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Building a Philanthropy Canon

What would you say if you were asked to come up with a list of the most important resources related to philanthropy? Would you emphasize history and philosophy,or hands-on,practical advice? How would you balance different ideological perspectives on philanthropy’s role? Adin Miller,Senior Director of Community Impact and Innovations at the Jewish Community [...]

Perspectives on Grantmaker Learning – And How LearnPhilanthropy is Learning From Them!

By Dara Major

The specific learning needs of grantmakers can vary quite a bit,depending on mission,goals,structure and context and,ultimately,individual roles and competencies.

We’ve scanned the sector for existing,high-quality frameworks that illustrate a range of perspectives on roles and competencies in a variety of operating contexts,with the understanding that [...]

Building LearnPhilanthropy’s Catalogue:Observations (Yours and Ours)

what are the right buckets for organizing information?

By Dara Major

The poet Wallace Stevens once said,“Reality is a cliché from which we escape by metaphor.”

Catalogues are about reality. Classification,fixed concepts and fixed significance.

As philanthropic practitioners know,however,grantmaking –in some areas –defies easy classification.

At LearnPhilanthropy,we’re [...]

Falling into Philanthropy;Wandering into Learning

Ask someone how they came to work in a foundation and more often than not you’ll get a laugh and hear something about “falling into philanthropy.” It’s as though the world of grantmaking were a large,unexpected hole in the ground that,fortunately,just happens to open into a really comfy [...]

Building a Philanthropy Canon

Perspectives on Grantmaker Learning – And How LearnPhilanthropy is Learning From Them!

Building LearnPhilanthropy’s Catalogue:Observations (Yours and Ours)

Falling into Philanthropy;Wandering into Learning

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