
Younger donors are changing philanthropy.
Carson, whose organization provides grantmaking, leadership capabilities, and other services both locally and on a global level, sees big changes coming to philanthropy, and young donors are one reason why. [See: Young Philanthropists Take Top Spots in Ranking of Most Generous Donors] Carson points out that Silicon Valley is rife with twenty- and thirtysomethings who have bet big in business and are used to 24/7 connectivity and quick turnarounds, in business and in life, and that mindset carries into their philanthropic pursuits. “They want to engage; they want partnerships; they want people who can go on the journey with them,” he says. Of the old philanthropic model, wherein donors (whether at the corporate level or at the level of more serious philanthropy) were expected to simply trust philanthropic experts to allocate funds without donor input, Carson says simply, "that model is broken."Related