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The Philanthropic

Nearly 20 years raising millions for equity-centered causes. Founder of Quarrie Development Group. Writing honestly about how philanthropy actually works; the funding dynamics, the leadership decisions, and what the sector avoids talking about.

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AI Is Drawing a Color Line Through the Nonprofit Sector

Black and brown communities in this country need the most support. They are in need emotionally and in need financially. The people doing the work in their neighborhoods, running the programs, answering the phones, sitting with families, ve...

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The Sentence Nobody Is Writing

If your organization is using AI on its year-end appeal this year, and it didn’t last year, you need to tell your donors.

I don’t much care how. A note before the appeal goes out. A line at the bottom of the email. A banner on the giving p...

17 days ago

The Wrong Lesson on AI From a Flat December

I’m making a prediction now so you can hold me to it in January.

A lot of nonprofits that say they are “using AI” are going to run a year-end campaign that feels faster than last year’s and raises about the same. Then someone in leadership...

24 days ago
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Who Gets to Become a Fundraiser Now?

College is where you are supposed to find your purpose. It is where a certain kind of student decides she owes something to the world, and it is why so many of them graduate looking for an unglamorous job that means something. A lot of them...

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What It Actually Costs to Bring a Grantee Along

Ninety-four percent of foundations say they want to increase their organization’s use of AI. Ninety percent provide no support of any kind, financial or otherwise, for their grantees to do the same1.

Those are the same 215 foundation leade...

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