The Friday Rewind offers a snapshot of PhilanthroNews — that means news stories, articles, events of note, or information updates — from around our network and throughout the broad world of philanthropy. Whether you take a quick skim of the material or a deep dive through each item we hope to help inform your work and inspire your thinking.
- Giving Tuesday is now in its fifth year and this year’s campaign produced record-shattering donations. The organization credited with launching the event in 2012 said that contributions reported by organizations in the US and abroad for a 24-hour period total $168 million — up from $117 million in 2015. Read the Full Story Here.
- Does investing a lot in a “moon shot” provide a higher social ROI than spreading your chips around? Forbes partnered with Bridgespan to determine whether big gifts aimed at social change had the impact they intended by evaluating and ranking some of the last year’s biggest (and riskiest) gifts. Read the Full Story Here.
- The National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy released their report on the philanthropic landscape and characteristics of 2016 called Pennies for Progress. The report indicated a boom for philanthropy on the whole, but a bust when it relates to social justice issues. Read the Full Report Here.
- SAVE THE DATE: Announcing the dates for the 2017 Foundations on the Hill event! Join me and your colleagues as we travel to Capital Hill from March 20th – 22nd to visit with lawmakers. Stay tuned for more details, but check out the FOTH website to learn more and register. See the Website Here.
Friday Rewind is published each Friday by NY Funders Alliance staff. To submit a story for the Friday Rewind, please email programs@nyfunders.org.
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