Arabella Philanthropic Investment Advisors

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Overview

The summaries shown here provide overviews of the opportunities identified in Arabella Advisors’ High-Impact Giving Opportunities report for 2010.

Each year, our report identifies often unrecognized but high-impact philanthropic opportunities, providing an exclusive perspective on strategic giving for donors whether they are able to give $100, $100,000, or $1 million.

This year’s edition responds to the current economic climate by highlighting high-impact giving strategies that enable donors to leverage their investments in the giving areas they care about most.

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Policy Advocacy: Taking Action through Advocacy to Propel Climate Policy

Many funders think policy advocacy is off-limits. In fact, it can be a high-impact philanthropic strategy. The current need for effective climate policy provides a case in point. With pressing problems and unprecedented opportunities in the United States and abroad, now is the time to expand advocacy efforts for more effective climate policies at all levels. Read more >

Mergers & Alliances: Supporting Strategic Restructuring among Human Services Organizations

To further their missions while containing costs and providing top-notch services, nonprofits regularly form alliances and even merge. One sector ripe for such structural changes is human services, which has seen an increase in need and a decrease in funding. Philanthropists have a fundamental role to play in supporting nonprofit-led restructuring, which can be expensive and challenging but ultimately beneficial to the organizations and their clients. Read more >

Public Private Partnerships: Partnering with Governments to Improve Education

Public schools need innovation but are restricted by their budgets and stakeholders. Grant makers have the ability to invest more freely. Partnerships between the two can leverage the money coming into the education sector to create solutions that build on their respective strengths and produce programs that lead to long-term improvements in education. Read more >

Mission Investing: Leveraging Additional Assets for Community Development

Access to affordable capital is a critical ingredient for community development. Yet in today’s economic climate, credit is especially difficult to acquire in low-income communities. Donors can help address this need and simultaneously maximize the impact of their own limited resources by making financial investments in community-based organizations and the financial institutions that support them. Read more >

Updates from Previous Editions

Every year, Arabella Advisors informs donors about opportunities for timely, high-impact giving around the world. We also look back at our previous lists of high-impact giving opportunities, to revisit certain issues and opportunities we have covered before. This year, we are taking another look at three previous topics that hold particular relevance today: community colleges, financial literacy, and green-collar jobs. Read more >