In this episode we look ahead to 2025, and offer our annual set of thoughts on what the coming year might hold and the key trends in philanthropy and civil society to watch out for.
This year we consider:
- UK Grantmaking on pause
- Implementing policies to boost giving
- Debate over tax relief for charitable giving
- US foundations under populist attack
- Next Gen philanthropy and new models
- Continued growth of DAFs
- Closing space for civil society in the US and beyond
- More UK charities to close
- Rebalancing head and heart in philanthropy
- Population debates, pronatalism and philanthropy
- The platformisation of giving
- OpenAI and the blurred lines between profit and purpose
- The final death of X
- Social media influencers and the impatience economy
- De-teching and the importance of real-life experiences
- The resurgence of crypto
- Wearables on the rise, and AR/VR finally goes mainstream
- AI ambivalence and the rise of AI slop
- Are LLMs a dead end?
- GenAI and the erosion of authenticity.
Related links:
- Last year’s Philanthropisms prediction episode, part 1 and part 2
- WPM article on “What Will 2024 Bring for Philanthropy and Civil Society?“
- WPM articles on the future of work, life extension and pronatalism, Open AI and blurred lines, Elon Musk
- WPM guides on philanthropy and: emerging tech, AI and crypto
- HBS paper, “Navigating the Jagged Technological Frontier: Field Experimental Evidence of the Effects of AI on Knowledge Worker Productivity and Quality“
- Ethan Mollick’s blog on “15 Times to use AI, and 5 Not to“
- Eryk Salvaggio’s blog series on “AI Slop Infrastructure“
- Future Today Institute Tech Trends 2024
- Accenture Life Trends 2025
