Fresh Takes on Sector Change and Challenges
This issue of The Foundation Review addresses many of the major challenges that persist across the sector, from managing strategic shifts to the use of media to human resources.
Author: Johnson Center for Philanthropy
11 Trends in Philanthropy for 2023
Our 2023 Trends report examines topics including collaborative funding, data accessibility, ESG, unionization, nonprofit new media, mission accountability, and more.
Expanding the Definitions of Philanthropy and Philanthropist
The overlapping challenges of a global pandemic and inchoate racial reckoning have provided an opportunity to redefine our conceptions of philanthropy.
Top 10 Blogs of 2022
This year’s list of most-read blog posts reveals a desire across the philanthropic sector to move beyond the pre-pandemic status quo — to find and adopt new ways of growing ourselves and our communities so that, together, we can thrive.
A Comprehensive Field Scan of Youth Philanthropy to Inform its Support and Development
Camille Gerville-Reache shares research that examines how youth engagement improves philanthropy. She highlights the need for greater support and representation of young people in philanthropy.
Increasing Attention to the Decline in Household Giving to Nonprofits
The number of U.S. households giving financially to charity dropped below 50% for the first time in 2018. The decrease has raised alarm bells across the sector and is prompting efforts to understand and reverse the trend.
Supporting Health Equity in Michigan Communities
Groundwork’s Melanie Wong shares how her organization is using data from a new Johnson Center report to inform their work toward greater health equity and opportunity in Michigan communities.
Philanthropy’s Role in Transitioning Our Inequitable Economy
Ahead of the 2022 EconCon Presents conference, Research Associate Trish Abalo reflects on her experience attending EconCon 2021, a conference focused on building an economy that works for everyone.
Philanthropy 1992–2022: Research and Teaching Capacity Grew… But Not to the Level of Our Ambitions
As part of the Johnson Center’s 30th anniversary, Michael Moody reflects on what philanthropy looked like 30 years ago and highlights the remarkable transformation and growth of the sector since 1992. (Part 4 of 4)
Philanthropy 1992–2022: Shifts in the Sector Reflected National Events and Cultural Change
As part of the Johnson Center’s 30th anniversary, Michael Moody reflects on what philanthropy looked like 30 years ago and highlights the remarkable transformation and growth of the sector since 1992. (Part 3 of 4)