PHILANTHROPY & WELLBEING PHILANTHROPY & WELLBEING

These articles are part of our Centered Self global partnership, offering insights on wellbeing and social change. They aim to connect with diverse audiences and influence the direction of the sector. You’ll find topics that explore the intersection of philanthropy and wellbeing, covering organizational health, diversity, equity, and inclusion.
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HOW FUNDERS CAN SUPPORT INDIVIDUAL WELLBEING
By Jessamyn Shams-Lau & Leah Welberding

A look at myriad ways funders can support the well-being and mental health of often understaffed and under-resourced grantees, and help foster healthier individuals and organizations.

Caring for the changemakers: Funders need to put mental health front and centre
By Linda Bell Grdina & Aaron Pereira

Supporting mental health and emotional wellbeing for changemakers boosts resilience, retention, and social impact, experience from The Wellbeing Project – an initiative co-created with Ashoka, Impact Hub, Porticus, the Skoll Foundation, and the Synergos Institute – suggests.

FUNDING WELLBEING IS INVESTING IN SOCIAL CHANGE
By Priti Sridhar & Raj Mariwala

Three steps to help funders actively support the wellbeing of their partner organizations.

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BRINGING ORGANIZATIONAL WELLBEING TO LIFE
By Linda Mitz Sadiq

By committing to a broad, participatory learning process, social change leaders can greatly enhance staff positivity and resilience, as well as increase organizational sustainability and impact.

NTEGRATING INDIVIDUAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL WELLBEING
By Alana Cookman & Gayle Karen Young Whyte

By supporting individual and team resilience, and by making small shifts to organizational life that enhance well-being, organizations can improve their effectiveness and contribute to a healthier overall culture for social change.

EQUITY AND INCLUSION: THE ROOTS OF ORGANIZATIONAL WELLBEING
By Mary-Frances Winters

To build healthy, resilient organizations, nonprofits need to do more than adopt standard diversity, equity, and inclusion practices. They need to acknowledge systemic racism then commit to and implement processes to upend it.