Visualizing Data Equity with Meena Das at NamasteData
Meena Das embodied the tech career path – gaining experience, immigrating to the US, following the job offer to Seattle – and then it happened: data inequity. She became an invisible number just when she really needed to be seen and counted. To meet Meena – even just...Book Review | For-Profit Philanthropy
By Elisa Shoenberger In Fidelity Charitable’s 2023 Giving Report, donor-advised funds (DAFs) gave $11.2 billion to 189,000 charitable organizations in 2022. That’s almost a billion dollars more than the prior year. While some people find donor-advised funds to be an...Brock Silvey and the Case of the Zombie Proposals
Zombie proposals are a thing, not just at Northwestern University, but everywhere! A zombie proposal is when you have submitted a major gift proposal to a donor prospect, but there has been no movement since the ask. There has not been a “no,” “maybe,” and certainly...#CareerCurious with Tim Wilson
When I first saw a LinkedIn post featuring the People in Fundraising podcast/webcast I was thrilled to hear about another outlet advocating for research and fundraising. But who was this Tim Wilson character? And what was the premise behind his new venture? Tim was...