Phil Buchanan

@philxbuchanan

President of the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP). Author of Giving Done Right: Effective Philanthropy and Making Every Dollar Count

Cambridge, MA
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Joined August 2010
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    15 Dec 2021

    Someone on your holiday gift list who still says things like "nonprofits should be more 'business-like'" or "I don't want my donations wasted on salaries, I want them to go to the 'cause'." If so, I have just the gift idea for them:

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  2. Retweeted
    Mar 19

    If you don’t like my tweets I will report you to the New York Times editorial board for violating my fundamental human right to have all of my ideas liked. I will publish a 1,200 word piece about how somebody oppressed me by shifting uncomfortably in their chair as I spoke.

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  3. Retweeted
    Mar 16

    This is an outstanding book and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it and engaging the ideas and arguments. There is much to learn in here about development dynamics in Egypt and also about US development policy (in Egypt and in general) - what works and what doesn't.

    A new review of my book, Delta Democracy, by is just out in Ethics & International Affairs.
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  4. Mar 19

    Do it, Krystian! I remember the Peter Drucker article from years ago making this argument. But there is much more to say and I’d be first in line to buy your book…

    Tempted to write a book about business needing to learn more from nonprofits. About how more ‘nonprofit approaches’ are needed in business to make it more effective (create more benefit, less harm) and improve governance. Because I think it’s true - and just to be provocative.
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  5. Retweeted
    Mar 19

    If you doubt how powerful “cancel culture” is, look what happened to Joe Rogan! Just kidding, he’s still getting paid hundreds of millions of dollars to lie about COVID

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  6. Mar 18

    Another great, smart must read thread on the really shallow editorial of today

    being able to say whatever you want without societal ramifications is - and i cannot stress this enough - not a fundamental right
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  7. Mar 18

    The world does not need 1 more book from someone who doesn’t really understand nonprofits wildly generalizing that nonprofits aren’t effective (not gen true) & that answer is to operate “like business” (meaningless invocation & to the extent it has meaning it’s bad advice)

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  8. Mar 18

    Smart take. Thread worth reading.

    The NYT editorial board thinks “America Has a Free Speech Problem” – and presents a purely mythical idea of what “free speech” is, an a-historical tale of the country’s past, and a narrative that is detached from the current reality of the political conflict. Some thoughts: 1/
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  9. Mar 18

    I think people are confused about the meaning of the word “censorship.”

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  10. Mar 15

    Agree. Powerful and important post!

    READ RHIS! “The ringing question of “when will things go back to normal” seems to be getting asked less and less. The path forward is one that none of us have walked before, but one in which we can all carry a deeper understanding with us." via
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  11. Mar 11

    The heart compels you to use your head. Two minutes of gratuitous advice from me for individual donors. Thanks for making this little video.

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  12. Mar 11

    This webinar is important. Look, I know individual foundations can't (and shouldn't try to) do everything. But, in aggregate, philanthropy is overlooking crucial communities that face distinct and huge obstacles related to historic and present-day racism.

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    Mar 11

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  14. Mar 10

    We can and should lament that this kind of work needs to be done. But it does need to be done. So pitch in and support and other organizations like it in communities across this country.

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  15. Retweeted
    Mar 10

    & Patricia Sun of talk about finding your lane, giving as a two way street, and leading with love on the , season 2. Listen or re-listen to this uplifting conversation this 🌅 Find it here:

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  16. Mar 9

    This is worth reading.

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  17. Retweeted
    Mar 8

    “Imagine if Tom Brady were being held by Russian officials right now.”

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  18. Retweeted
    Mar 9

    If you haven't read Giving Done Right or Decolonizing Wealth, you should. Both & speak to the point of funding without onerous restrictions because communities & nonprofit leaders actually have great ideas about what will help.

    As a funder who runs an org that also raises its own money, I've learned that providing overly restrictive grants kills innovation & devalues nonprofit leaders. Rather than prescribe exactly how funds are used, hold grantees accountable for making progress toward their mission.
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  19. Retweeted
    Mar 8

    Have you signed up for our upcoming webinar focused on systematic underfunding of AAPI & Native communities? The data we'll share is disheartening but we have great speakers to help us understand the many ways this matters and what to do.

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  20. Mar 8

    "We have a rare opportunity now to ensure that we do not merely repair broken systems that perpetuate the deep inequities of American society." Great op ed from of in

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    Mar 7

    OMG she's an intern for the right-wing group that did the bogus poll that she cited. And notice the NYT sent a photographer down to illustrate her piece. So who set this up? , we deserve to know.

    Is there any other way for a college student to break into the NYT op-ed pages than to write woke-panic claptrap like this? Complete with citation to bogus far-right-funded poll. And hello, this is UVA we're talking about, I call bs.
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