10 Things We'd Like to Tell Every New Philanthropist: Lesson 1

I'm going to start a series - "Ten Things We'd Like to Tell Every New Philanthropist." Each of the 10 things will be posted individually every few days and each will open with a title that paraphrases a common misperception or mistake.

"Risk"

After that first blog, I've had a lot of good feedback, some of it offline so be sure to pipe up and post your comments online too!

Over the last several months, the SVP Seattle Board and Staff have been hard at work on a new 5-Year Plan. We looked … backward, forward, at the non-profit and philanthropic sector, at relationships with our investees, at how SVP could play the most positive role in the future. I’ve been to several conferences and in conversations about how to make the non-profit and philanthropic sector (including funders like SVP) more effective. The time feels ripe for meaningful, systemic change.