WHAT IS THIS MONOGRAPH?
Philanthropy, social investing, and the social sector are rapidly changing. This monograph, Philanthropy and Social Investing: Blueprint 2010, provides an overview of the current landscape, points to major trends, identifies meaningful innovations, and directs your attention to corners where we can expect some important breakthroughs in the coming year.
Why is it called a blueprint?
A blueprint is a guide for things to come as well as a storage device for decisions already made. It is grounded in professional wisdom and personal interests. Good blueprints, like good buildings, fit their environment, reflect a thoughtful regard for resources, are carefully engineered and aesthetically pleasing, functional and intriguing. Blueprints guide the work of masters and are informed by those who know their crafts, they can and must be adjusted as the work proceeds, and they offer a starting point for future improvements. Good blueprints require a commitment to learn from place, to listen to those for whom they are drawn, and to use a common grammar to communicate the results of countless sketches and discarded first drafts. Blueprints are perfect metaphors for philanthropic planning. This document will help you plan for the coming year.
Who wrote this document?
Lucy Bernholz, Ph.D is the founder and president of Blueprint Research & Design, Inc., a strategy firm that serves grantmaking foundations and individuals. She is the author of Creating Philanthropic CapitalMarkets: The Deliberate Evolution, a fellow at the New America Foundation, a visiting scholar at Stanford University’s Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, and the publisher of the award winning blog, Philanthropy2173.com.
Bernholz serves on numerous advisory boards to national and international philanthropic organizations and is frequently cited in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and National Public Radio. In 2009 she was named one of ten “game changers” in philanthropy by The Huffington Post. She holds a B.A. from Yale University and a M.A. and Ph.D. from Stanford University.
How frequently is the Blueprint updated?
Blueprints are produced annually and published in December of each year. In-depth research on the topics covered is available by arrangement with Blueprint Research & Design, Inc. Where can I get more information on the topics discussed? The award-winning blog, Philanthropy2173, provides regular coverage of trends that matter to philanthropy and social investing. Free subscriptions to the blog are available by email and online at www.philanthropy2173.com.
Bulk copies of 20 or more are available at reduced pricing by contacting Blueprint Research & Design, Inc. at 2010@blueprintrd.com or visiting our website (www.blueprintrd.com). Single copies can be purchased online at www.blueprintrd.com.
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