This is our final installment of the three-part blog on philanthropy trends we’re seeing; don’t forget to go back and read our first and second sections if you’ve missed them. Donor Advised Funds. Increasingly, individuals are utilizing donor advised funds in lieu of foundations to address a variety of needs (from anonymity, family generational issues,…
We are continuing our three-part blog on the philanthropy trends we’re seeing, and how nonprofits can best position themselves to take advantage of them. Nonprofit Mergers. There is a tremendous interest from the foundation community in seeing mergers and acquisitions. The Weingart Foundation has led this with the Nonprofit Sustainability Initiative and recently we saw…
By working on both sides of the ‘philanthropy wall’, Starfish Impact team members have the unique ability to understand what nonprofits and their funders want. A common question we get is, ‘what’s coming down the pike in philanthropy?” In this three part post, we’ll describe a few of the philanthropy trends we expect, and how…