About the web log
This blog site is the successor to “Pathways to Progress,” previously published at the same URL, www.JustPhilanthropy.org. With this blog we continue our emphasis on “moving philanthropy closer to issues of justice and equity.” At the same time we’ll open the lens wider to explore issues relating to effectiveness in the philanthropic sector more broadly.
I thank you for the feedback received in response to a reader survey sent out in November. As you can see, I’ve repurposed, reformatted, and repositioned.
The tag line for this blog refers to “the confluence of philanthropy, justice, and evaluation.” Hopefully this will result in a book on these subjects, along with software for evaluating philanthropic effectiveness, either individual or institutional.
I’ll continue to email the newest blog post to the list I’ve maintained the last few years, so those of you on that list will continue to receive material that way. In addition, we invite you to sign up and subscribe by email.
We intend JustPhilanthropy.org to be more participatory than in the past, and invite you to use the Reply/Comment option. I’ll screen these, of course, before posting.
About the author
Steven E. Mayer, Ph.D., principal author of this web log, is the Director of the Effective Communities Project. His bio can be found on that website.
About support for this blog
Support for this blog, in the form of checks made to Effective Communities LLC (not a tax-exempt organization) is gratefully accepted. Fee-based services are described on the Effective Communities website, as is a collection of past work.
Our postal address is 45 University Avenue SE / #706 / Minneapolis, MN 55414 USA.
Email can be directed to StevenEMayer@justphilanthropy.org
