One of the clearest trends on the institutional side of the nonprofit sector is the push toward diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investments. As we observed in a previous blog post, philanthropic investors have never had a wider range of options when it comes to building their portfolios, and…
Family offices exist to help wealthy clients manage their resources, which means they’re often responsible for allocating philanthropic contributions. Considering the fact that these offices manage trillions of dollars in assets and the vast majority are engaged in philanthropy, their investments have an opportunity to make a powerful impact. This is why it’s essential for…
Our past two blog posts have discussed what purpose-driven connections are and how they can be used to make communities (and the nonprofit sector itself) more equitable. Now we’ll turn to the operational aspects of purpose-driven connections: how organizations can establish and sustain them, as well as how they can be used to scale impact. …
In our previous blog post, we defined purpose-driven connections and examined why they’re so essential for the nonprofit sector. Purpose-driven connections are always focused on securing positive outcomes for communities, which means organizations have to incorporate feedback from a wide range of stakeholders and implement programs that are directly aligned with a community’s most pressing…
The nonprofit sector is built on collaboration. Nonprofits forge relationships with community stakeholders, grantors, the private sector, and other organizations to scale impact as quickly and sustainably as possible. One way to think about the cultivation of these relationships is through the lens of purpose-driven connections: partnerships which bring stakeholders together around shared values and…
The most effective nonprofits leverage the support of a wide range of community stakeholders to drive sustainable, systemic change. While many organizations are moving in this direction, Los Angeles-based Liberty Hill has always recognized that bringing communities together around the biggest issues they face is the only way to catalyze long-term social progress. Liberty Hill…