Is Family Philanthropy Ready for Adventures in New Giving? - Resources

2013 CoF Family Philanthropy Conference

Erin Barnes (ioby.org, @erinargyle), Nathaniel James (philanthrogeek.com, @Pg33k),

Tony Macklin (rahuntfdn.org, @tonymacklin1)

2013 Erin Barnes. Note – wine-colored labels are charitable orgs

Is Family Philanthropy Ready for Adventures in New Giving? - Resources

2013 CoF Family Philanthropy Conference

Erin Barnes (ioby.org, @erinargyle), Nathaniel James (philanthrogeek.com, @Pg33k),

Tony Macklin (rahuntfdn.org, @tonymacklin1)

Background and trends driving “new giving”

● Adventures in New Giving - previous blog by Nathaniel James

○ www.adventuresinnewgiving.com/2012/03/07/mapping-trends-in-philanthropy/

○ www.adventuresinnewgiving.com/2012/03/17/millenialphilanthropy/

● Blueprint reports and blog - by Lucy Bernholz describe the larger social economy (private capital

used for public good) (http://lucybernholz.com/)

● Crowdfunding Industry Report 2012 - by crowdsourcing.org (http://goo.gl/eFSQd)

● Giving 2.0: Getting Together to Give - by Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen

(http://www.ssireview.org/articles/entry/giving_2.0_getting_together_to_give)

● Homer Simpson for Nonprofits and Lisa Simpson for Nonprofits - by the Network for Good

summarize recent research into the behavioral economics and brain science of giving

(http://web.networkforgood.org/2011-03-ebook-lisa-simpson-ntc/)

● Millenial Impact Report 2012 - by Achieve Consulting (http://themillennialimpact.com/)

● Social Citizens - Case Foundation initiative to increase the effectiveness of fearless next

generation change makers, to inspire the inactive, and to influence the institutions where Social

Citizens live, work and play (www.socialcitizens.org/)

● The Emerging Philanthropic Web - 2010 Prezi by Christine Eggar (http://goo.gl/b9k5r)

● The Networked Nonprofit - 2010 book by Allison Fine and Beth Kanter describes the role of “free

agents” in philanthropy and social good, as does this Huffington Post article by Beth:

http://goo.gl/WFQ78

● The Value of Community Philanthropy - 2012 report by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation

and the Aga Khan Foundation USA

(www.mott.org/news/news/2012/20120301ValueOfCommunityPhilanthropy.aspx)

● Too Big to Be Awesome - entrepreneur Tim Hwang’s thoughts on the challenges of “big giving”

(http://goo.gl/HwTkV)

Graphic from Inclusive & Innovative Philanthropy: A Recommendation for Expanding Supply-Side of

the Community Foundations - white paper by Chanell Renee Scott, May 2012

Is Family Philanthropy Ready for Adventures in New Giving? - Resources

2013 CoF Family Philanthropy Conference

Erin Barnes (ioby.org, @erinargyle), Nathaniel James (philanthrogeek.com, @Pg33k),

Tony Macklin (rahuntfdn.org, @tonymacklin1)

Some practitioners of “microgiving”

● Awesome Foundation - a network of giving circles that make $1,000 grants for “micro-genius

grant for flashes of micro-brilliance.” Also see the PBS

● Community Investment Network - giving circles founded by communities of color

● Grassroots Grantmakers - a network of funders who use small grants to help everyday people

leading community improvement, often letting those people decide on the grants

● The Pollination Project - founded by a wealthy donor, provides a $1,000 seed grant to a different

individual change-maker every day

● Sunday Soup - a network of groups that fund small to medium sized creative projects through

community meals

Some crowdfunding favorites that are 501(c)(3)s

● Citizen Effect - citizen-led community improvement projects, mostly overseas

● DonorsChoose - classroom projects in public and charter schools in the U.S.

● GlobalGiving - vets and builds support for social entrepreneurs and small nonprofits

● ioby - brings environmental projects to life, block by block, creates community leaders

One way to look at the different forms of crowdfunding

(no endorsements implied...)

Gifts Loans

(sometimes “peer-to-

peer”)

Equity

Individuals’ needs GiveForward.com,

benevolent.net

prosper.com n/a

Projects & products

(artists, scientists,

entrepreneurs...)

“Rewards-based funding”

like Kickstarter; Cause-

related like

StartSomeGood and

Indiegogo

? n/a

Nonprofit operations

and charitable projects;

online social giving sites

ioby, DonorsChoose,

FirstGiving, Razoo,

Crowdrise, Neighbor.ly

? n/a

Business operations “Community-Supported

Enterprise” model

Kiva, Zidisha,

prosper.com,

Coming in 2013 with

new SEC guidelines