The issues we cover in 11 Trends in Philanthropy for 2023 zoom in on how the forces rippling across the philanthropic ecosystem are playing out at the level of individual organizations. Public accountability, investment decisions, distributed leadership — these are questions that each person and each partnership must answer for itself.
Philanthropy is also getting organized and reorganized. Funding collaboratives, unionized labor, new governance structures — individual actors are making moves, coming together to cause change on a broader scale. As ideas and methods gain attention, they introduce yet more dynamism to the environment.
Today, we see this push-pull at work. In 2023 and beyond, we’ll see how it plays out.
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