Philip Rojc
Senior Editor, News and Features at Inside Philanthropy
senior editor at Inside Philanthropy @InsidePhilanthr
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2 weeks ago |
insidephilanthropy.com | Philip Rojc
U.S. stocks lost $6.6 trillion over two days last week after President Donald Trump announced his global tariff plan, a sudden rout that has no doubt compounded the worries of fundraisers already rattled by the administration’s cuts — and by a chorus of funders insisting that no, they cannot “fill the gaps.”That refrain — philanthropy’s inability to make up for lost government funding — has been invoked incessantly since January 20, and it’s almost always taken for granted.
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1 month ago |
insidephilanthropy.com | Philip Rojc
“Be water, my friend.” That was martial artist and action star Bruce Lee’s most famous maxim. It’s been invoked in a bunch of ways — including, several years back, by intrepid but ultimately vanquished pro-democracy protestors in Hong Kong. With democracy now in dire peril here in the U.S., funders and nonprofits aiming to defend it should consider how Lee’s advice might apply to their struggle. In the context of a fight, “be water” doesn’t mean compromise or giving in.
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1 month ago |
insidephilanthropy.com | Philip Rojc
Congress established the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in 2011 after the century’s worst financial crisis — so far — effectively canceled out billions in philanthropic antipoverty investments and wiped away decades of patient work by funders across the country. The Great Recession played havoc with the pocketbooks of Americans from all walks of life.
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Dec 3, 2024 |
insidephilanthropy.com | Philip Rojc
The biggest date on fundraisers’ annual calendars got its start as a well-justified response to the buy-more-now consumerism that has accumulated around Thanksgiving. If Black Friday and Cyber Monday are all about getting something in return for your money, Giving Tuesday is all about, well, giving something and getting nothing — except maybe the warm glow of having helped those in need. It’s meant to be a day to lift up generosity and giving back, themes the sector is always eager to invoke.
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Nov 7, 2024 |
insidephilanthropy.com | Philip Rojc
He’ll be back. It’s not the result most of us hoped for: With an unabashed authoritarian once again headed for the White House, the path forward for American democracy — and the entire civic sector — has been thrown into a fresh state of confusion. For progressive funders, ahead looms the unraveling of rights, policies and services they’ve backed for decades and with millions, sometimes billions of dollars.
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