• "Donor Perspectives" Submission Form

    We invite you to contribute your own stories to supplement the Stanford PACS Guide to Effective Philanthropy!
  • We believe donor stories are a wonderful way to bring to life the theories and practices of effective philanthropy which is why you will find so many stories sprinkled throughout our text.

    Do you have a story or perspective to share? We invite you to compose your donor story (of ~200-500 words) on one of the following topics:

    • Finding Your Focus
    • Involving Family
    • Learning About Philanthropy With and From Others
    • Giving Vehicles
    • Understanding Nonprofit Problems, Their Causes, and Approaches to Solutions
    • Theory of Change, Monitoring, and Evaluation: Understanding an Organization’s Activities, Outcomes, and Impact
    • Finding Effective Organizations
    • Due Diligence: Vetting and Evaluating Organizations
    • Engaging Organizations and Developing Relationships With Their Leadership
    • Making Gifts
    • Funding with Others: Collaboration and Pooled Funding
    • Socially Motivated Investing

    And if you have a donor story that doesn’t necessarily fit one of these topics, please send it along anyway, and we’ll try to find a place for it.

    We will review all submissions and may work with you to provide feedback or propose a few edits to the piece. If accepted, we will post the story in a new section under the relevant chapter on our website titled “Donor Perspectives.”

     

    View "Donor Story" examples here

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