Why Philanthropy Matters Newsletter April 2025 #30
FundrAIsing: Improve your fundraising opportunities with AI
Watch the video of a webinar on AI, charities and fundraising given by Rhodri Davies for Benefact Group and DSC.
Blueprint 2025 – Blurring Boundaries (with Lucy Bernholz)
A recording of a conversation between Rhodri Davies and Lucy Bernholz, author of the Philanthropy and Digital Civil Society: Blueprint 2025.
Sign of the Times? The Dells Grow Their Foundation by a Cool $5 Billion
Rhodri Davies is quoted in an article in Inside Philanthropy, commenting on a recent trend of billion-dollar plus gifts by US tech philanthropists.
Zoe Amar: The digital trends charity leaders need to know for 2025
Rhodri gives some thoughts to Zoe Amar for Third Sector about tech trends for charity leaders to watch out for in 2025.
The Future of Philanthropic Due Diligence
Rhodri Davies joins Jess Denny from Xapien to discuss how emerging tech and social trends are changing the landscape for due diligence in philanthropy.
Paving the Road of Good Intentions: In Honor of National Philanthropy Day
A blog from Stanford’s Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society detailing recent guest speakers on their Executive Philanthropy Program, including a session from Rhodri Davies on AI and the future of philanthropy.
UK fundraising platform becomes first to accept cryptocurrency
Rhodri Davies offers comment in a news article about the announcement that UK fundraising platform JustGiving is to accept cryptocurrency.
Is OpenAI impact washing by becoming a public benefit corporation?
Rhodri Davies is quoted in this Pioneers Post article, offering some thoughts on OpenAI’s purported plans to become a B Corp.
Guided Choices: The ethics of using algorithmic systems to shape philanthropic decision‑making
Rhodri Davies’s chapter for the Routledge Handbook of Artificial Intelligence and Philanthropy, which explores the ethical implications of using algorithms to shape and influence individuals’ giving decisions.
Philanthropy & Civil Society in a Post-Work Future?
18th October 2024
In this article, we consider what role philanthropy and civil society might play in a “post work” future where AI and automation has fundamentally altered our society and economic models.
