The Coming Paradigm Shift in Philanthropy: It's Not About the Money

From onPhilanthropy.com

Historically and largely still, philanthropy is about the transfer of money from the individual with it to the individuals without it. The currency behind the relationship is that of a gift: a voluntary transfer of value from giver to recipient without compensation. However, we are in the midst of a paradigmatic shift in philanthropy. The shift is not about money. It is about the entire structure of thinking and approach to problem-solving. The new paradigm implies new skills, new relationships, new pathways of accountability, new standards of performance, and new criteria for decision making. These imply a very, very different kind of culture than in traditional gift-making approaches.

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