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For-Profit News Outlets are Exploring Nonprofit Models

September 20, 2023

By Johnson Center for Philanthropy

As journalism’s traditional business model continues to stumble, many for-profit news outfits — legacy brands and 21st-century digital natives alike — are moving to explore, adapt, and adopt the nonprofit model.

Indigenous and Afro-descendent Ancestral Practices and Community Philanthropy in the Americas

September 12, 2023

By Johnson Center for Philanthropy

Indigenous communities in the Global South have long practiced reciprocal assistance to strengthen mutual trust, pool assets, build capacity, and help community members adapt to changing conditions and opportunities.

Rethinking What Capacity Building Should Be — and Who Should Decide

August 28, 2023

By Johnson Center for Philanthropy

As more nonprofits and funders look to further their impact and sustainability, power and equity are at the center of a growing movement to reimagine the language and practices of capacity building.

Disaster Philanthropy is Transitioning for the Long Haul

August 21, 2023

By Johnson Center for Philanthropy

As the frequency of natural disasters increases dramatically, philanthropic actors are rethinking how they engage over the long term to support community resilience, ecological health, and a justice-focused response.

New Organizational Structure Models are Toppling the Staff Pyramid

June 23, 2023

By Johnson Center for Philanthropy

Efforts to alleviate burnout and economic and workplace inequity are leading more nonprofits to look for opportunities to spread the work, responsibility, and credit among more staff — and even other organizations.

Comunidad y Familia: Translating Philanthropy Across Borders

June 15, 2023

By Johnson Center for Philanthropy

Michael Moody and Michael Layton share highlights from their recent trip to Mexico as part of a collaborative project exploring the intersections of community and family philanthropy in Latin America.

More Nonprofit Employees are Moving to Unionize

June 6, 2023

By Johnson Center for Philanthropy

After decades of declining enrollment, organized labor is back on workers’ minds — including in the nonprofit sector — as staff see unionization as a pathway to better pay, greater wellbeing, and increased equity.

Impact Investing: Lessons Learned from Practitioners and Advocates

May 22, 2023

By Johnson Center for Philanthropy

Volume 14, Issue 4 of The Foundation Review focuses on impact investing, sharing lessons learned from foundations whose investment portfolio is used to further its charitable mission while still achieving a financial return.

IRS Delays and Other Barriers to Data Mean Real Risks for Nonprofits

April 24, 2023

By Johnson Center for Philanthropy

Pandemic-driven delays in processing and release, as well as challenges in the data ecosystem itself are putting previous data accessibility gains in jeopardy.

Arab American Giving: Vibrant, Evolving, and Part of a Long History in the U.S.

April 18, 2023

By Johnson Center for Philanthropy

The Center for Arab American Philanthropy’s Mohamad Jaafar shares a brief history of giving in Arab American communities and highlights the key themes of Arab American philanthropy today.

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