Philanthropy’s Critical Moment

We want the next generation to say: If you think the first 100 years of philanthropy were impressive, the next 100 years were even greater. For that to happen, though, we have to think differently about how we are going to work with each other and with the public and private sectors. Gone are the days of one-off transactions. Going forward, partnerships across our sector and other sectors will be at the core of the Council’s work. The new Council will be about connectivity, networking, trend and pattern identification, and leveraging the full talent and capacity of our field and other fields with which we collaborate.

In this new role as a hub within a larger philanthropic network, we will nurture a web of relationships—not just among Council members, but also with government, business, academia, social service agencies, and more.

We are not abandoning our core work of providing such services as public policy and advocacy, legal guidance, professional development, and conferences and meetings. But we are shifting how our work is informed. We have a unique vantage point for recognizing emerging trends and commonalities, connecting people, and providing you with an avenue of continued collaboration across these different entities, and we want to leverage that perspective.