Report // 11 Trends in Philanthropy for 2026
Our Tenth Annual Edition
For this tenth edition of our Trends report, rather than identifying a wholly new set of emerging trends, we have turned our attention backward to reflect on the themes that have shaped our sector over the past decade, and to name both enduring shifts and new developments.
This reflective lens is an acknowledgment of the moment we find ourselves in — a moment of hyper disruption, that combines both great anxiety about where we are headed and great possibility for what could come next.
We encourage you to look back with us at what we have learned and carry those lessons forward. To ask better questions. To celebrate our strengths while acknowledging the complexity of the systems we are trying to impact. To weave together research, data, stories, and conversations in an effort to make sense of the world we are living in. And, as this 11 Trends project has always aimed to do, to offer ideas — not answers — about what might come next.