KeMeK Philanthropy

Author: Gabriela Alcalde

Trust, Transparency, and Resilience: How a Multiyear Grants Budget Benefits Grantees and Foundation Staff

Apr 24, 2025

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Four years ago, the Sewall Foundation decided to tackle an incongruence in our practice of trust-based philanthropy: how to make multiyear grants within a structure of single-year grants budgets. The […] The post Trust, Transparency, and Resilience: How a Multiyear Grants Budget Benefits Grantees and Foundation Staff appeared first on The Center for Effective Philanthropy.…
Resilience of Nonprofits Serving or Led by People of Color During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Apr 24, 2025

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Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. This study aims to understand whether POC-serving or POC-led nonprofits (nonprofits serving or led by people of color) had disparate experiences during the pandemic. Data (The data collected for this study are not publicly available due to ethical and … Goto full post >>
Spending Stories: Moving from Perpetuity to Purpose

Apr 22, 2025

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Individualism. Competition. Risk aversion. Short-termism. Scarcity. Presumed expertise. Many of the norms by which philanthropy operates perpetuate the very narratives our sector seeks to change. In this series on the CEP […] The post Spending Stories: Moving from Perpetuity to Purpose appeared first on The Center for Effective Philanthropy. Goto full post >>
Filling the Social Welfare Gap: The Impact of a Nonprofit’s Guaranteed Income Program for Artists

Apr 19, 2025

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Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Young theorized that nonprofits can serve a supplementary role by addressing unmet demands that fall outside the scope of existing government programs. However, empirical evidence testing the supplementary role of nonprofits is limited, and even less is … Goto full post >>
Understanding Job Satisfaction and Burnout in Nonprofits: The Critical Role of Communication and Leadership

Apr 19, 2025

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Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. In recent years, there has been an acute need in nonprofit organizations to better understand what affects employee job satisfaction and burnout and to bolster employee morale and retention. This study analyzes survey data from 239 employees at two … Goto full post >>
Positioning and Repositioning: What if What We Inherited Doesn’t Have to Be the Legacy We Leave?

Apr 17, 2025

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Individualism. Competition. Risk aversion. Short-termism. Scarcity. Presumed expertise. Many of the norms by which philanthropy operates perpetuate the very narratives our sector seeks to change. In this series on the CEP […] The post Positioning and Repositioning: What if What We Inherited Doesn’t Have to Be the Legacy We Leave? appeared first on The Center for…
How Can You Know If You Don’t Ask? Nonprofits Report Primary Concerns in Recent CEP Surveys

Apr 15, 2025

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In uncertain times, strong relationships matter more than ever. We’d argue that it’s nearly impossible to build genuinely strong relationships with grantees if you’re not asking them about their challenges […] The post How Can You Know If You Don’t Ask? Nonprofits Report Primary Concerns in Recent CEP Surveys appeared first on The Center for…
Book Review: Preparing leaders of nonprofit organizations: Contemporary perspectives

Apr 14, 2025

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Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Goto full post >>
Examining the Association Between State Lobbying Regulations and Nonprofit Lobbying Expenditures

Apr 12, 2025

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Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Newly released data on 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations’ lobbying expenditures shows that these organizations have increasingly engaged in lobbying over the past several decades. However, over roughly the same period, states have adopted increasingly … Goto full post >>
Book Review: Pursuing impact: Mission-driven strategic planning for nonprofits

Apr 12, 2025

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Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Goto full post >>
A Path to Repair: What if Philanthropy Wasn’t About Giving Away Money, but Returning It?

Apr 10, 2025

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Individualism. Competition. Risk aversion. Short-termism. Scarcity. Presumed expertise. Many of the norms by which philanthropy operates perpetuate the very narratives our sector seeks to change. In this series on the CEP […] The post A Path to Repair: What if Philanthropy Wasn’t About Giving Away Money, but Returning It? appeared first on The Center for Effective…
Our Task Ahead: Reclaiming Revolutionary Struggle in Atlanta and the South

Apr 10, 2025

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This article was originally published by NPQ online on March 26, 2025 at https://nonprofitquarterly.org/our-task-ahead-reclaiming-revolutionary-struggle-in-atlanta-and-the-south/. Used with permission. State of the Movements is a recurring NPQ column dedicated to tracking the pulse of social movements and the solidarity economy in 2025. “As goes the South, so goes the nation.” This maxim may not yet be standard among political analysts, but its truth…
Responding to the Current Context: Resources for Funders

Apr 9, 2025

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The change in presidential administrations has created new challenges for funders and the nonprofits whose work they support. Executive actions have targeted DEI and mis-characterized the work of nonprofit organizations; […] The post Responding to the Current Context: Resources for Funders appeared first on The Center for Effective Philanthropy. Goto full post >>
Roundtable Betrays Its Own Values of Philanthropic Freedom

Apr 8, 2025

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Roundtable Betrays Its Own Values of Philanthropic Freedom CONTACT(S): Russell Roybal rroybal@ncrp.org Jennifer Amuzie jamuzie@ncrp.org By defining themselves as the champion of philanthropic freedom in an era of censorship and liberal overreach the Philanthropy Roundtable has attracted $67 million dollars of…
Moving Towards Respect and Redistribution: A Reflection on the Power of Sharing and Giving from Three Indigenous Peoples Organizations

Apr 3, 2025

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Despite proven effectiveness, Indigenous Peoples organizations remain underfunded compared to mainstream philanthropic initiatives. Structural barriers and lack of trust within the funding landscape — such as rigid grant requirements, short-term […] The post Moving Towards Respect and Redistribution: A Reflection on the Power of Sharing and Giving from Three Indigenous Peoples Organizations appeared first on…
Cross-pollinating resistance to the tech economy – an excerpt from Defying Displacement

Apr 2, 2025

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The following is an excerpt adapted from Defying Displacement: Urban Recomposition and Social War (IAS/AK Press, 2024). Appropriating the planet In a fragment by Jorge Luis Borges, successive generations of cartographers create increasingly exacting maps of China. Their maps grow steadily larger to incorporate more and more minute details until “the Cartographers Guilds struck a Map of…
It’s Time for Funders to Move Into Swift Alignment With Movements — Participatory Processes Can Help

Apr 1, 2025

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As we collectively navigate a new political reality that has devalued and divested from equity, justice, and inclusion, funders must interrogate how we think about movement impact and progress. Community […] The post It’s Time for Funders to Move Into Swift Alignment With Movements — Participatory Processes Can Help appeared first on The Center for…
To Weather the Storm, We Must Support ‘Movements’ Over ‘Moments’

Mar 27, 2025

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In the last few years, our country has experienced turbulent times that have left indelible marks on our collective psyche. We witnessed the COVID-19 pandemic, a crisis that gripped the […] The post To Weather the Storm, We Must Support ‘Movements’ Over ‘Moments’ appeared first on The Center for Effective Philanthropy. Goto full post >>
A Look Back at Cracks in the Foundation: one year later, what have we learned?

Mar 25, 2025

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Earlier this month, a new law in the District of Columbia went into effect that will allow the D.C Council to study the possibility of reparations for Black residents descended from enslaved people or otherwise affected by Jim Crow-era policies such as discriminatory housing and employment practices. This law is yet another win for the reparations movement…
A Wave Forming? Funders Taking Action in Response to a Challenging Context

Mar 25, 2025

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It’s clear that nonprofits are looking for more support from their foundation funders, in both words and deeds, as they grapple with a Trump administration that seems hell-bent on going […] The post A Wave Forming? Funders Taking Action in Response to a Challenging Context appeared first on The Center for Effective Philanthropy. Goto full…