Big Reckoning For Big Philanthropy? New Calls For Democracy, Reason And Impact

Giving reflects the times. And in the years since the Great Recession in the U.S. and around the world, the organized world of philanthropy saw a contraction and mild recovery that mirrored the larger economy that formal giving is a part of. Yet culturally, the social sector - and especially the well-organized and often hidebound universe of big philanthropy - is recovering more slowly.