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.
- Perceptions about rural America are often inaccurate, and deny the fact that “rural America is both incubator and innovator when it comes to creating and maintaining civil society.” The Stanford Social Innovation Review describes five ways in which rural communities teach key lessons about civil society, as they show the many ways in a local understanding of ways to address common social issues can create a ripple effect of positive, community-wide impact. Read the 5 key lessons here!
- Examining sources of “friction,” or sticking points in philanthropy, this article from the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy looks at ways in which funders can smooth areas of conflict in grantmaking. From simplifying grant reporting to delivering capacity-building services, there are several ways to improve relationships between funders and grantees that help create a more “frictionless philanthropy.”
- The Funders Census Initiative is conducting a briefing series on Census 2020 Messaging test results, taking place in September. If you want to stay up-to-date on current issues involving the 2020 Census, you can register for the webinars here
- With more individuals turning to donor-advised funds, is there opportunity to combine impact investing and DAFS? This article from Inside Philanthropy gets thoughts from ten experts in impact investing and DAFS to examine how the two can connect. Read more here
- This toolkit for building great funder-nonprofit relationships from Exponent Philanthropy walks through the hallmarks of great relationships, self-diagnostics to help identify areas in need of improvement, and relationship improving skills. Download your copy 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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