Image Credit: Diva Plavalaguna on pexels.com Philanthropy comes in many forms. For over a decade, Black Philanthropy Month has been a time of reflection on Black philanthropists’ contributions—including the contributions of Black liberation movements. As an American-born, Vietnamese philanthropic professional, this annual convening in August prompts me to reflect not only on the financial and political contributions
Look at you, dear fundraiser! Ready to strut in 2023 like you own the place. Yay, you! That gorgeous clean slate of the year in front of you is positively sparkling. You’ve got big plans. No doubt you are planning to raise more than before, but how will you get there? I’m sharing 5 New
Image Credit: Sabri Tuzcu on unsplash.com The 9/11 terrorist attack and the Twin Towers’ destruction was a monumental tragedy. Almost 3,000 workers lost their lives, and many more lost their livelihoods. Windows on the World, the restaurant atop Tower One, lost 73 restaurant workers. With assistance from their local union, surviving workers did not give up. The Restaurant Opportunities
In this Microfilm Series from Edge Studios, writer and director Saphia Suarez proposes three tenets for people of color in the nonprofit sector. In the first microfilm installment, an overstepping funder is tried in a reparations and restoration trial. In the second, a group of friends discusses how people of color are raising the standard. In
Ever wonder what it takes to raise millions of dollars from individual donors? What do frontline fundraisers whose portfolio includes high capacity major donors do differently than those who rely primarily on foundation grants? What strategies do they use to get a high net worth prospect from the introduction phase to saying “yes” to a
