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community organizing

Democracy hangs in the balance. Nonprofit and philanthropy need to stop being neutral.

Hi everyone, apologies for the likely brusque tone of this week’s post. Like many of you, I am shaken by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg; may her memory be a blessing. It is hard for us to celebrate the life of an extraordinary (and imperfect) leader when

Funder Relations

Not showing the salary range in job postings is archaic and inequitable. So why do we keep doing it?

Hi everyone, quick reminder, if you’re free next Monday 9/21 at 11am PT, join me on this webinar to discuss wealth hoarding and tax avoidance. We’ll be focused on these questions: “What are the current rules governing philanthropy, especially foundations and donor-advised funds? How do these operate

Donor Relations

Wealth hoarding, tax avoidance, and how nonprofits are complicit

Happy September, everyone. Holy hummus, it’s September! Fellow parents with school-age children, I hope you are doing ok. Hang in there. We’ll make it through this together. When things get tough with virtual schooling, just remember the old adage: “The days are long, but the years are—You

nonprofit field

Nonprofit and philanthropy and our bad habit of “both-siding” inequity and injustice

Happy Monday, everyone, or as happy as it can be given that it’s 2020 and we’re all likely in a computer simulation run by a sadistic toddler. An announcement before we begin today’s serious post: The Community-Centric Fundraising (CCF) Slack community is growing and now has over

Cultural Competency

"There Can Only Be One" Syndrome and how people of color can also uphold white supremacy and injustice

[Update: After this post's publication, colleagues pointed out that the term "Highlander Syndrome" is confusing and may negatively affect the work of the amazing Highlander Research and Education Center, so I am temporarily renaming it to "There Can Only Be One" Syndrome, OBO Syndrome

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25 proverbs, rewritten for nonprofit and philanthropy

Hi everyone, quick announcement: If you are interested in forming a community-centric fundraising local affinity group in your area, please register to join me and some other folks this Thursday, 8/20 at 12pm PT. Meanwhile, check out some new content on the CCF Hub, including “Reparations: How we white

community organizing

How philanthropy fails to support its greatest assets, BIPOC leaders, and what it should do about it

Hi everyone, real quick before I get into today's topic---since the launching of the Community-Centric-Fundraising movement a month ago, the team in Seattle has been excited but also overwhelmed by the incredible response from you all! Thank you for your patience as we sort out the logistics. More

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9 crappy paradoxes that shape nonprofit and philanthropy

Hi everyone, quick announcement: Please put August 10th at 12:00pm Pacific Time on your calendar for Community-Centric Fundraising’s first town hall meeting. Sign up here and we'll send you the zoom link. Until then, the (CCF) Hub is designed to provide alternatives to our default white-centric

Community Engagement

Toxic intellectualization: How progressives’ addiction to overthinking is sabotaging our work

Hi everyone, quick announcement: if you are a funder, please join this webinar this Wednesday 7/29 at 1pm ET, led by NDLON and Hispanics in Philanthropy, where you will hear about the impact the pandemic has had on day laborers, domestic workers, and other low-wage earners, the organizations that

nonprofit field

It’s OK to feel like crap right now

Hi everyone, before I get into this week’s topic, thank you to the 2,700+ colleagues who attended last week’s Community-Centric Fundraising launch event, “Let’s Make Fundraising Less Racist!” The excitement was so much that we crashed several websites. If you missed it, here’s the recording.

Community Engagement

Why we need to move away from empathy in our fundraising approach

Happy Monday, everyone. I hope to see you at the Community Centric Fundraising’s launch event today at 11a PDT (you can still register to join). If you can’t be there, please sign up to get more information on future events. Our next one, on 7/24, will be

Board Relations

The default nonprofit board model is archaic and toxic; let’s try some new models

Hi everyone, before we dive into today’s post, two quick announcements. My friend, the awesome Kishshana Palmer, and I are having an Instagram Live conversation, Rooted AF, tomorrow July 7th, at 5:30pm ET. These Live events are unscripted conversations where we discuss whatever is on our minds, so

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