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Sustainable Philanthropy is a set of principles and strategies to create sustainable, scalable solutions to community challenges.
Traditional philanthropy can never create more impact than the available capital can support.
Sustainable Philanthropy funders invest in sustainability, so their capital creates leverage. Capital is often deployed over and over again, creating unlimited impact.
Sustainable Philanthropy vs. Impact
Investing
Sustainable Philanthropy vs. Impact
Investing
The term “Impact Investing” has lost its core meaning as the active, innovative, risk-tolerant mobilization of capital and other resources.
Sustainable Philanthropy reclaims an original intent to mobilize capital to permanently solve critical community challenges.
Sustainable Philanthropy vs. Traditional
Philanthropy
Sustainable Philanthropy vs. Traditional
Philanthropy
Traditional funders utilize grants as the primary tool to create (fund) impact.
Sustainable Philanthropy funders utilize the whole spectrum of capital and management tools to create impact.
With traditional philanthropy, “sustainable” impact is created in a nonprofit by continually planning for the next grant, gift, or fundraiser.
With traditional philanthropy, “sustainable” impact is created in a nonprofit by continually planning for the next grant, gift, or fundraiser.
Under Sustainable Philanthropy, sustainable impact is created because the impact organization creates its own earnings.
Under Sustainable Philanthropy, sustainable impact is created because the impact organization creates its own earnings.
With traditional philanthropy, twice the impact requires twice the fundraising.
With traditional philanthropy, twice the impact requires twice the fundraising.
Under Sustainable Philanthropy, an impact organization has unlimited capacity to scale.
Under Sustainable Philanthropy, an impact organization has unlimited capacity to scale.
How To Begin
How To Begin
SP | Impact is a platform to help you integrate the principles of Sustainable Philanthropy into your work. Contact us to learn about resources for foundations, nonprofits, and impact investors.
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