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Strategic Philanthropy, Legacy, and Impact

Build accountable philanthropy through community voice, theories of change, governance, grants, evidence, learning, power awareness, transparency, and durable institutional capacity.

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General foundation to nonprofit and donor leadership
Interest area
Style and social life
Learning outcomes
4 focused outcomes

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Learn the foundations of Strategic Philanthropy, Legacy, and Impact.

Strategic philanthropy begins by understanding a problem with affected communities rather than choosing a visible intervention first. A theory of change can connect resources, activities, outputs, outcomes, assumptions, evidence, risks, and learning. Responsible foundations also examine donor power, governance, conflicts, administrative burden, local capacity, unintended effects, transparency, and what happens when funding ends.

Learning outcomes for Strategic Philanthropy, Legacy, and Impact

  1. 1

    Frame a philanthropic problem with community knowledge and relevant evidence

  2. 2

    Build a theory of change that states assumptions, risks, outcomes, and learning questions

  3. 3

    Compare grant, partnership, advocacy, research, and capacity-building approaches

  4. 4

    Design governance and measurement that support accountability without burdening communities

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How to learn Strategic Philanthropy, Legacy, and Impact step by step.

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Build the foundation

Frame a philanthropic problem with community knowledge and relevant evidence

02

Practise with feedback

Build a theory of change that states assumptions, risks, outcomes, and learning questions

03

Practise with feedback

Compare grant, partnership, advocacy, research, and capacity-building approaches

04

Apply and reflect

Design governance and measurement that support accountability without burdening communities

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