Sector Leadership

Thank you so much for joining us for the first webinar of our Demystifying Trust-Based Philanthropy series, “Does Trust-Based Philanthropy Mean Unconditional Trust?" If you missed the session or had to leave early, you can now access the recording or read the transcript .

Through this program, funders received: An update on the first year of the Missouri Office of Childhood and its Director, Dr. Pam Thomas via virtual webinar recording. An update on the establishment of the Gateway Early Childhood Alliance and its Director, Katie Rahn. A deeper understanding of existing public funds to support early childhood providers, barriers to accessing those funds, and the role philanthropy can play in closing gaps. An opportunity to share their own collaborative or individual funding efforts in the early child space.

This report features essential philanthropic research from all major sources in the industry by assessing key areas that nonprofit leaders and fundraisers may want to monitor as part of planning and strategy. Insight is offered on gift planning, high net worth giving, and emerging digital fundraising trends that are becoming more prominent in the philanthropic ecosystem.

This report examines how CEOs of U.S.-based foundations and nonprofits perceive the issue of climate change and how it will affect their work. Though 60 percent of those surveyed believe climate change is an urgent problem, a relatively small percentage of foundation dollars go toward efforts to address these issues. The research reveals that leaders of climate-focused nonprofits and foundations see opportunity for philanthropy to engage more deeply with the issue of climate change. The report contains a list of resources for funders as well as snapshots of both climate foundation leaders’...