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Op-Ed: Philanthropy Must Address Structural Inequities

April 1, 2022 Steve Mayer

Op-Ed: Philanthropy Must Address Structural Inequities (pdf) See also Pathways to Progress: Moving Philanthropy Closer to Social Justice and Racial Equity. Developed with support from the Ford Foundation. By Steven E. Mayer, Ph.D. / Effective Communities […]

Downsides to Philanthropy: The Way We Think About Charity Is Dead Wrong

November 5, 2020 Steve Mayer

There are downsides to philanthropy as well as its well-publicized upsides. Philanthropy has a Jekyll and Hyde approach to benefiting communities and society: talking big but releasing only a trickle of cash on terrible terms […]