Living for, or off, philanthropy?
James M. Hodge
If it is a truism that “what we focus upon we become,” then perhaps we need both a vastly wider aperture as well as a more relevantly focused system of metrics for philanthropy. If we only focus on money, we will not only raise less money, but also we will devalue the noble role that philanthropy can play in well-examined lives.
When our work is primarily directed toward raising money, we chase money rather than meaning in philanthropy. We become less aspirational for our institutions and less inspirational to our benefactors.
There is another way. I contend there is a higher path for our work and that the creation of a relationship-based system of mentoring, coaching, ...
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