Empowering Students with Real-life Experiences
Read about the Spring 2024 course Philanthropy for Sustainable Development here.
How Trust Works and To Whom It Is Owed
PACS Associate Directors of Research Aaron Horvath and Micah McElroy published “How Trust Works and To Whom It Is Owed” as a response to Bridgespan’s essay “The Trust-Based Philanthropy Conundrum: Toward Donor-Doer Relationships That Drive Impact” as part of Bridgespan’s Perspectives from the Field.
5 Ways Philanthropy Can Build the Rising Generation’s Financial Skills
Author Abby Axelrod-Wunderman, Philanthropic Director, Family Office Services, Foundations and Endowment The good of philanthropy can extend beyond serving your communities. It can build the business and financial acumen of your children and other family members. Philanthropy offers lessons in money management and organization. It reinforces the value of work. It also enhances professional skills such as communication and accountability….
Education for Philanthropy Professionals Course
The EPLI team is excited to host its Education for Philanthropy Professionals (EPP) course this May. This six-day course provides an in-depth learning experience led by Stanford PACS’s team of researchers and outside experts in the field. Participants will leave the course with the essential tools and knowledge they need to practice effective philanthropy with confidence in their work. This…
Making the Biggest Difference You Can
The Effective Philanthropy Learning Initiative (EPLI) is committed, above all, to supporting wise stewardship of resources. With the many human and environmental crises before us, the multiplicity of worthy causes to give to, and the sincere desire of many donors to do great good, there are a few core practices of effective grantmaking that our experience shows consistently improve impact:…
New Position: Program and Education Manager, Effective Philanthropy Learning Initiative, Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society
The School of Humanities and Sciences (H&S) is the foundation of a liberal arts education at Stanford. The school encompasses 23 departments and 25 interdisciplinary programs. H&S is home to fundamental and applied research, where free, open, and critical inquiry is pursued across disciplines. As the university’s largest school, H&S is the foundation of a Stanford undergraduate education, no matter…
The Guide to Effective Philanthropy for Latin America
We are pleased to share this Spanish-language adaptation of EPLI’s Guide to Effective Philanthropy, which is entitled La Guía de Filantropía Efectiva para América Latina, created in collaboration with Stanford PACS and el Centro de Filantropía e Inversiones Sociales, (CEFIS UAI) and a committee of experts on Latin American philanthropy and social impact. For more information about CEFIS UAI, click here [LINK: https://cefis.uai.cl/].
Perpetual launches Australian Philanthropy Toolkit with Stanford
Perpetual Private has launched an Australian Philanthropy Toolkit (the Toolkit) as part of its ongoingpartnership with the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (Stanford PACS), based inCalifornia, USA. Developed by Stanford PACS and adapted for the Australian market by Perpetual, the Toolkit is the firstof its kind in Australia, providing a practical step-by-step resource designed to help individuals, familiesand…
Call for High-Earning Individuals to Participate in Research
A team of researchers at the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (PACS) is studying the ways that high-income individuals develop professional identities, think about their financial capacity, and decide whether and how to participate in charitable giving. We are looking for individuals to participate in our research efforts by agreeing to be interviewed by a member of the…
Donor Advised Funds Webinar – Most Frequently Asked Questions
By Paul Brest and Erinn Andrews, Effective Philanthropy Learning Initiative, Stanford PACS Thank you to the 1,127 participants of our DAF webinar on May 14! We greatly appreciated the quality as well as quantity (almost 250) of your questions, and will respond to some of them here that we couldn’t answer during the live event. As background, the webinar was…
Available Now: Philanthropist Resource Guide (PRG)
The Effective Philanthropy Learning Initiative (EPLI) at the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (PACS) launches the Philanthropist Resource Guide (PRG). The PRG comprises of approximately 200 organizations across the United States that work to support the philanthropic activities of high net worth (HNW) donors. The tool will enable HNW donors to discover new sources of support for their philanthropic journey, help…
Business Gurus Shortlisted for Oscars of Management Thinking
We’re excited to announce that Johanna Mair and Christian Seelos, co-authors of the book, Innovation and Scaling for Impact, have been shortlisted for the Thinkers50 Innovation Award, which recognizes thinkers who have contributed the most to our understanding of innovation over the last two years. The event celebrates the very best in global business leaders! You can read the full list of…