Insights to grow philanthropic giving for not-for-profits
Recent research identifies key opportunities to increase philanthropic giving with implications for not-for-profit organisations.
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Sharing insights from SVA’s work and across the social sector to prompt learning and discussion about effective practice.
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Scaling community programs the BackTrack way
How do you spread the impact of your program when it is rooted in your local community’s response to young people doing it tough? BackTrack has been finding out.
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Vulnerability and resilience in the social sector: what we learnt through Covid-19
Supporting social purpose organisations through 2020 taught the Paul Ramsay Foundation and SVA key lessons about what leads to vulnerability or resilience in a crisis.
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Making replication work
Seven observations from seven initiatives that have replicated their model to increase social impact.
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Aiming high – what it takes
What AIME Mentoring’s CEO, Jack Manning Bancroft can teach us about starting up a social purpose organisation and the philanthropy needed.+Video
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Cross-sector partnerships: will corporates step up?
What will motivate corporate Australia to step up to systems change in its cross-sector partnerships? Five questions provide a road map.
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Accessing PAFs: six rules of engagement
The realities of private ancillary funds (PAFs) and what it takes to position your organisation for that serendipitous alignment. +Podcast
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How ten20 Foundation is doing philanthropy differently
Catalytic funder ten20 Foundation shares its story and what its learnt about achieving systems change by funding collective impact initiatives. +Audio
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What makes for a collaborative philanthropic partnership?
Indigenous women’s social enterprise, Marnin Studio and SVA describe what it takes to create a collaborative philanthropic partnership. +Audio
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Yunus advocates social business as tool to stop increasing inequity
Micro-credit founder, Professor Muhammad Yunus urges us to consider social business as a tool to address the world’s increasing inequity, whether it’s getting rural Bangladeshis out of poverty or Australians off welfare. +Audio
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Sector trends: stories from the frontline part 1
Leaders in the social sector reflect on current trends and how their organisations are responding to be the most effective funders and service providers. Part 1 of 2. + Podcast
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Summer treats: staff picks 2016
SVA staff share a collection of articles, podcasts, books, videos and films touching on sector topics that have inspired them as they go about their work to address disadvantage.
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Lessons from incubating a new model for tackling unemployment
Incubating the Industry Employment Initiative highlighted the importance of knowing your endgame, evaluating to improve rather than prove, and of strategic funders who are willing to take risks. + Podcast
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A portfolio approach to corporate social investment
Using various approaches as part of a well-managed portfolio can help corporates to maximise the benefits of their social investment activities for business and society. + Podcast
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Why and how corporate funders should manage to outcomes
Why corporate philanthropists need to adopt an outcomes management approach, the priorities to consider and how Woodside has done it.
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Find your philanthropic true north
To affect positive social change, philanthropic organisations need clarity and alignment on four key elements as demonstrated by the Paul Ramsay Foundation.
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Giving that packs a punch: best practice in philanthropy today
A review of philanthropic activity commissioned by the AMP Foundation has revealed Australian funders could do more to adopt best practice approaches.
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Partnerships: the heart of venture philanthropy
Understand what venture philanthropy is and the commitment required from both ventures and philanthropists to make it work.
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Investing in social change
Michael Traill explores innovative ways to build an efficient capital market for social purpose – one smart and sustainable enough to solve today’s entrenched social problems.
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Movember: changing a system collaboratively
Movember’s story shows what can be achieved if you harness the collective wisdom of diverse stakeholders, galvanise disparate players to collaborate and focus on the goal.
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How corporate partnerships work
Ensure you have the basics covered as you build and maintain corporate funding relationships.
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Embedding continuous improvement
The framework that drives sustainable social change in social purpose organisations (and their funders) supporting them to get better at what they do.
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Funder curates visionary coalitions
Funders set up in perpetuity can afford to take a long-term approach to investments enabling them to build coalitions where more can be achieved.
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Due diligence: making philanthropy work for you
Applying a due diligence framework ensures choosing a fund recipient which best fits the funder’s strategy as well as having the capacity and capability to fulfil its aims.
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Macquarie: catalyst for cancer charities
The Macquarie Group Foundation’s funding of a group of cancer charities demonstrates how a funder can support collaboration as well as some of the inherent challenges.
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More than a trust, SecondBite’s security
How SecondBite, a rapidly expanding non-profit, sowed the seeds for a secure future.
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A major donor funding plan in six steps
This six step process demystifies the art and science of finding, engaging and stewarding major donors.
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You get what you give: The art of funding strategically
What are the challenges and how do you overcome them when your philanthropy becomes less about ‘giving money away’ and more about the social impacts you can achieve?
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Focusing ambition: The Wyatt Benevolent Institution
How did the 124 year-old Wyatt Benevolent Institution become more strategic in achieving sustainable social impacts?
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Moving towards engaged philanthropy: The Trust Company
How The Trust Company evolved its funding philosophy from small, ad hoc grants to ‘engaged philanthropy’ and the impact on grantees.
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