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What Does It Take for Government to Reform Philanthropy? Yonis Hassan Found Out

Justice Fund Toronto pushed a law that's forcing Canadian millionaires to give away more of their money

Kevin McClendon
Magic Cabinet
What Does It Take for Government to Reform Philanthropy? Yonis Hassan Found OutWhat Does It Take for Government to Reform Philanthropy? Yonis Hassan Found Out
The Young Donors Driving Participatory Philanthropy

With $68 trillion on the line, young donors at Resource Generation and elsewhere are pushing grassroots models

Abigail Higgins and Ben Wrobel
Magic Cabinet
Are Young Philanthropists Driving Participatory Philanthropy? Are Young Philanthropists Driving Participatory Philanthropy?
Justice Funds is Bridging the Information Gap for Global South Activists

Paz Romero and Julia Chacur on the importance of sharing global grant opportunities

Proximate
Magic Cabinet
Justice Funds is Bridging the Information Gap for Global South ActivistsJustice Funds is Bridging the Information Gap for Global South Activists
Beyond Letting Go: Recentering Grassroots Leaders

This double issue takes two approaches to the question of how to shift power to the grassroots

Ben Wrobel and Meg Massey
Beyond Letting Go: Recentering Grassroots LeadersBeyond Letting Go: Recentering Grassroots Leaders
Philanthropy Needs to Trust the Real Experts — The People It Supports

Backlash to trust-based philanthropy has come out into the open; it's time for grassroots grantmaking leaders to respond

Cynthia M. Gibson, Lisa Pilar Cowan & Jocelynne Rainey
Magic Cabinet
Philanthropy Needs to Trust the Real Experts — The People It SupportsPhilanthropy Needs to Trust the Real Experts — The People It Supports
Is This Community Philanthropy’s Moment?

The second Shift The Power Summit gave voice to the community philanthropy movement. Will donors listen?

Ledys Sanjuan Mejía
Community Philanthropy, #ShiftThePower, Global Fund for Community Foundations
Magic Cabinet
Is This Community Philanthropy’s Moment?Is This Community Philanthropy’s Moment?
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