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How Philanthropy could be different



Technology / solar / water management skills could be taught to the least educated / illiterate / lowest caste people

Farmworkers / construction / all workers could be prevented from heatstroke / kidney damage / death

The U.S. / world could have more public swimming pools / lessons

Foster care kids could have nightlights / care packages / suitcases

Elders could promote peace / human rights

Adopting could be quicker, cheaper, less hurdled by bureaucracy, legal / safe, and open to more (single people / LGBTQ+) to prevent millions of abandoned / vulnerable children worldwide

Crowdfunding / different funding sources could improve science and research

Progressives / liberals could have better dark money judicial nonprofit coalitions

Social enterprises / nonprofits could have financing during disruptive events

Foster and vulnerable children could express needs / receive funding on a website

High schools could have exercise / wellness / support / service groups afterschool

Philanthropy could cause scientific breakthroughs

Grantmaking processes to nonprofits could improve

Donor-advised funds could be used more currently in philanthropy

Journalists could have legal defense against being sued

Women could learn to drive / have greater mobility

Warlords / genocides could be stopped through private / public alliances

Independent monitoring organizations in countries could fight against government corruption

Medical oxygen could be available and uninterrupted by power outages

Tips could be given to maids / cleaners

Philanthropy could encourage policy options that are beneficial

Underprivileged kids could get swim lessons

PTA fundraising could contribute to U.S. school inequality

Funders could invest in nonprofit capacity building

Loans / cash could be accessed by the poor to end debt slavery

Land could be bought for conservation and biodiversity

Funds could be raised for impact investment

ESG / Socially Responsible stock investing could be a less useful than charity donations or impact capital investing

Donor-advised funds could have more regulation and be transparent

Universities / foundations could spend down their assets

Nonprofit funding could be like venture capital

Jeffersonian dinners could help social issues and create networks

Present and potential solutions ranked by global warming impact could be shared and acted on

Religion could be secular, humanist, and involve community service

Donors could receive feedback from grantseekers

Businesses and nonprofits could be pay-what-you-can

Nonprofits and social enterprises could be listed on "social impact exchanges"

Workers' low wages could be subsidized by the government, philanthropy, and/or the hiring organizations

Venture capital could reach entrepreneurs in diverse areas to create economic opportunities

Cash could be given through rental subsidies, taxes, or child savings accounts to aid poverty

Tax-free investments could revitalize distressed economic areas

Graduation programs could be better than just giving cash to aid poverty

U.S. personal medical debt could be forgiven

Mentorship programs could help at-risk youth, drug addicts, homeless, ex-offenders, potential terrorists, immigrants, refugees, new employees, and students

Local investigative reporting and newspapers could be funded by philanthropy / become nonprofit / have a sustainable business model

RCTs could be a marginal way to inform public policy

Private charity could not replace government programs or funding

Teachers could receive donations for specific requests

Evidence-based policy could be evidence-informed

Social sector knowledge could be better collected, organized, and displayed

Philanthropy could be collaborative, flexible, and larger to create bigger impacts

Government agencies, schools, hospitals, police, universities, foundations, prisons, workplaces, elections, judiciary systems, and nonprofits could collect, publicize, and use citizen feedback

Public defender offices could be fully funded

Cash stipends could be given directly to the poor

Citizens could receive a basic / guaranteed income (with restrictions or on a EBT card)