Resources

These links to advisors, organizations, books, articles, speeches, and resources for youth are an introduction to some of those working to democratize philanthropy and explore innovative ways to give money.

The resources below are working in a wide variety of ways to transform philanthropy:

 

Finding a Philanthropic Coach

These two Advisors are available to offer further information for philanthropists and foundations who are ready to start their own Flow Fund Circles:

 

Organizations

Bolder Giving  www.boldergiving.org
Bread for the Journey  www.breadforthejourney.blog
Changemakers 
Changemakers Australia  www.changemakers.org.au
Charity Focus  www.charityfocus.org
Do Something.org  www.dosomething.org
Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy (EPIP) www.epip.org
Inspired Legacies www.inspiredlegacies.org
Fetzer Institute  www.fetzer.org
Funding Exchange www.fex.org
Global Fund for Women www.globalfundforwomen.org
Global Greengrants Fund www.greengrants.org
Grantmakers without Borders   www.internationaldonors.org
Heifer Project International www.heifer.org
Institute for Philanthropy 
International Network of Women’s Funds  www.prospera-inwf.org
Jewish Funders Network www.jfunders.org
Mama Cash www.mamacash.org
More than Money  www.morethanmoney.org
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy www.ncrp.org/
National Network of Consultants to Grantmakers www.nncg.org/
Neighborhood Funders Group www.nfg.org
Reimagine Money medium.com/reimagine-money
RSF Social Finance www.rsfsocialfinance.org
Seva Foundation www.seva.org
SmartLink
Third Wave Fund, www.thirdwavefund.org
Threshold Foundation  www.thresholdfoundation.org
Women Donor’s Network  www.womendonors.org
Women’s Funding Network www.womensfundingnetwork.org
YES! www.yesworld.org
Youthgive  
Youth on Board
Zing Foundation 

For a more complete list of U.S. organizations, see: “Social Change Foundations and Community-based Philanthropy: A State-by-State Guide” 

 

Books, Magazines and Journals

Creating Change through Family Philanthropy: The Next Generation by Alison Goldberg and Karen Pittelman, Soft Skull Press, 2007 

Inspired Philanthropy, Your Step-by-Step Guide to Creating a Giving Plan & Leaving a Legacy, 3rd edition, by Tracy Gary with forward by Suze Orman , Jossey Bass, 2007

Money and the Meaning of Life by Jacob Needleman, Doubleday, 1991.

More than Money Magazine 

The Giving Family: Raising Our Children to Help Others, by Susan Price, Council on Foundations, 2001.

The Soul of Money by Lynne Twist, WW Norton, 2003

We Gave Away a Fortune, by Christopher Mogil and Peter Woodrow, New Society Publishers, 1991

 

Articles

Article: “Intuition, Trust, and a Great River of Money” by Chet Tchozewski, Executive Director of Global Greengrants Fund

“Social Change Philanthropy and How It’s Done” by Alison Goldberg

“Social Change Philanthropy” by Lisa Tracy and Tracy Gary

 

Reports, presentations, speeches

"Transformational Philanthropy: An Exploration", by Duane Elgin and Elizabeth Share with John Levy and Tracy Gary

Looking Out for the Future: An Orientation for Twenty-first Century Philanthropists The Future of Philanthropy's Final Report

“The Power and Role of Intuition in Powerful Grantmaking” from Council on Foundations Conference, April 10, 2005.

“Transformational Philanthropy: Celebrating 15 Years with TPI” by The Philanthropic Initiative

 

Curricula, Games and Youth

Community-based Youth Philanthropy, Every Voice in Action Foundation

Creating Tomorrow's Philanthropists: Curriculum Development for Youth: New Directions for Philanthropic Fundraising, No. 36  by Patriciat O. Bjorhovde (Editor) Jossey Bass, 2003

Karma Tycoon - A game created by DoSomething.org

Learning to Give: A K-12 curriculum on giving, volunteering and philanthropy for teachers and parents  www.learningtogive.org

Roots & Shoots a Program of the Jane Goodall Institute

ru MAD (Are You Making A Difference?) 

Ryan’s Well Foundation and DVD

The Word for Me Is Philanthropy, Community Partnerships with Youth