This series explores the ideas Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation, advances in a new book, From Generosity to Justice: A New Gospel of Wealth.
We hope readers will chime in with their own ideas about how to update the giving philosophy Andrew Carnegie advanced in his essays on wealth. Use our comments section to share your thoughts.
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21st Century Gospel of WealthA Focus on Strengthening Leaders Is Key to Advancing Justice
Laurene Powell Jobs’s philanthropy focuses on offering general operating support, leadership training, communications support, and inspiration and self-care for social-justice leaders. And it makes small grants at times, such as small financial incentives to families that take in people who just left prison. -
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Pressing for Social Justice Is Essential, Says Laura Arnold, but Here’s What Makes It Hard for Megadonors
Laura Arnold, a Giving Pledge, says traditional approaches to philanthropy provide instant gratification from a person who got help while seeking systemic change is a battle that takes a long time and can get nasty. Still, she says, philanthropists are in the best position to fight for new approaches, even controversial ones, because they don’t have to worry about protecting their brand as business leaders and politicians do. -
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We Should Have Tough Conversations About Justice and Inequality (Opinion)
Foundations need to move away from simply writing checks and find new ways to lift up and support the organizations and people they fund. -
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How Philanthropy Can Shape the 21st Century Gospel of Wealth: a Move From Generosity to Justice (Opinion)
Thoughts on how to respond to this moment of polarization, divisiveness, and inequality.
