the U.S. is not just a story of moguls and big trusts. In fact, it’s not primarily about wealthy people at all.

                          https://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/philanthropy-magazine/article/the-power-of-small-givers

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                            Now We Will Come To Know Ourselves

                            Posted by The Community Foundation for GNH on August 24, 2017 at 5:24pm

                            Community Foundation President & CEO Will Ginsberg shares his thoughts about Charlottesville, New Haven and our community's future on The Foundation's blog.

                            The time of testing is upon us. Will we stand up to the powerful forces that would substitute hatred and demonization for the inclusive, unified and optimistic spirit of community that we have so painstakenly built over the decades? 

                            Read the post at #NHVCares Blog

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                              Ford had recently decided...it was going to work on inequality and nothing else.

                              Posted by Lee Cruz on December 28, 2015 at 11:45am

                              From: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/01/04/what-money-can-buy-profiles-larissa-macfarquhar

                              The urge to change the world is normally thwarted by a near-insurmountable barricade of obstacles: failure of imagination, failure of courage, bad governments, bad planning, incompetence, corruption, fecklessness, the laws of nations, the laws of physics, the weight of history, inertia of all sorts, psychological unsuitability on the part of the would-be changer, the resistance of people who would lose from the change, the resistance of people who would benefit from it, the seduction of activities other than world-changing, lack of practical knowledge, lack of political skill, and lack of money. Lack of money is a stubborn obstacle, but not as hopelessly unyielding as some of the others, and so would-be world-changers often set out to overcome it. Some try to raise money, but that can be depressing and futile. Others try to make money, but it’s hard to make enough. There is a third, more reliable way to overcome this obstacle, however, and that is to give away money that has already been made by somebody else, and has already been allocated to world-changing purposes. This is the way of the grant-makers of the Ford Foundation... continues

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                                ANNOUNCING THE GREAT GIVE® 2016 – MAY 3RD AND 4TH

                                Posted by The Community Foundation for GNH on March 29, 2016 at 11:30am

                                13358891659?profile=originalThe Community Foundation for Greater New Haven announces The Great Give® 2016, The Foundation’s seventh community-wide online giving event to raise funds for local nonprofits serving Greater New Haven. Over a 36-hour period from May 3 at 8:00 am to May 4 at 8:00 pm, gifts made to over 400 participating nonprofits will be eligible to be matched; more than $190,000 in matching funds and prizes for nonprofits is available. Grand prizes will be awarded to the nonprofits that attract the most number of individual donors ($15,000), get the greatest number of new donors ($10,000), raise the most money ($5,000) and more. Gifts will be matched on a pro-rated basis with additional funds by The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven and Valley Community Foundation. Local businesses and corporations, including Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Liberty Bank Foundation and others, are offering prize and match money during the 36 hours. Additional features for donors have been added. A list of participating nonprofits, prizes and rules is online at www.thegreatgive.org. 

                                The Great Give® is the annual giving online event on giveGreater.org®, a local resource for learning and giving created in 2010 by The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven to increase philanthropy in the Greater New Haven region of South Central Connecticut. Since its beginning giveGreater.org® has distributed over $4 Million to local nonprofits. Donors wishing to support their favorite cause or charity can visit giveGreater.org® to find information on local nonprofits, including their mission, governance, programs, financials and community impact. Donors can also stay connected by visiting www.facebook.com/givegreater and following @givegreater on Twitter. The Great Give® 2016 is being held in conjunction with Give Local America’s day of giving.

                                Thanks to the generosity of three generations of donors, The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven awarded over $30 million in grants and distributions in 2015 from charitable assets of more than $500 million and composed of hundreds of individually named funds. In addition to its grantmaking, The Community Foundation helps build a stronger community by taking measures to improve student achievement, create healthy families in New Haven, promote local philanthropy through www.giveGreater.org® and The Great Give®, and encourage better understanding of the region. The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven’s 20 town service area includes: Ansonia, Bethany, Branford, Cheshire, Derby, East Haven, Guilford, Hamden, Madison, Milford, New Haven, North Branford, North Haven, Orange, Oxford, Seymour, Shelton, Wallingford, West Haven and Woodbridge. For more information, visit www.cfgnh.org or follow The Foundation on Facebook (www.facebook.org/cfgnh) and Twitter (www.twitter.com/cfgnh).

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