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Introducing Building Impact’s New Name & Website: Delivering Bold Solutions to Big Challenges
Over the last eleven years, we’ve had the privilege at Building Impact to partner with incredible donors and other changemakers...
By Building Impact
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06 / 13 / 23
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Understanding the giving habits of the ultra wealthy — and how to help them achieve more fulfillment (and impact)
A few weeks ago I shared some data about the demographics and giving habits of the ultra wealthy on my...
By Alex Johnston
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12 / 15 / 22
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Philanthropy’s blind spot for the well-being of mothers
This month, I returned from maternity leave after having my third child in October. With my first two children, I...
By Caitlin Hannon
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01 / 25 / 22
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Goals, New Year’s Resolutions, and Ted Lasso: Things I’m Thinking about as 2021 Comes to an End
As 2021 draws to a close, one of the year’s bright spots for me was the AppleTV show, Ted Lasso. At...
By Mike Wang
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12 / 07 / 21
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The world doesn’t need more strategic philanthropists, it needs more accelerators
Here’s what that means and why it can be incredibly fulfilling for you as a donor. One big reason funders...
By Alex Johnston
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11 / 24 / 21
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To white people, from another white person
To white people, from another white person – I’m white, and I grew up in a predominantly white and wealthy...
By Molly Barnes
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04 / 30 / 21
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4 Encouraging Trends That We Hope Endure Beyond the Pandemic?
The endless, destabilizing uncertainty of 2020 that has put all of our lives in turmoil has also brought a gift...
By Building Impact
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12 / 23 / 20
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Five Things I Learned in 2020
A few nights ago at dinner, my daughter asked, “What’s a train wreck?” My wife and I had used the...
By Mike Wang
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12 / 21 / 20
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Sweeping Change and Moments of Opportunity
Forward-thinking philanthropists aren’t the kind of people to set up a scholarship fund and call it a day. The funders that...
By Mike Wang
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08 / 21 / 20
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What philanthropists need to ask themselves right now
Amid the protests that have unfolded in the wake of George Floyd’s murder, many philanthropists are asking the question: “Who can...
By Mike Wang
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06 / 24 / 20
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