Strategy Resilience: Getting Wise About Philanthropic Strategy in a Post-Pandemic World

Many are also adopting new practices, such as providing unrestricted support, reducing asks of nonprofit partners, pooling funding, and prioritizing community listening (Council on Foundations, 2020). At the core of this theory is the assumption that given today's complexities, philanthropy mus...

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Published in:The foundation review 2021-06, Vol.13 (2), p.51-63
Main Authors: Lynn, Jewlya, Nolan, Clare, Waring, Peter
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation
Community
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Funding
Pandemics
Philanthropy
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Summary:Many are also adopting new practices, such as providing unrestricted support, reducing asks of nonprofit partners, pooling funding, and prioritizing community listening (Council on Foundations, 2020). At the core of this theory is the assumption that given today's complexities, philanthropy must use its power differently - releasing control over organizations and their change strategies while using its unique position, reach, and voice to work in solidarity with community leaders. Problems like climate change, human rights abuses, forced labor, homelessness, hunger, gun violence, systemic racism, the threat of nuclear weapons, and mass incarceration are the result of interconnected causes and cannot be meaningfully addressed with programmatic solutions. Patrizi & Heid Thompson (2011) have hinted at what this rebalancing can look like: "Foundations need a core set of partners in strategy development, negotiation, and debate - partners who have the experience and knowledge necessary for successful implementation and who can productively challenge foundation assumptions" (p. 56).
ISSN:1944-5660
1944-5660
1944-5679
DOI:10.9707/1944-5660.1564